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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Title: Re: [NAFEX] Pistachio

Pistachio has to have a hot, dry summer and a cool, dry winter.  I've seen them planted in the Willamette Valley in Oregon and they grew about a half inch per year.  It took until mid summer before it got warm enough for them to grow out of the disease caused by the cool, wet spring.  I seriously doubt you would be able to grow them in Ashland unless you put them in a dehumidified greenhouse.
-Lon Rombough
> From: Lisa Almarode <lisaalmarode@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 19:21:46 -0800 (PST)
> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: [NAFEX] Pistachio

> Speaking of Pistachio, is there a good source for 
> bareroot trees?  I've been unable to find any via the
> internet, though I found seeds.  I'm marginal for
> them here, I think our winters may be too wet and our
> clay soil too heavy, but I'd like to try. 
>
> Lisa in Ashland Oregon
> Zone 7  1800'