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Re: [NAFEX] Poncirus hedge - nafex Digest, Vol 95, Issue 27
- From: Steven Covacci <filtertitle@aol.com>
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- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:12:40 -0500 (EST)
Hi Justin,
Sorry I just missed this post from a while back; this happens once every so often, so I apologize - and to the same should anyone be reading this that I did not respond to. I'm located an hour north of you; I'm very familiar with your area as I hike all throughout your county, and even Somerset itself through-out the year. It's a favorite region of mine: the piedemont. I'm sorry that your hedge died back. Why did it die. After speaking with friends, some of which are on this forum, I decided that a deer fence is the only way to go for fencing - but not for fencing, the best advice I feel was to have dogs - great pyreneese. Yet for a vegetative barrier, that idea of hazelnut seems interesting - as you can see, I'm easily tempted into futility. I would use the native hazelnut which is common to our area of New Jersey: American hazelnut (Corylus americana). Why don't you plant hazelnut instead of trofoliate citrus?
Steve
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Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 09:43:05 -0500 From: Justin West <cjustinwest@gmail.com> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [NAFEX] Poncirus trifoliata (hardy orange) - invasive in the northeast? Deer hedge Message-ID: <AANLkTikC-abGqpJbKXc=ejhS=XJBL0EHetuyb4+GXR2x@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Where are you located steve? What soil type? We have a poncirus here on red shale that has almost totally died back. That would be a bummer to have your whole fence die just as it reaches maturity. A neat but time consuming proposition would be to lay the hedge much like they do in England with mostly hazel. Cutting the branches 90% of the way through and weaving them over produces new growth, suckers upwards and thick protection as high as you like (although it would take years to get all of this established and i am not sure hazel would be the best choice for jersey. maybe it would work with something else fast growing and seemingly indestuctible like mulberry? suerte justin west zone 7 somerset county nj -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/private/nafex/attachments/20101225/c51e48ff/attachment.htm>
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Re: opinions on gooseberries (Bill Garthright) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:28:47 -0500 From: Deb S <debs913@gmail.com> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [NAFEX] Hardy almonds Message-ID: <AANLkTi=bYX3AtTPU67bJDp9Q9juhJn0eBe_S63pS0x4g@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Raintree Nursery lists three varieties of hardy almond. I am wondering if anyone has had success growing almonds in the midwest (we are in SE Ohio zone 6). The catalog does mention susceptibility to brown rot, a problem we see in peaches and cherries. What have been your experiences with almonds in this type of climate? deb Glouster, OH zone 6ish -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/private/nafex/attachments/20101224/b8036d08/attachment.htm> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 08:15:10 -0500 (EST) From: dwoodard@becon.org To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [NAFEX] Pears: visit to Brogdale collection Message-ID: <41734.24.122.117.168.1293282910.squirrel@www.webmail.becon.org> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 By a non-pear-expert. See <http://www.cookingissues.com/2010/12/14/pear-enlightenment-and-the-brogdale-farm> Doug Woodard St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 09:43:05 -0500 From: Justin West <cjustinwest@gmail.com> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [NAFEX] Poncirus trifoliata (hardy orange) - invasive in the northeast? Deer hedge Message-ID: <AANLkTikC-abGqpJbKXc=ejhS=XJBL0EHetuyb4+GXR2x@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Where are you located steve? What soil type? We have a poncirus here on red shale that has almost totally died back. That would be a bummer to have your whole fence die just as it reaches maturity. A neat but time consuming proposition would be to lay the hedge much like they do in England with mostly hazel. Cutting the branches 90% of the way through and weaving them over produces new growth, suckers upwards and thick protection as high as you like (although it would take years to get all of this established and i am not sure hazel would be the best choice for jersey. maybe it would work with something else fast growing and seemingly indestuctible like mulberry? suerte justin west zone 7 somerset county nj -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/private/nafex/attachments/20101225/c51e48ff/attachment.htm> ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:37:23 -0500 From: Deb S <debs913@gmail.com> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: [NAFEX] opinions on gooseberries Message-ID: <AANLkTinf8qsfREXxFeJ-BVB8u8K4BKrE7DC5j4yhWgY-@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" What experiences have you had with the following varieties of gooseberry: Black Velvet Jewel Friend Jeanne Good, bad, indifferent? How was production and flavor? Was the bush vigorous? Very thorny? Thanks! deb SE Ohio zone 6ish -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/private/nafex/attachments/20101225/fd622385/attachment.htm> ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:01:22 -0500 From: Lee Reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] opinions on gooseberries Message-ID: <6CB489A7-2463-4A67-8C7F-6883D7302C5C@hvc.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I've only had Black Velvet and like it a lot. A very rich sweet-tart flavor, much like wine. A vigorous, disease free variety here in New York's Hudson Valley (Zone 5). Lee Reich, PhD http://www.leereich.com/ http://leereich.com/blog.html. Books by Lee Reich: A Northeast Gardener's Year The Pruning Book Weedless Gardening Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden Landscaping with Fruit On Dec 25, 2010, at 11:37 AM, Deb S wrote: > What experiences have you had with the following varieties of gooseberry: > > Black Velvet > Jewel > Friend > Jeanne > > Good, bad, indifferent? 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URL: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/private/nafex/attachments/20101225/d2cadce3/attachment.htm> ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:06:32 -0600 From: Bill Garthright <billg@inebraska.com> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] opinions on gooseberries Message-ID: <4D1632A8.5030304@inebraska.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > What experiences have you had with the following varieties of gooseberry: > > Black Velvet I had to move my one bush, because I didn't leave enough room, so I've only had berries this past year. But after replanting, it grew VERY vigorously, with very tall and thorny canes. Production this year was very good. The dark red berries were good, too - probably my second-favorite for fresh-eating (after Poorman, which is great, but not too prolific). For what it's worth, I've got two more bushes growing up where I dug this one out to transplant. Apparently, I left enough root in the ground. No, it doesn't seem to be invasive - just vigorous. Unfortunately, I don't have any room for more plants. And this one clearly grows a lot bigger than most! > Jewel For me, it's been productive (again, just one bush), and it seems to grow a bit more upright than my other bushes. It's very, very thorny, like most of them. And like the rest, it makes great pie. But I don't like them for fresh eating, so I'll probably get rid of it. But note that I have this problem with most gooseberry varieties I've tried. It's not just Jewel. If I were just wanting them for pie or preserves, they'd all be just fine. But I mostly want berries that are good fresh when ripe, or mostly ripe (a lot of gooseberries get too bland for me when COMPLETELY ripe), and that's harder to find, apparently. But they grow great here in very little sun (just a few hours at mid-day) with NO disease problems at all. And one spray of Bt seems to completely eliminate the green - and very fast - worms which otherwise infest the berries. I don't have any other insect problems at all - and even the birds don't bother them! So there's a lot to like! Bill Lincoln, NE (zone 5) http://garthright.blogspot.com/ -- Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. - Mark Twain -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/private/nafex/attachments/20101225/7444e66e/attachment.htm> ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ nafex mailing list nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed. This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites. Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission! **YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!** Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded. 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