North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

[mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>]

Sarah:  Have you tried growing Buartnuts?  I've never had any
hardiness issues with them here in WI, gets down to -30F every couple
years here.  Season length might be more of an issue.

~mIEKAL

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Sarah Kehler Ewing <skkewing@yahoo.com> 
wrote:
> Thanks for the input.  I've read that I can plant them in a nursery bed for 
> a year (this is recommended because of low germination and for protection 
> of the nuts from squirrels), but then they have to go out!  We have two 
> dogs and lots of cats that keep those critters out of my garden, but I'm 
> also picking up more hardware cloth to cover my nursery for the winter.  
> Our soil is heavy clay, but I have goats and chickens that produce enough 
> manure for me to amend my planting areas.
>
> I am planting most of the 500 seeds as soon as they arrive today or 
> tomorrow!  We do have the room: I keep finding things to fill up the 25 
> acre yard site that we fenced out of the 160 acres we own.  Once that is 
> full, then I get to kick the renter and his cows off and keep going on the 
> rest!
>
> I'm also looking at spreading the seeds out to my local fruit explorer 
> group as you are correct that butternuts are in serious trouble.  My guess 
> would be that the cancer simply hasn't reached us because 10 trees per 
> province isn't enough to spread it.  Even if I plant acres of them, as long 
> as I practice proper bio-hazard precautions like not bringing any more 
> butternut trees in, I will probably never get it.
>
>
> Sarah
> zone 3
> Edmonton, AB
>