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  • From: rmelrose@danvilleVT.net
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  • Subject: [NAFEX] Was seeds -- Question
  • Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:35:29 -0400 (EDT)

Sarah, how would you like to tell us all what you are managing to grow in
zone 3. Quince for example -- do you have Cydonia growing or Chaenomeles,
and if so what cultivars?

Richard
Zone 4a, VT.

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> Subject: [NAFEX] More on starting apple and pear seeds
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> I have grown hundreds of apples and pears from seed. I take a 500ml/1pint
> yogurt or sour cream container and punch some drainage holes in the bottom.
> I fill it half full of moist dirt, layer my seeds in thickly and then
> cover them with 1/2 inch of moist dirt. Then I place the container in a
> plastic bag and put the whole works in the back of the bottom shelf of my
> fridge for 6 weeks. After the cold stratification is done, I pull them out
> and place them on a shelf over a heat vent and watch them grow! When the
> seedlings are about an inch or two high, I tip over the container removing
> and gently breaking up the root clump before transplanting them
> individually into 1 liter/1 quart milk cartons with drainage hole punched
> in the bottom. I like to place the cartons in those shallow 40 liter
> underbed bins so I can move them in and out of the house to harden off
> without destroying the cartons.
>
> I prefer to start my seeds in January as I seem to get two seasons of
> growth that way: they put on 12-18 inches in the house and then repeat that
> once they are planted out (sad growth for one year I know, but it's a cool
> and short summer up here!). If you collect seeds from grocery store apples
> in Jan/Feb, you can even skip the cold stratification step as apparently
> cold storage since harvest has already done that for you.
>
> I just transplanted my quince, peaches (Tzim Pee Tao, Chui Lum Tao, and
> Bailey) and Klapperton Red pears yesterday (the Ranetka and local apples as
> well as Siberian Pears, apricots and plums are outside this year!).
>
> Sarah
> zone 3
> Edmonton, AB
>
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