I’d love to try again, is it ok in the warmer months you think?
I think so, but definitely need to make sure the scion is completely wrapped in buddy tape or parafilm, and the rootstock stays well-watered. Let’s switch to PM to discuss cultivars and shipping.
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Last year Flavor Supreme ripening started 8/20 this year 7/18. Three weeks sooner. Don’t know why. Flavor King on the same try are still green and small.
I would like to try and propagate a Seven Son tree from cuttings but am unsure about what would be the best way(s) to try and do it.
I’ve successfully rooted figs, aronia and gooseberries by sticking sticks in soil but I’d say that I’m relatively inexperienced with cuttings.
Would it be better to wait for the tree to go dormant and has anyone successfully propagated a Seven Son tree before?
I asked Cliff England who has been growing it for over 20 years and he said his is about 20 foot tall.
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I grow some flowers just outside the fence by my community garden plot and I’ve told they have to go. Of course they are just about to flower. Zinnia’s are just opening, so I think they’ll at least open inside and be nice cut flowers. But I have some sunflowers that are about 3 inches wide now and probably a week away at least from being open. Any chance these will open if I cut them and keep them in a vase?
Has anyone had luck growing volunteer cherry trees? When I was younger, my grandpa had two cherry trees that were deposited by birds. They were prolific and tasty with no disease problems. I wish I knew what I know now because I would have made some attempts to preserve the trees.
How lucky did he get and how have some of you fared growing out random cherries?
I assume there’s no harm to the plant when you cut off portions of banana leaves? In my tightly packed jungle of a greenhouse I’m wanting to prioritize the avocado tree to the left, so I’m going to start cutting any leaves that flop this way around the midpoint like this:
I’m hoping it won’t drop the damaged leaves, though?
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fig question.
white Genoa, first year I’ve had it but it was 4+ft tall when it arrived. in container. it’s very pale. my other figs are in similar conditions, soil and water, etc but this one looks off to me. is this mites? mosaic? a personal grudge against me? just the way WG looks, like RBF?
should I do anything? should I take it personally?
the lighting in this makes him look less pale and sad than it really is. it’s yellow.
The banana won’t drop the damaged leaves. Looking at the picture it really isn’t an issue right now. But my experience with banana is that they’ll take over the whole place. I took mine out while I still could after just a few months. The leaves at that point were 8ft long and 2ft wide, each leaf. The trunk was 12 inches diameter. Maybe I had a particularly vigorous variety.
On top of that it was putting out pups at a massive rate. It’ll grow pups right into your avocado.
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Personal grudge for sure. When you get over that apply some nitrogen fertilizer. But not this year, next spring. It’s too late to apply N to a fig. You don’t want them growing into cold weather.
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It is the fall and so it may be entering dormancy and getting ready to drop leaves. I would do nothing and wait to see what happens in the spring.
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I’ll be removing most of the pups if the main p-stem flowers before running out of space.
It’s going to be close, but I’m hoping it’ll fruit just before the 12.5’ peak of the roof. If not, I may need to start pointing it out the roof hatch by next spring:
This is Dwarf Cavendish, which I gather usually fruits at 8-10’, so it’ll definitely be close!
This is a species dependent question. Apples, pears, and some others are easier to bench graft and achieve success while dormant. Pawpaws, persimmons, jujubes and others prefer to wake up. There are exceptions to this guidance, like using a hot callus pipe.
Kind of a late reply to your post but I’ve had this exact same problem of defoliation with a spring snow crabapple. Your variety looks different but guessing it’s also scab. Spraying with Immunox a few times fixed it for me but in the end I decided to graft over several fruiting varieties. This is probably a dicey option since your tree is a lot more mature and out in public. It takes a few years for the scions to heal into a normal looking branch and there is a strong risk of breaking in the wind so they need support with nailed in stakes.
Good luck
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I planted all my fruit trees and berry plants Feb 2021 which I mixed in compost to the native soil. The plants grew great last year and I was amazed with all the growth. This year I used a glandular fertilizer. Most of the plants had little growth this year. I know it’s a broad question and I know I made rookie mistakes but i’m trying to figure out if all the rain we’ve had had something to do with it? Seems like it has rained at least 1 hour every day this summer.
Apple trees only grew about 1’ - tips leaves brown.
Blackberries grew only half the canes and some not at all with tones of brown leaves.
Maypops only had 4 fruit but that my fault letting the caterpillars eat to many leaves.
Pomegranates only grew 1’
Pawpaw no new growth
Loquats no new growth
Persimmon grew 4"
Muscadines, mulberries, pluot, plum and fruit cocktail grew pretty good.
I tried to buy only trees that were compatibly with my zone since my plan was to only have plants that thrived will little money or care from me. If it didn’t grow good I would get rid of it. I would really like to figure out the blackberry and apples.
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First year sleeps, second year creeps, third year leaps. My bet is that next year you’ll have great growth.
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Is your soil clay? We had plenty of rain May, June & July. My soil is sandy. Most trees grew fine except newly planted apples. Do you have a photo of your apple tree leaves?