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[Chris Garriss <cgarriss@garriss.net>]

Glad to know about your experience
  I've not tried to grow apricots but have had peach and cherry die without ever breaking bud..or even bud swell.   Perhaps I should have watered more. ..it was dry and I did water but perhaps not sufficiently.  Shall keep in mind for the future.

On Jun 5, 2010 5:33 PM, "Ginda Fisher" <list@ginda.us> wrote:

Update:  We were out of town for a couple of days, and I got back and noticed that the apricot has some leaves, and other buds are opening up.  It's been both warm and wet, so perhaps that's what it needed.  It certainly doesn't look like a vigorous, happy plant, but I think there's a decent chance it will survive after all.

I vaguely recall the first one I bought was also very slow to break dormancy (only the first year), and it did fine, until something killed it last year.

My guess is that John S is right, and the problem is that it was stunted by root damage when it was dug up and shipped to me.  In fact, I noticed that the tree didn't have all that much root (as compared to the top) when I planted it.  I didn't notice root damage, especially, but all bare-root trees have some root damage.  This one must just be more sensitive to it than the typical apple.

I guess it's just as well I hadn't gotten around to complaining to Burnt Ridge about it, yet. Wish me luck with it.  Fresh apricots were really nice.  :-)

Ginda

On May 8, 2010, at 11:12 PM, Ginda Fisher wrote:

> Thanks. It keeps raining around here, so perha...