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  • From: Jacquelyn Kuehn <jakuehn@verizon.net>
  • To: NAFEX <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [nafex] Vegetables?
  • Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 12:52:04 -0500

Yes to vegetables!

Jacquelyn Kuehn
jakuehn@verizon.net



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> 1. Re: Sweet Sixteen (Jacquelyn Kuehn)
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> From: Jacquelyn Kuehn <jakuehn@verizon.net>
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> Subject: Re: [nafex] Sweet Sixteen
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> Thank you, Ginda and Chris. I wish I could do the summer over! But I?ve
> learned a valuable lesson.
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> It is certainly possible I was careless with digging the hole, too, and
> that area often has standing water in spring, which surely doesn?t help the
> tree any.
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> Onward and upward; time to buy a new tree! We did love those apples!
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> Jacquelyn Kuehn
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>> On Nov 21, 2020, at 9:10 AM, Chris Garriss <cgarriss@garriss.net> wrote:
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>> I think that is one possibility. I had a similar circumstance a number if
>> years ago. In doing a "necropsy" i found that when planted the soil had
>> not been loosened enough, the roots were essentially root bound, not
>> growing out into the soil around the planting hole. The adage of "Dig a
>> $100 hole for a $10 tree" definitely applies.
>>
>> Other things could factor in but I would not discount lack of an extensive
>> root system. I have also seen over watering keeping the development of a
>> robust root system from occurring.
>>
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>> On Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 08:44 Jacquelyn Kuehn via nafex
>> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org <mailto:nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>> wrote:
>> So I?ll start with a sad story. My Sweet Sixteen apple, about 10 years
>> old, was just starting to give wonderful crops of amazing apples. This
>> spring, as it was laden with blossoms, we had a heavy frost. Some of the
>> fruits developed anyway.
>>
>> Then the season became quite dry. By August, the tree shriveled up and
>> died. Completely dead.
>>
>> After so long to have established its root system, is it possible the
>> drought really was what killed it?
>>
>> Jacquelyn Kuehn
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>>> I agree with Lawrence. I found that when NAFEX made the "decision" to go
>>> in a "more modern way" it became less and less useful in general.
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>>> With the list it came to me once I was a member. I did not need to log
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>>> another app, getoads of unrelated crap, I could easily see what was of
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>>> There are some thing an old fashioned listserv does better than a new
>>> format. This list is one. I find it interesting that so much traffic has
>>> just evaporated. I think, at least in my case, NAFEX the organization
>>> became less important as it became more difficult to use. Perhaps the 20
>>> to 30 year olds might disagree, but I did not really see them
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>>> continue to monitor this list and hope for a come back.
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>>> Stay well all.
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>>>> On Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 00:40 Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:lfljvenaura@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>>> This list still works, as before. Is there any way to revive it....again?
>>>> Is it worth it? Of course. Facebook gets worse and worse and worse..my
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>>>> Lists that use email are the best there are. Groups.io is excellent but
>>>> limited and if the forum is large with lots of traffic with a long
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>>>> can be expensive. ibiblio is free;
>>>> doesn;t have the bells and whistles of groups. io but is as good where it
>>>> counts. I am in tough with the ibiblio admins so can get done what I need
>>>> to ensure the survival of this excellent forum.
>>>> Does Nafex, Inc. use Facebook? Do they even have an in-house forum?
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>>>> Anyway, I am still here and will be for a long time. As long as I am
>>>> around
>>>> this list will be also.
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>>>> I am mostly interested in vegetables but always want to learn more about
>>>> fruit growing.
>>>>
>>>> Lawrence London
>>>> Chapel Hill, NC, 27516
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>>>> and hello to Ginda and Elizabeth! :-)
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