[NAFEX] flood-tolerant apple rootstock needed?
Jackie Jameson
jacqueline.jameson at gmail.com
Thu Feb 8 11:31:28 EST 2007
Good tips, I'm planning to put in some french drains/drain pipes and maybe
do some terracing. I'll experiment a little, see what works. I've just
bought the place and the soil, moisture, exposure, et cetera are completely
different than my last place. I have some learning to do.
Jackie
On 2/8/07, William Freels <w.freels at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> Jackie:
>
> I do not know of an available apple rootstock that will
> dependably tolerate this wet site. Hopefully you can improve the planting
> site by installing underground drain pipes.
>
> The 4" diameter, with 1/8" slits, flexible black plastic pipe, that you
> can usually buy for 35 cents per foot, at the large farm stores, is what I
> would use. Bury this pipe at least 24" deep, deeper if possible, to capture
> the water above your trees and "as needed" to keep the whole area free of
> seepage. There must be an open ditch or something for the captured water to
> flow, freely by gravity, into.
>
> It is good that you have recognized the seepage problem before the trees
> were planted.
>
> Sincerely, Bill Freels, Paducah, Ky
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Jackie Jameson <jacqueline.jameson at gmail.com>
> *To:* North American Fruit Explorers <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:14 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [NAFEX] flood-tolerant apple rootstock needed?
>
> Hi -
>
> I'm also interested in flood tolerance in apple / rootstock.
>
> I want to plant a small orchard on a hillside, not a floodplain. However,
> this hillside is covered with seeps and is constantly wet.
>
> Jackie
>
> On 1/30/07, tanis grif <tanisgrif at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't think I've posted much (tanis cuff/ tanistanis hotmail same as
> > tanisgrif
> > yahoo) about the tree proper. It is owned by some else, so I felt the
> > primary task
> > was to collect all the info I could about propagating & possibly
> > patenting it, so I
> > could tell owner all options available & most practical methods, and
> > probable
> > time-line. Also, publicizing too much about the tree starts the
> > time-window of when
> > the patenting process must start.
> >
> > Tree might be naturally dwarfing, but that needs to be trialed. History
> > strongly
> > suggests it is an own-root chance seedling. It produces crops of
> > fair-to-nice fruit
> > in a marshy region where other apple trees hardly flower. This combo of
> > phenomonal
> > roots AND good fruit will have to be tested, to prove whether it is
> > actually a
> > chance seedling, not someone's long-lost topwork. Also note this is in
> > s.WI-- z4
> > more realisticly than z5-- which beats the winter hardiness of other
> > flood-tol
> > rootstocks (yes?).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- nbeaureg wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > flood tolerance is a great quality, and should be very salable.
> > > why?
> > > because it is Usually associated with several other very desirable
> > qualities.
> > >
> > > compaction tolerance and low O2 tolerance.
> > >
> > > i don't know the current market for rootstocks though.
> > >
> > > has the vigor & size of this tree been discussed?
> > >
> > > zone 5
> > > w-mass
> > >
> > > ncb
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Quoting tanis cuff <tanistanis at hotmail.com>:
> > >
> > > > Please & thanks for your views of the current need or market demand
> > for a
> > > > very flood-tolerant apple rootstock.
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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