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[mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>]

The Badgersett hybrids I bought in 2002 did not start bearing until
2009.  Huge variation in the plants, some are bushes 4 feet high &
some are 15 feet high, some nuts are miniscule & some of of good size
& fill.

~mIEKAL

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Kieran &/or Donna
<holycow@frontiernet.net> wrote:
 It's kind of like the Badgersett hazels, they advertise but no
> one is talking about the plants they bought.  I got some just in time for
> the long drought beginning in 2005, so I can't complain too much, but they
> didn't really start to grow till the wet summer of '09.  Meanwhile native
> seedlings have sprung up and are as big as the biggest of the Badgersetts
> without me lifting a finger to help them.  Actually, I have some seedlings
> in pots (2009 Euro x beaked) that struggled through this summer's drought
> but are nearly as big as the smallest of my Badersett seedlings in the
> ground from their 2004 seed crop.  It's not like there's no helpful fungus
> on hand, as there are thriving native hazels pretty close.     Donna