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Not thrilled with the winter weather - Not complaining, just very very concerned. We've had one solid week of warm weather in Jan. and there is no forecast of colder weather in th... Read More
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Glyphosate will cause half children to be autistic,MIT researcher - Headline reads, "MIT Researcher: Glyphosate Herbicide will Cause Half of All Children to Have Autism by 2025" This is recently be... Read More
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Interesting Tree Shapes - My daughter emailed this link to me. Nothing to do w/ fruit, but I thought it pretty cool. Might give someone some ideas about espalier. Her... Read More
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Are these pawpaw seedlings? - I know several of you out there grow pawpaw seedlings. Last fall I planted some pawpaw seeds under one of the pawpaw trees. There is somethi... Read More
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Lady Nancy - Here is a pic of one Lady Nancy. I just had a few this year due to the low winter temps. It wasn't one of the great performers due to low wi... Read More
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Stone Fruit recall - Unless I missed it, I don't believe this has been posted on the forum yet. (see link below) Here is a link that might be useful: Fruit recal... Read More
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Persimmon Apomixis? - I planted a female Morris Burton (American) persimmon about 7 years ago. I also planted a couple seedlings hoping one of them would be a mal... Read More
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Effect of wood chips on soil - I recently sent in a soil sample from the farm to get a baseline of what the soil is like out there, and one from the backyard to see what (... Read More
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Pruning a persimmon BYOC??? - Has anyone tried to prune an American persimmon to a pedestrian height? I prune all my fruit trees to a pedestrian height. Apple, pear, pea... Read More
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Further report on winter peach damage - I wanted to update what I've found this year regarding winter damage of flower buds of peach. As I mentioned before, virtually all the peac... Read More
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