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- From: "Tom Ogren" <tloallergyfree@earthlink.net>
- To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Tree question
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:50:49 -0700
Carol,
Well, of course, a horse chestnut isn't the
same at all as an American Chestnut.....Often, the more a plant is "pruned," by
people or deer or whatever, but the more it is pruned, the slower it will be to
bloom and fruit....or at least this is certainly true with apples, peaches,
plums, pears, etc.
I would give it fertilizers high in
phosphorus and potassium and very low in nitrogen, as that can help induce
flowering.
Here, in California, we have
native horse chestnuts, Aesculus californica, and they will often bloom by the
time they are a decade old, so I'd say that this one in question ought to be
about ready to bloom.
One more thought: with avocado trees
that grow big but won't bloom and fruit, we often scar the trunk with a knife,
and this will usually induce blooming. Horse chestnut trees bloom after they
have leafed out, so if he were to scar the trunk, early spring would probably be
the best time to try it.
Tom Ogren
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[gwl-g] Tree question,
Carol Matthews, 09/28/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Tree question,
Jeff Lowenfels, 09/28/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Tree question,
Lucky Pittman, 09/29/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Tree question,
Fran, 09/29/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Tree question, Carol Matthews, 09/29/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Tree question,
Fran, 09/29/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Tree question,
Lucky Pittman, 09/29/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Tree question, Tom Ogren, 09/28/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Tree question, Jeff Lowenfels, 09/28/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Tree question, Fran, 09/29/2005
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [gwl-g] Tree question,
Hamptongar, 09/28/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Tree question, Carol Matthews, 09/28/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Tree question,
Jeff Lowenfels, 09/28/2005
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