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Slim
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 6614 Location: New England (In the US of A)
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Jam Lady
Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2573 Location: New Jersey, USA
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Slim
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 6614 Location: New England (In the US of A)
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Posted: Mon Mar 06, 17 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Jam Lady.
I actually have a peach tree that's hopefully going to come out of its 3rd winter here. The pruning thinnings are blooming in water inside, so fingers crossed I may even see a peach before the squirrels steal it!
Last summer my asian pear fruited, but the fuzzy rats took the two that had started to enlarge.
This experiment involves asian plums, sweet cherries and 'dapple dandy' pluot.
I think I'll be free from sun scald, as there is a fence directly south that will shade the trunks from low angle winter sun.
I wasn't planning to heap mulch around the trunk too closely, but am trying to decide whether it would help to go a bit thicker on the rooting zone next fall. I can make arguments in my head for and against, but can't convince myself either way.
Luckily the only rabbit I've ever seen in my neighborhood was being eaten by my cat.
Thanks for the suggestions, I hadn't thought to use wilt-pruf on a deciduous plant, but it makes sense, as one of the concerns is certainly dehydration in the buds when the roots are too frozen to bring up water.
And now I get to toy with the idea of making tree hutches.
Maybe just some sturdy stakes with burlap, the way people protect arborvitae? (Is that the gist of what you're suggesting? or do you think it's important to have an overhead aspect as well?) |
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Jam Lady
Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 2573 Location: New Jersey, USA
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