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Miles Flansburg wrote:Thanks Philip!
So it sounds like your brush piles are almost like hugels. How much time does it take them to compost down to soil? Do you see any risk in leaving the cuttings in the orchard, with the deseases that you mentioned?
How hardy are the nuts etc? I have land in Wyoming and would love to find some really hardy trees.
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Dan Boone wrote:I have one young black walnut growing on the property here so I was interested in the mention of a blight on them. Google turned up this link for anyone else who may be curious:
http://greatlakesecho.org/2011/11/30/disease-that-attacks-black-walnut-trees-sweeps-across-us/
I am just starting to build brush piles from clearing out the undergrowth that has grown up through the branches of about a dozen ancient wild pecan trees on this property. We also have dozens of American Persimmon trees, although just a few are clear enough (yet) for the fruit to be readily harvestable. If I don't get a tractor, a brush hog, and a much bigger chainsaw, it will be my life's work rehabilitating these trees with hand tools.
As far as I know, though (there's still some chunks of ravine I haven't checked) we don't have any paw paws. I'll remedy that, one of these years.
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Philip Perlman wrote:
If anyone needs info on nut growing, pawpaws, or American persimmons I will try to respond coherently.
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Dan Boone wrote:Awesome! I've seen some advice before on planting pawpaws, but that's the most/best in one place that I've seen. If I can get some good seed, I'm going to try this.
As for shade, I think I've got some places to plant where the young trees will be shaded by trash trees (ash and osage orange) that I can just cut down when the pawpaws are ready for full sun.
Thanks for the pointers.
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Ivan Weiss wrote:
Philip Perlman wrote:
If anyone needs info on nut growing, pawpaws, or American persimmons I will try to respond coherently.
Hi Philip:
Do you sell and ship pawpaw seeds? Thanks.
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Jay Hayes wrote:Philip,
I am interested in Hicans. I only recently learned of their existence and have yet to find a good seed source. Do you have any suggestions? Could you share any advice on starting to growing them?
I recently ordered several varieties of American persimmons from Hidden Springs nursery with plans to graft onto many non-producing persimmons on my farm. I have only found a bit of info on grafting persimmons. Do you have any experience?
Thanks
J
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S Haze wrote:Hi Phillip!
You've given us lots of great information about paw paws already but I have one more question maybe you could address. I'm right on the edge of the USDA hardiness zone 4 and 5 and I was wondering if you have any advice for growing them in this climate. (probably pushing the limits of their natural range) Protection from the coldest winter wind seems like an obvious precaution but what about sunlight? Would it be better to plant them where they get full winter sun and shelter like the south side of a building or a 'U' shaped suntrap or should they instead be somewhere where there is some shade in the winter and a little more sun in the summer like the north side of a low building or hedgerow?
I've tried to grow a couple paw paw that survived for a couple years before dying but unfortunately I haven't learned enough from that one experience to make a good judgement about what went wrong.
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