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["Dave Griffin" <griffingardens@earthlink.net>]

Hi Dan,

My experience with serviceberries - alnifolia or Saskatoons mostly - has 
been that they are very slow to get established and that they don't like 
competition when young plants. Mine are about 6 years old planted in sod, 
are 4 ft tall, and are just now having their first good looking crop with 
more than only a few fruit to eat. I think you could shorten the time to 
maturity with a little more competition control of the day lilies.

Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Nave" <nave1@comcast.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 9:10 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Serviceberry growing very slowly


> I bought one of the Serviceberries from Gurneys last year and planted it in 
> my garden.  It said is was Shadbush Serviceberry, I believe.
>
> It is growing but is still quite a tiny plant probably not more than a 
> foot high in it's second year.  It doesn't get a lot of direct sun because 
> it's so damned small.  I thought it would grow a lot faster and outgrow 
> the day-lilies that grow around it...
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Dan