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  • From: Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>
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  • Subject: [nafex] hoop house
  • Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 23:09:58 -0700

I'm curious about the construction of the hoop house. Here in NM at 7000 feet we have winds in the spring that can get to 50 or 60 mph. That will rip plastic to shreds or, if the plastic holds, the wind will destroy the structure.

How do you make a structure to withstand that?

Regards,

Jay

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On 1/4/2017 7:27 PM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
In the first test project I planted 8 varieties into a 32x70 high
tunnel. After 3 years all 8 varieties are still coming back each
year. The 2nd year there were no figs set, this year several handful
of figs set and Desert King and Green Ischia managed to ripen a few.
The figs were pretty much left untended, not selectively pruned so
each crown had 20 to 30 shoots. By Sept some of the growth was 9
feet. I'm a little miffed I didn't get an LSU Celeste Improved into
the planting since that variety (here in WI) ripens 4-6 weeks earlier
than any other of the 65 varieties I have including other cultivars of
Celeste. The big caveat always in back of my mind, is that if we have
a polar vortex like 2013-13 everything we certainly be dead.

~miEKAL
On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Lee Reich <leeareich@gmail.com> wrote:
In my experience, figs that die to ground level set fruit much too late to
ripen. I think this would be the case even in the longer season of the
hoophouse. A lot depends on the size of the hoophouse and how close the figs
are to the edges.

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On Jan 3, 2017, at 2:34 PM, mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com> wrote:

Interesting concept. Do you provide any heat in the hoophouse? If not, how is
it any different than having the figs outside? I
No heat. In Wisconsin the hoophouse would extend the frostless
growing season by 6 weeks in each end of the season... Concentrates
and collects the heat. Reduce wind damage to zero. Protection from
bird predation. Makes it much easier to keep the roots of the figs
from freezing. Figs also do fine producing on first year wood so I'm
focusing on varieties that ripen early.



wouldn't have thought that figs would set fruit on new sprouts from
the ground. I would have guessed they'd only fruit on new wood coming
off of second year wood.

I think that's pretty much what's happening, the sprouts are coming
from the top of the stump that's left. it also seems like sprouts are
coming from below the stump and they don't set fruit.


Of course figs are naturally bushy, whereas jujubes seem to be trees. I don't
know how they would do being cut to the ground. It does sound like jujubes
can survive down to -28 (probably depending on variety, as some are listed at
just -10.)

this is mostly what I was wondering, maybe I can just keep a few of
them growing as dwarfs and wrap them the way some people wrap figs...


Traditionally people bend the fig trees to the ground and cover them, rather
than cut them to the ground. Could you do that in your hoophouse?

with the number of figs that I'm putting in that would be way too much
work, but I'll probably try it for a tree or two...

~mIEKAL





On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com> wrote:
Interesting concept. Do you provide any heat in the hoophouse? If not, how
is it any different than having the figs outside? I wouldn't have thought
that figs would set fruit on new sprouts from the ground. I would have
guessed they'd only fruit on new wood coming off of second year wood.

Of course figs are naturally bushy, whereas jujubes seem to be trees. I
don't know how they would do being cut to the ground. It does sound like
jujubes can survive down to -28 (probably depending on variety, as some are
listed at just -10.)

Traditionally people bend the fig trees to the ground and cover them, rather
than cut them to the ground. Could you do that in your hoophouse?

Regards,

Jay

Jay Cutts
Director, Cutts Graduate Reviews
Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Prep Book
Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Flash Cards
Lead Author, Barron's LSAT Prep Book
(505)-281-0684
10 am to 10 pm Mt Time, 7 days

On 1/3/2017 8:28 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
I've put up a hoophouse to grow figs in z4 Wisconsin. The figs will
all be cut back to the ground each year, covered with bales of hay and
the varieties chosen that will ripen fruit the quickest... I wonder
if this technique would work for jujubes, since you say the fruit is
set on new growth. I imagine the season length in the greenhouse will
be something like early April - November...

~mIEKAL

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 7:46 PM, Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>
wrote:
Here is the (very quick) reply from Dr. Shengrui Yao:

Hi Jay,
Winter hardiness is one thing and the other issue is the frost free
days-length of growing season. If you season is too short, most cultivars
could not be fully mature.
To me, the frost free days is more critical than winter low temperature
in
your area. But you can get 1-2 cultivars and try it.
Happy Holidays!

Shengrui


Regards,

Jay

Jay Cutts
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On 12/28/2016 5:06 PM, Henry via nafex wrote:
How long is the growing season at 7000 feet in New Mexico?

Any chance of learning which cultivars survived at the Sustainable Ag
Science Center in Alcalde?

--Henry Fieldseth
Minneapolis, MN, Zone 4


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On Wed, 12/28/16, Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: [nafex] Jujube
To: "mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit
Experimenters"
<nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Wednesday, December 28, 2016, 4:14 PM
Thanks, Mark. I had seen
the original research report. I thought Alcalde
was more like 5000 but could be wrong. I think
I remember the report
saying that they
weren't getting fruit at Alcalde.
In any case you inspired me to write directly
to Dr. Yao to see what she
thinks.
This is one of the things I
appreciate about this list so much. Great
expertise and enthusiasm among you all!!
Regards,
Jay
Jay
Cutts
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Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Prep Book
Lead Author, Barron's MCAT Flash Cards
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Mt Time, 7 days
On
12/28/2016 2:52 PM, mark wessel wrote:
Jay
The most
recent Hort Science has an article “Jujube, an Alternative
Fruit crop for the Southwestern US”. The author is from
New Mexico State. Evidently they are trialing over 50
cultivars at the Sustainable Ag Science Center in Alcalde.
It is at least 5700 ft elevation. They referenced a
hardiness to -30C or -22F.
The authors
name is Shengrui Yao.
Also, Gordon
Tooley of Tooleys trees may have some insight into hardiness
in NM.
Mark






On Dec 28, 2016, at 3:18 PM, Jay Cutts
<orders@cuttsreviews.com>
wrote:
Has
anyone successfully grown jujube in zone 5 or colder?
I'm in NM
at 7000 feet. There are a number of trees that I've
tried here that ought to grow in even colder climates but
which get their tops killed in the winter. I think it's
a combination of temperature (record lows have been -25),
wind, strong sun, dryness, thaw and freeze. The trees that
have topped-killed include Illinois Everbearing mulberry,
American persimmon, and walnuts. The American persimmons
eventually get tough enough growth to survive, but any
grafted plants lose the grafted portion.
I'm
concerned that the tops of jujubes would not make it. Any
experience?
Regards,

Jay

Jay Cutts

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