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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Anyone ordered from Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards catalog?  They are 
> located in MO.

I have ordered many trees and other stuff from them over many years. I like 
them. I stretched their patience with a cherry tree that failed to grow. 
They replaced it and the replacement failed to grow. They replaced the 
replacement and said that's it, don't ask for another one. Can't really 
fault them on that position.

The cherry tree experience is still a puzzle to me. Great location, perfect 
drainage. The only thing I can figure is that the "perfect soil" I created 
was missing some vital element, like maybe mychorizae. I lucked out; when I 
visited Heartwood last June I found that the third cherry tree is thriving. 
Whatever the problem was with the first two, the soil has become alive and 
is feeding the tree what it needs.