Lindsay Dunn wrote:Persimmons are a good idea though Do you know of a source for them?
Lindsay Dunn wrote:Persimmons are a good idea though Do you know of a source for them?
Lindsay Dunn wrote:Kyrt - how do you mean?
Kyrt Ryder wrote:
Lindsay Dunn wrote:Kyrt - how do you mean?
Think about it. If you're filling a space with... say... ten semi-dwarf trees grown to their full spacing, or you're growing fifty trees in that same space backyard orchard style, which costs more in terms of cash?
Kyrt Ryder wrote:Yes, commercial orders are going to be cheaper per plant. Though they're all going to be the same cultivar [unless you know nurseries that offer commercial discounts on a batch of mixed plants?] and some [many?] nurseries have several hoops to jump through to participate in their commercial sales.
John Wolfram wrote:. Van Well is another company that doesn't charge a broken bundle fee and their first big price break occurs at 50 trees. One year, I got to that 50 threshold by ordering 2 or 3 of every peach and apricot they carried.
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Kyrt Ryder wrote:Thanks for the clarification. Looks like I'm going to have to dig deeper before making my next big plant purchase.
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Melody KirkWagner wrote:
Kyrt Ryder wrote:Thanks for the clarification. Looks like I'm going to have to dig deeper before making my next big plant purchase.
Hey, Kyrt - there's a guy in Puyallup with excellent prices and he'll spend plenty of time with you. He only grows trees he knows thrive here, so not such a broad stock as some of the nurseries. He has apples, pears, Asian pears, plums and cherries - so if you've already got those, this won't be much use to you. The place is Hartman's nursery and it seems to be a one-man operation.
Lindsay Dunn wrote:This is really starting to get off-topic - I just wanted some feedback on my layout.
Most of the trees I'm getting are coming from my county's Conservation District Tree Sale that they do every spring; it's super cheap and they have a great selection of plants that are known to be hardy in our area. They don't offer persimmons though Maybe I won't put those in this year, when I'm already investing so much into the orchard, but if they are hardy to Z5, I might try them down the road.
I was planning on having raspberries, blackberries and currants in a permanent location at the north side of my vegetable garden, but I could always put a few of those in the orchard as well. Permaculture is new to me and I still can't shake the idea of a traditional vegetable garden, but maybe down the road I'll start incorporating more and more of my veggies in the orchard and see how they do. If I put any rasp/blackberries or currants in the orchard, where is a good place for them? Anything I should keep in mind?
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