[MassChestnutOrchards] Striking out

[Fred Hebard]

yes, a good source of phosphorous.

On Jul 12, 2009, at 10:56 AM, John Meiklejohn wrote:

> John:
> If at some point a reason arises to promote more vigorous blooms  
> for the next year's season on selected trees,then I would recommend  
> trying bonemeal.  Bonemeal generally encourages fruit and root  
> growth.  I've used it numerous times over many years on my dogwood  
> trees.  Each year I've applied it, the next year's blossoms (and  
> fruit) have been lush.
>
> John Meiklejohn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: JohnViolin7 at aol.com
> To: masschestnutorchards at masschestnut.org
> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 1:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [MassChestnutOrchards] Striking out
>
> Maybe trees just tend to be more erratic up here, for whatever reason.
>
> Also, I have many orchard trees which are pushing 30 ft. now, and  
> in full sun, and they have yet to bloom at all. (The blighted ones  
> do generally get goosed into bloom when smaller.)
>
> I sometimes wonder what the implications of this would be to our  
> local breeding program, and whether giving the trees certain  
> nutrients (or withholding them from them) would push them into  
> bloom earlier in their life span. Of course all our inoculated BC  
> trees will be goosed by blight to some degree I guess.  John
>
>
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