[NAFEX] seed preparation help
Bruce Hansen
brucehansen at acd.net
Wed Oct 30 10:35:55 EST 2002
Re: [NAFEX] seed preparation helpEdgrrrrr
If you wish to give me copies of your correspondence with South Meadow I
will have a go at getting your money. I did them a big favor one time and
removed their butola from a major manure hole. I also live in Michigan and
know personally many attorneys general. One of my clients is a law firm.
Sooooo if I can be of help, I will
Bruce
z5, Central Michigan
-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-admin at lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-admin at lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Lon J. Rombough
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 8:10 PM
To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] seed preparation help
I agree on the peat and on Southmeadow.
I bought from them years ago and though I got the stock, one apple had
such a bad case of virus I pulled it. But besides that, about six months
after getting the order I got a nasty phone call from the nurseryman,
Grootendorst, wanting to know why I hadn't paid. I had the canceled check,
so I ended that in a hurry. But I found a lot of other people who reported
the same thing, There are at least three nurseries in the U.S. that are
about that bad, if not worse. One is Northwoods/One Green World which sends
out all kinds of undersized, mislabled (deliberately in some cases) stock.
Another is Hartmann's, which is also money-driven and also sends out
mislabled stuff. Thats on the customer end. On the business end, it's even
worse.
Sorry, one of my peeves is nurseries that cheat. That's one reason I
think so highly of Ed Fackle -he has always delivered quality stuff that's
true to name and well tested.
=Lon Rombough
From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio at sentex.net>
Reply-To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:53:47 -0500
To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] seed preparation help
Hi,
I think Lon will tell you this too, but use slightly damp peat moss for
stratification. It
inhibits molds naturally.
Later,
Tom
Edgar Nutans wrote:
> Does anyone out there have practical experience with using mancozeb
> (Manzate) as a seed treatment for apples/ pears?
> I would like to stratify some seed without having them mold and I
> noticed that Manzate (which I have on hand) is labelled for seed
> treatment for some crops. However, the recommended rate is "0.04-4.32
> pounds/ 100 lbs. of seed"!
> First of all that's quite a range and secondly, I only have a few
dozen
> seed. The Manzate I have is as a 37% solution. Is the concentration
> all that critical or would anywhere within the recommended range work?
>
> On a completely unrelated topic, I thought I should warn any NAFEXers
> who may not have heard of the goings-on at Southmeadow Fruit Gardens.
> They cashed a check of mine and never delivered the trees a couple of
> years ago. I tried repeatedly to get them to send the trees by
> contacting them via email, letter and phone. They always promised,
but
> never delivered. Since then, I have reported this problem with fellow
> fruit enthusiasts, the US Postal Service, the appropriate BBB and the
> State of Michigan Attorney General. Many people have had the same
thing
> happen. Bottom line, unless you are ready to sue for your
merchandise,
> don't order from them.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Edgrrrrr
>
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