Magnolia Tree hasn't grown an inch in SIX years
shedrach
11 years ago
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11 years agojofus, ( Englewood, Fl zone 10a )
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Comments (17)Here's another article which describes a similar time-frame. Maybe some of the delay is for testing the seedling to be screened (disease resistance?) before deciding which ones are worth grafting. Taking that into account, the timeline looks pretty similar to what I understand nursery purchased trees would have(given dwarfing rootstock, training, etc). Year 1- Germination & grow seedling Year 2- Bud grafting (half way through season) Year 3- Nursery grows and digs up at end of year Year 4- Home owner plants and grows Year 5- First fruit (which matches the 5th year fruit is sampled timeline) Since there is no transplant after grafting, I'm guessing that they may sometimes see fruit in year 4, but wait until year 5 to actually "evaluate" it. "Currently, the breeding programme produces around 15,000 to 17,000 seeds per year. Once germinated, the seedlings go through various rounds of selection, first in the glasshouse and later in the field, to discard individuals with poor characteristics. By the time the seedlings are budded onto rootstocks, 18 months from germination, there are usually only around 1,500 maximum that have passed successfully through the selection programme. These are then planted as cordons (to reduce plot size) ready for fruit assessment in years 5 and 6 (where year 1 is germination)." Here is a link that might be useful: East Malling Breeding...See MoreThe rest of my Park's order still hasn't arrived
Comments (13)This is an interesting post! I was wondering what I was doing wrong because some of mine still just have red nubs. My Scarlet Meidilands have not broken dormancy. Sweet Promise has tiny little leaves, but is still soaking. I'll have to look at Heritage. I figured mine would be soaking whether I planted them or not, since we've had 40 days and nights of rain. I'm going to add more Superthrive to the water if I don't get them planted today. I ordered 2 Julia Childs very early in the season, and when the other plants I ordered arrived and it didn't, I gave them a call. They said it will be sent in the fall! Fall roses do not do well for me, and I especially do not want bare root roses in the fall. Luckily, last weekend I found several Julia Child roses on clearance, huge and healthy, so I have the grouping I was wanting. Every other place I've looked was sold out of that one, and the Wayside/Parks people said it had been a fast seller for them. They had the little 1 gallon one for $10, and I found huge 3 gallon plants for $11. The other plants I'm waiting on are the caryopteris and a daisy. The Japanese maples I got were so big and healthy--I'm really impressed with those. So much better than the orders I had last year. The upside of our rain and clouds is new plantings have not been stressed. The bad side is, the ground is waterlogged, the weeds are huge, blackspot is rampant, and I'm afraid to walk in the beds for fear of compacting the soil. Last year I had ordered clematis from the clearance sale and most were mush. I called and they said they would send replacements. I kind of forgot about it until I got a box in NOVEMBER! with Avant Garde clematis in it. That's way too late for me to plant those outside. Sometimes they send a shipping notice, and sometimes they don't. Doesn't seem to matter if you put a note in the comments box telling them to give you notice. I would say their shipping has improved vastly over last year, but they really need to work on communication. The plants are far better also. Cindi...See MoreWho else HASN'T started their tomato seeds yet?
Comments (28)tom8olvr, You were the one who told me it would be OK to start a batch of seeds today (April 13) after I got back from vacation, so according to you, you are not going anywhere in a handbasket. I'm starting Batch 3 today - my cherries and my "wispy" types. And I'm potting up Batch 2 today as well, which are about 2 1/2 weeks old. Batch 1 was started over 4 weeks ago and looking very awesome, but we will see if they get a little too big for their britches by May 16. Overall, my mad science experiment is 9 weeks/7 weeks/5 weeks from plant out, and a few of varieties in the 9 week batch are also in the 7 week batch. GWCW (GardenWeb Conventional Wisdom) says that the 7 week batch will do as well if not better than the same variety in the 9 week batch - I'll start posting pictures soon....See Morewe agree some cutting-grown trees need aggressive waterspout control?
Comments (17)When harvesting apical cuttings, just how many times can you do that on one plant? Eventually all the 'apical material' will be gone and you're left with lateral material aren't you? I still hold to my theory that some of the marginally hardy hollies readily produce suckering growth as a response to cold damage of the tips....See Moreshedrach
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