[NAFEX] Tree suggestions
road's end farm
organic101 at linkny.com
Fri Feb 20 21:28:16 EST 2004
On Friday, February 20, 2004, at 05:55 PM, Michael D. Bathrick wrote:
> From: "Michael D. Bathrick" <bathrick at berkshire.net>
> Date: Fri Feb 20, 2004 05:55:08 PM US/Eastern
> To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Tree suggestions
> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
>
> Sorry - Upstate NY near Cooperstown.
>
> Mike
>
>
1) Go talk to your local Cooperative Extension office. They should have
a soil map for your area that will give you a general soil type (or
types, even on as little as an acre in parts of New York you may have
more than one soil type and some parts of the land may be more suitable
for orchard than others). They can also help you by coming out and
looking at the site and discussing drainage options. They may also have
suggestions about what orchard trees will grow in your area. (If they
say "forget it", you might want to try anyway, though.)
2) Also get a soil test (Cooperative Extension can help you with this
also, or there are private agencies; though I'd be a little cautious
about getting your test done by somebody who also hopes to sell you the
fertilizer, though some such people are reliable.) You might, for
instance, have extremely acid soil, and some soil amendments are best
worked into the soil before planting.
3) Are any of your neighbors growing fruits, or did they use to? If so,
they might have good local advice.
Good luck,
--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly
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