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["bluestem_farm@juno.com" <bluestem_farm@juno.com>]

Tanis,
I've seen Amelanchiers growing in the North woods, where I'm sure the soil is 
acidic.   My two cents worth is that if you can't grow them, it's because 
they are being eaten.  They grow fine here on our farm where the soil isn't 
particularly sweet (I can't tell you what it is 'cause we've never gotten it 
tested)  but I'm the only one who will ever see them because they get munched 
to ground level every year, usually by July.  When I moved one and fenced it 
against the deer, I discovered that rabbits will eat them to the ground, 
too--and that they could get through the deer fence.  I have one almost well 
enough barricaded, and the parts that aren't being eaten look fine.  
Muffy

-- "Naomi"  wrote:

Well then you can grow blueberries...I can't.
Naomi 

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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of tanis cuff
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 2:22 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Saskatoons

How to grow:  The last time this came up, I think the list figured out that
the reason I couldn't grow amelanchiers is because of loamy-sand soil which
leans toward acidic.  Growers with silty & clay soils, and mid to higher pH,
have no problem.  Test your soil.  (Listers please correct this if I'm
recalling it wrong.)

Tanis Cuff, s.WI, z4 or 5 depending on the year


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