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  • From: Matthew Oller <matthewoller@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Planting on north slope.
  • Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:57:49 -0700 (PDT)

I have enough sun,I'd have to protect from burroes, they're pretty smart , and can mozh most fences

--- On Thu, 3/26/09, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:

From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Planting on north slope.
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 1:07 PM

Here is balmy zone 6 I have an apricot on a south-facing slope, and while it blooms early, and I've feared frost damage, it reliably sets fruit.

Of course, it loses all its fruit prior to ripening, but I think that's due to other issues, and might be mostly due to squirrels.
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Ginda

..... Original Message .......
On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:55:39 -0700 (PDT) Sarah Kehler Ewing <skkewing@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>I read an article on growing apricots in borderline areas such as my own and it said that those of us colder than zone 7 should plant our trees on a North facing slope to delay precocious bloomers.
>
>So I planted mine on a North slope and it seems to be working: my trees have been in for three years and have yet to bloom!
>
>Sarah
>Zone 3
>Edm, AB
>
>--- On Thu, 3/26/09, Matthew Oller <matthewoller@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> From: Matthew Oller <matthewoller@yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [NAFEX] Planting on north slope..
>> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>> Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 2:59 AM
>> Hi,
>> what are the prevailing opinions on planting trees on a
>> north slope to retard bloom, as well as protect from summer
>> sun? I am in The big bend of Tex.,El.,6200 ft.Frost is
>> expected Fri. night,matt,peace,tnx
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