Merideth Richardson

Tyler Ludens wrote:Nicole, have you tried Hardy Yams?  http://www.pfaf.org/user/cmspage.aspx?pageid=60

I have one plant of Hardy Yam but it isn't doing much because it doesn't get sufficient water.

Regarding deer; I wouldn't be able to grow anything without fences.  

Never heard of those! Ug, I hope they aren't  as aggressive as kudzu.

elle sagenev wrote:I've attempted to grow a ton of trees from seeds. None of them have survived. Some places planting a seed is as easy as throwing out an apple. Here, well I can hardly grow well established trees.

Is it because of lack of rain?

This is so much fun! I read a lot of the articles that y'all posted. I've got a few hundred random fruit trees coming up (hopefully) this spring. I didn't really have a method in mind for finding out what trees I wanted to keep, but I think I've got the makings of a plan now.

Oh, and here's a YouTube video about a guy who grew an Apple tree from seed. It seems like he got fast results from heavy summer pruning.

 

I'll try to post some pics when my trees come up.

Ah!
Eww!
Tree of heaven. I agree with burns. Ailanthus altissima. Tree of #$%& is more like it....

Hope no one minds me adding to this old thread, but does anyone think the vigor that makes standard fruit trees live longer would also help with disease or pest resistance?

Anyone know of any studies on that?
Wasn't sure if I should start a new discussion not....

What would Fukuoka think about grafted fruit trees?

I read the article on richsoil.com, but there were a few things I couldn't see.

1. How do you keep the soil and mulch from eroding off the top and sides?

2. Will the plant roots enter the rotting wood, just as if it were soil? And Will this happen by the second year?

3. How do you 'refill' these things once the logs are completely decomposed? I see eventually you could just start over on the same place, but what if you chose to plant perennials?

4. How do you keep rodents out of them? If I were a wood-gnawing critter, these would make pretty good homes.

5. And roley-poley insects? Will they hurt live plants? Because they've got to be going bananas in those logs.