[MassChestnutOrchards] FW: Materials for SK/MG planting

[Yvonne Federowicz]

Hi folks,   I would like to meet someone up in MA within the next 2 weeks to
pick up materials, if we can arrange the different items.

So far: for South Kingstown & Westerly  (Roy ­ if you need me to get
anything for Glocester from MA, please let me know. I¹ll try to get extra
hardware cloth, perhaps?)

Milk cartons: Jamie
Planting mix: Jamie per notes below?

Bluexes: being shipped to Yvonne
Hardware cloth: Rufin

American nuts: a few from Brian
Other nuts: already in SK & some with Yvonne

Bamboo poles:  Yvonne will order today if no one has enough
Bulb planters: Yvonne has 2
Osmocote: Yvonne has and hopes it didn¹t get ruined in her flooded basement

Clothespins ­ should be available somewhere local
Marking supplies ­ tape or other system ­ local
Bins, wheelbarrows for mixing, watering etc. - local

Anything else?


Other issues: Charlotte - do we want to plant the remainder of the 2 Nanking
lines in a MA orchard as ³backup² for South Kingstown? There will be >100 of
one line and a smaller number of 2nd line.
This is in addition to ³backups² we will pot up in milk cartons in South
Kingstown.

If we are planting these nuts in MA, perhaps I should bring them up when I
get supplies in MA soon?





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From: Jamie Donalds <n1djb at yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:39:10 -0700 (PDT)
To: Yvonne Federowicz <Yvonne_Federowicz at brown.edu>, Charlotte Zampini
<cbzampini at aol.com>, orchard mgrlist <masschestnutorchards at masschestnut.org>
Subject: Re: Materials for SK/MG planting

Yvonne,
           How many nuts are you planting?
see my responses below
 
Orchard managers - Do you have any extra planting materials to help out
Yvonne??


From: Yvonne Federowicz <Yvonne_Federowicz at brown.edu>
To: Charlotte Zampini <cbzampini at aol.com>; Jamie Donalds <n1djb at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 10:17:46 AM
Subject: Materials for SK/MG planting

Hi Charlotte & Jamie,

The tentative planting date for the MG/SK orchard is the weekend of 4/16 -
4/17.

They still need various supplies - they want to start with Bluex, then
eventually move to hardware cloth but not for now.

So...

* Bluex  (Charlotte ordered already?)  If Charlotte doesn't have any we may
be enough leftovers to do the job.Orchard managers??

* bamboo poles (I can procure, but where is best source?)Forestry
Suppliers(601-354-3565) sells them in pack of 500, so I'm thinking we should
have some extras. If not they are stock # 17010

* How much of each component of planting mix should we get? I betting we
have extra bags of planting mix around. If not, we have been using "Metro
Bedding Plant II mix PN# 65-4300 from Griffin Greenhouse Supply( in
Tewksbury Ma. Griffin is near where I work, I can pick some up if need be.

* I have a bulb planter and I have one if you need it

* Tall "milk carton" - like planting tubes for backup nuts - where do we get
these? I have these. How many nuts are you going to pot up?

* they have white pines nearby for mycorrhiza - laden soil

* they could use more American nuts Charlotte??

* Other items?

I can order what you need and ship it to you and meet you somewhere to hand
of the stuff I have.
 
As you know, I am at the National Board meeting that weekend so I won't be
able to help plant.
 

let me know

-Jamie



 

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