Subject: I need cuttings! (or seeds)
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I'm getting a collection of several kinds of strawberries from Johnny's Selected Seeds to have a harvest period of May to September. Strawberries are my favorite berry, and I make Strawberry Balsamic Jam every year. We do plan to get bush berries as well, we have selected blueberries, raspberries, and lingonberries. |
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Subject: I need cuttings! (or seeds)
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Apples are difficult to grow organically. I would still plant them, but you might consider some low maintenance trees like persimmon and mulberry.
Montmorency cherries are very low maintenance here. Not sure about sweet cherries. |
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Subject: I need cuttings! (or seeds)
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| Blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries added to the mix will give you a lot production while you wait on the trees to mature. | |
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| Problem solved. I have the seeds | |
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Subject: I need cuttings! (or seeds)
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| Here is a good source of seeds: https://sheffields.com/ | |
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Subject: I need cuttings! (or seeds)
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If you decide to go the seed route, look around you for old groves. Actually, do that for cuttings as well. Plants that have grown in your environment for a long period of time will be more likely to have offspring that survives under your conditions. If you're planting in sand, look for trees growing in sand. Clay, likewise. Look for older trees that bear fruit you like.
In my experience, sweet cherry seeds will germinate but seem to have some interesting genetic problems, from seedlings that don't use chlorophyll (died, of course) to those that don't have seed leaves or stay all curled up and try to grow that way. Etc. I think cherries are seriously inbred. Apple seeds germinate easily and have a great deal of genetic diversity. But if both parents are good, likely the fruit will be good as well. Peaches likewise. If both parents are good, likely their descendants will be good. Peaches take about four to five years from seed to fruit. |
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That is an excellent point. |
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| I don't have a single one of those varieties (that I know of), but have you considered growing them from seed? You might be able to get 50 seeds from someone easier than one cutting and they're easier to ship. Just a thought... | |
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| I have the shrub form of Prickly Ash, Zanthoxylum hirsutum. | |
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I cannot afford trees rooted in buckets as I had planned to use for my food forest.
I'm looking for many small cuttings of the following trees: Apples Black Arkansas Northern Spy assorted cider and eating apples Peaches freestone preferred Cherries black yellow bing Japanese Double Bloom Prickly Ash American or Chinese Nuts Hardy Giant Pecan Locust thornless honey locust I am going to order trifoliate oranges in the spring, but some stuff came up that has set me back a bit in funds. The electric bill is twice as high as expected and I have to put up caulk and film in the windows, seal up the bottom of the house etc... This has set back my pasture fencing and food forest planting in both budget and time. Thus, I appeal to the community, if you have the trees listed above, and are willing to ship me fresh cuttings that I can root myself, I will find a way to pay you back. |
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