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[Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>]

Warning - off topic:

Chris,  My Stewartia seems to be dying this year, too.  I bought it as a
baby, and it wasn't expensive, but I've been disappointed.  The first
year it took off.  Since then, it seems to have been downhill.  I think
part of the problem is competition from my neighbor's seedling crabapple
that she didn't get around to pulling up.  Darn thing flowered this
year, and now I assume she'll want to keep the scab-covered thing.

My Nanking cherry arrived dead from a company that's now out of business
(serves me right for ordering something alive from such a lousy place,
but still disappointing.)

Over all, it's been a really good summer in the garden, though.  My
Northern Spy grafted fine, and seems to be growing well.  Good luck
trying again.

Best,
Ginda


Christopher Mauchline wrote:
> 
> Since it's almost the end of summer I'm going to express frustration
> with gardening in general and fruit growing in particular.  Years ago
> I worked for a company that had internal chat groups, one of which
> was called net.whine.  This would have belonged there.
> 
> First the things that were good about this year:
> Got a nice first crop from 1/2 of my blueberries.
> Did get enough raspberries and blackberries to enjoy.
> My just now 2 year-old boys loved the "bewies" and "betties" as well
> as helping pick the cherry "maties" (tomatoes).
> The birth of my youngest son this May.
> Many of the plants that my father accidentally sprayed w/ Roundup
> seem that they may survive.
> Did manage to get one apricot.
> 
> The whine (not necessarily in chronological or frustration order):
> 1) The spraying of blackberries, honeyberry, and redbud tree with the
> forementioned Roundup
> 2) My attempt to graft Northern Spy failed yet again. (Does anybody
> else out there have a similar problem grafting one variety where
> others work well for them?
> 3) Previously, I had grafted PawPaw with 100% success.  This year I
> had only 3/7 takes (two strong and one weak take). The takes were
> broken off (although the weak take may have expired before being
> broken off), so I ended up being 0 for 7.  My source for most of my
> wood is elderly, so I may not be able to get scion wood when my
> rootstock is ready for grafting again.  Plus I believe one of my 4
> rootstocks (that I had raised from seed) did not survive the grafting
> process.
> 4) Kaki Persimmon grafting was a bust (0 for 4 attempts).
> 5) Cherry trees planted out were first stripped (including small
> branches) by deer.  Then the insects destroyed the leaves that came
> out.  The 3 trees are still alive, but I have concerns about their
> winter survival.
> 6) Stanley plum that I had transplanted from my old place 2 years
> ago, flowered, started to fruit, and then died.
> 7) The deer are keeping my Razor Russet from regrowing
> 8) Even though I got it well mulched, it looks like I again lost the
> nursery bed to weeds.
> 9) 6 ft weeds in the front gardens.
> 10) 4 birds killed by netting on blueberries.
> 11) Stewartia that I paid a significant price for has lost all but
> its outermost leaves.
> 12) Yet again did not get the kiwis transplanted out.
> 
> There's probably more, but that's an even dozen.
> 
> Chris Mauchline
> SE PA, zone 6
> 
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