I have a stupid question. I’m growing 5 pawpaws (Asimina triloba) from seed. I suspect these particular seeds may have all come from the same tree or even the same fruit. Will they be genetically distinct enough to cross pollinate and set fruit? Or should I buy an additional pawpaw for cross pollination?
I’m curious if anyone can help me identify this volunteer sapling I found growing through some old pallets I have laying around. I have a hunch of what it is, but wanted to get other opinions.
I’m in the piedmont of VA if that helps limit the suspects (zone 7a but in a frost pocket that may be closer to 6b).
Yes, they they should be able to cross pollinate, with the possible exception they camme from several generations of inbreeding.
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Definitely mulberry.
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That’s definitely a mulberry tree
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Thanks @KS_razerback and @MaleaeLover .
That’s what I was thinking but I haven’t a lot of experience identifying them at this stage so I greatly appreciate the confirmation.
Heh now if only I could tell if it was male or female (or was monecious) I could decide if I should re-home it this winter to a place less likely to be in conflict with the power lines when it grows up.
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What is a good way to measure out slow release fertilizer that is being added into potting mix?
The fertilizer instructions give a weight to add into a cubic yard, but I’m nowhere close to using a full cubic yard of potting mix for the project I’m working on.
Just divide it by 27 for how much per cubic foot and go from ther.
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Ah! That makes sense. Easy enough to do some simple math. Thanks!
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Does this look like over watering an apple tree (ignore the CAR)? Probably 10% of the leaves are yellowing and dropping. Bought it (10 gallon pot) from a nursery on Sunday, where it rained all day. Watered it yesterday. Only thing I can think of is it was in part shade at the nursery and I have it in full sun at my house, so maybe that caused a big shock with this eastern heatwave as well?
The yellow spots on the green leaves is CAR, the yellow leaves are just older leaves and are fairly normal to turn yellow like that and fall off.
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I could be delirious from the heat and just getting off work, but the yellow leaves look a lot like Apple Blotch/Marsonina to me. Myclobutanil (Immunox) will treat both CAR and AB/M.
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Does anyone know if prunus americana might pollenate Nadia cherry plum? Ive heard americana can pollenate japanese plums
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Do any of you wonderful folks have suggestions for where I might source a fair amount of fallen leaves during the summertime? I tried walking a nearby mini forest to see if there was any leaf accumulation on the ground, but there wasn’t.
I’m trying to prepare an area for a Yuzu experiment in my zone to see if it’ll survive during the wintertime. I’d like to start by loading the area up with several feet of shredded leaves twice before Spring 2027, once ASAP and once in the fall.
I’m hoping that doing so will enrich the soil and help it drain better. I’m fighting against some clay.
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It might be easier to buy leaf compost from a farm supply outfit. I use about 2 tons a year.
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I’m not sure you can change the nature of your clay before next spring with just mulching with leaves. Mounding or raising your soil level might be your best option, or grafting onto trifoliate, which does good in clay(also might help with cold hardiness to some degree).
Unrelated to the soil or leaves, but you could also experiment with ten degree tangerine in your area, which is a yuzu offspring that supposedly is as cold hardy as yuzu or by some accounts a little more.
Then there is always trifoliate hybrids, but most have some trifoliate flavors.
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Thankfully, I’ve had lots of woodchips here for a while, too. But yes, I’m definitely planning on mounding.
Interesting! I haven’t heard of this, actually. I am mainly interested in Yuzu as a lemon substitute in cooking. Is the ten degree tangerine meant for raw eating or as a cooking ingredient?
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They usually eat the ten degree tangerine like a regular mandarin ( though it is tart).
A few more that might be similar cold hardiness for cooking to try would be Taiwanica lemon, citromon, and Carolina lime.
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For potted Dolgo seedlings…
Shade?
Or full sun with automated irrigation to keep the little ones from drying out?
After all, sunlight is the driving factor of photosynthesis and plant growth.
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Is there a good way to remove wire from which a tree has grown into? I forgot to check the I.D. tag on my peach and where I had placed the tag grew so fast it ate the wire.