Ela La Salle

Derek Thille wrote:

I can relate when it come to "hardy" plants (on the advice of local greenhouse. They sell it, but it won't grow it, or it's the wrong kind).
I got burned few times, and surprised too when I was told it "won't grow here" LOL.  I have  tiny microclimate spots for small bushes.
After looking out the window  today, I'm not sure (bitter wind, cold, rain, snow) any fruit tree will survive (I so want a pear tree! Whine, whine whine LOL).
I will try anyway. Thank you ! Appreciate your time

Trace Oswald wrote:
I'm in Wisconsin and we get -20 F pretty much every year, and some years much colder. We only have the one peach tree here and we got peaches this year.

If you want to try this, grab a few peaches from the grocery store and grow your own from the pits. It took me less than two weeks, start to finish, to get these little trees to this point. Peaches are pretty short lived trees, but that also means they grow and produce pretty fast.

Thank you. I'll try and see what happens.

Thom Bri wrote:[ /quote]
How far north? Lots of peaches in Michigan, and it gets pretty darned cold there.

North eastern Ontario. Zone 3. Temperatures anywhere between - 22 C to -30 C  and windy. Depending too which side of the yard , the wind makes much colder.
I have an area with full sun I would like to test, somewhat sheltered, could be zone 4.
Thank you  for your answer

WOW! Look at those sprouting seeds!? Awesome!

This may be a silly question but .... may I ask what are the lowest temperatures in Winter  and... do peach trees need two of the same trees for cross pollination, or different variety?
I've never grown peach trees (did different  fruit trees and bushes) but since we moved (much colder climate up north than where we used to live down south) , I can't seem to find any definite information. Even at the (one and only, small) local greenhouse can't agree on an answer. Their fruit trees are very expensive and I'm not willing to spend over $200 for tiny "branch".
The next nearest greenhouse is over 2 hours drive one way (on a good day).
Thank you in advance.

I'm just going to pipe in my 2 cents speaking from my experience;
while I'm for "going green" I also look out for my health (manual versus electrical.
First would be: how much produce I'm looking at to process.
If it's little, than manual may be O.K.
However, I am (have been) processing bushels of produce to can or dehydrate. Therefore, I splurged on commercial Vitamix blender. It vaporizes seeds and liquefy whatever I may want to preserve (making tomato paste for canning,  tomatoes juice, creamed soups, apple sauce and so on). There are always exceptions (large hard seeds) so that's where the steam juice come handy.
I invested in food processor that has  slicing/dicing options for vegetables/fruits.
I am just past the time where it took me several hours of standing on my feet peeling, chopping, than cranking  some handle with my hand/s, cooking and so on day in and day out.
I don't want to spend the best time of the year (short season where I live) tending pots & pans if I can achieve so much in  shorter time.
I admit, I am kitchen junkie too. I think I have almost every tool invented under the sun all for making my work efficient. Storage may be a concern but that's where containers come to play.
Mostly, all depends on foods we eat, quantity we're going to consume and some we give away (because I have excess produce and tools to make with).
that's it.

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Not available in Canada (that's nothing new. Ugh). Just checked. We have a  defogger  but can't find anything to use with anymore.
Thanks anyway

Thank you!!! This is absolutely awesome!  I never knew peaches can be "helped" in this way.  Thank again.
Will you be posting more progress pictures?

2 years ago, at attending a wedding,  every guest received  packet of lavender seeds.
And 10 years ago, previous home owner left a box filled with packets of seeds (herbs, perennials). Some packets seemed to very old. I just took the seeds and cast them willy-nilly.
Some came up, some didn't

It may sound weird but... fishing hut comes to mind. LOL

Allspice, caraway
Dislike cinnamon.