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  • From: "Richard J. Ossolinski" <osso@acadia.net>
  • To: nafex@egroups.com
  • Subject: Re: [nafex]mounding
  • Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 21:28:20 -0400

Many thanks, Jim. You and the Fluffy One seem to be on the same wavelength.
Perhaps that's where I should be, too.
Richard

jim wrote:
>
> Richard, there's an easier way to invigorate those trees -- no risk,
> little effort,
> cheap:
>
> Inarch with vigorous rootstocks.
>
> About a foot out from the base of the tree, set half a dozen McIntosh or
> Delicious
> trees on seedling roots (or plant seedling rootstocks directly). By the
> time bark
> is slipping next May, these should be well established. When the bark is
> slipping,
> perform inarch grafts (well illustrated in any good how-to grafting book).
> Use a
> product such as Tree-Kote to cover the surgery.
>
> You'll see no increase in vigor the first year, but after that, hang on to
> your hat!
>
> Jim Cummins
> CUMMINS NURSERY
> Geneva
>
> Richard J. Ossolinski wrote:
>
> > It ain't just you, Fluff. Now, having said that, do I dare post the
> > following?
> > Query:
> > I just received a question from a customer for whom I planted a 'backyard'
> > orchard five or six years ago. Back then he wanted all of the trees
> > never to
> > exceed twelve feet in height, so I selected appropriate
> > rootstocks/varieties.
> > Today he said that he'd like to get them up to about twenty feet, if
> > possible.
> > Having never fooled around in this regard with more than only a few of my
> > own
> > trees, I felt unqualified to give him advice until I got some feedback
> > from
> > any of you who might have had experience in this department.
> > How high above the graft unions is it safe to mound
> > soil (bury the trunks so as to encouraging rooting from above the graft
> > unions)
> > and how far from the trunks should the added soil radiate? Are we risking
> > 'smothering' the trees (i.e. burying the existing roots too deep) by such
> > a
> > maneuver? Should (severe) pruning be included as part of this strategy?
> > The
> > trees are
> > on one level of a terraced slope, and we have the means to raise the
> > level of the
> > entire terrace to whatever height (above the graft unions) might be deemed
> > appropriate and safe. Finally, and just as importantly, can we do this
> > now, or
> > would it be
> > safer/wiser to wait until after the spring thaw? The site is in coastal
> > downeast (Winter
> > Harbor) ME, zone 5, and of all the trees are healthy and bearing. Most
> > of the
> > apples are
> > on M7 and the stone fruits on St. Julian A.; and the spacing is such that
> > full size
> > trees would not be a problem.
> > Thanks for any suggestions.
> > Ozzie
> > Richard J. Ossolinski
> > Downeast Fruit Tree Services
> > HC 35 Box 370
> > Gouldsboro, ME 04607
> > (207) 963-4082
> >
> > fluffy bunny wrote:
> > >
> > > Gang:
> > >
> > > Is it me or did Dr. Chiranjit Parmar just "spam" the entire list with
> > > the
> > > post entitled "Information about non-commercial and lesser known
> > > plants."?
> > >
> > > One of the many positive things would state about this particular forum
> > > is the remarkable absence of commercial or fee based service offerings.
> > > We all know the Vorbecks have Applesource, Ed Fackler has Rocky
> > > Meadow,
> > > Lon has his service and Nursery, Ozzie has his and so on and so on.
> > > Based on the private placed solicitations I have received I would guess
> > > that at least 200 Nafex members have commercial enterprises scaling from
> > > hobbyist status to full time avocation, and yet to the best of my
> > > knowledge all of them has shown restraint and not used this forum as a
> > > advertising medium.
> > >
> > > I would strongly suggest considering the ramifications of this. I am
> > > on
> > > many lists, and the majority are plagued by commercial advertisements.
> > > I would hate to see this happen in this forum.
> > >
> > > I hope the list administrator will consider my words. And if he elects
> > > to continue commercial ads on the list, sees fit to submit to the board
> > > the prospect of collecting a nominal advertising fee.
> > >
> > > Lastly I did not intend to illustrate Mr. Parmar's actions as
> > > particularity offensive. I am using him as a mere example of something
> > > I am greatly concerned with(after seeing several other forums go down
> > > hill).
> > >
> > > Very truly yours in growing all sorts of things to crunch and munch,
> > >
> > > Kevin(the fluffy
> > > bunny)Mathews
> >
>

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