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["Gianni" <GIANNI-2@prodigy.net>]

Hi Ginda:
You might try some C-S or GH on that Stewartia Ginda. A mix of both may
just be the catalyst it needs. Better hurry though, the cold is around the
corner
and both products promote growth and build tissue & you don't need that if
it's
beginning to go into dormancy.
And I also concur wholeheartedly with Donna  to the voracity of C-S
deterring
tree rats and monks.
A double or triple dose to the mix is all you need, they hate the smell and
the
fragaria love it!

Best wishes,
~Gianni
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ginda Fisher" <ginda@concentric.net>
To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [nafex] The summer of my discontent (some things off topic)


> 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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