[MassChestnutOrchards] Materials for SK/MG planting

[Yvonne Federowicz]

Hi John,

Roy at Glocester has been using hardware cloth from the start, and Brian at
Westerly needs more for existing plants ­ so if I can get the materials now,
that¹s great, otherwise April 24 should work too. (SK is going to start with
Bluex as you mention.)

Deer might get at Westerly or Glocester this summer if they¹re unlucky.

I¹d like to have the milk cartons at South Kingstown so we can use the same
batch of planting mix and do everything at once; we did this at the initial
Westerly planting and it worked well.  Roy might wish to do the same at
Glocester. 

Thus my attempt to do everything in one fell swoop.

Thanks ­ the nuts are BC3s from Nanking Chinese, so I¹m not sure if
Charlotte would like them in with Graves or Clapper line(s)...?


On 4/2/10 11:18 AM, "Mirick, John O." <jmirick at mirickoconnell.com> wrote:

> Yvonne:
>  
> Hardware cloth does not need to be used at time of original planting.  Purpose
> of hardware cloth is to keep rabbits and rodents from gnawing bark on
> seedlings/saplings in winter.  BlueX  gives adequate protection during
> spring/summer.  And actually, I found that BlueX (if intact) gives protection
> through a couple of winters as well.  You really need the hardware cloth for
> when outer sleeve of BlueX deteriorates, and the inner hard plastic sheet
> unrolls, exposing the bark to hungry critters.
>  
> SoŠ.in terms of logistics, if Rufin brings the hardware cloth to the April
> Board meeting, that¹s plenty of time.
>  
> For the commercial ³milk carton² planters, you can probably keep your nuts in
> slightly damp peat moss in the refrigerator for an extra couple of weeks, and
> get the planters (and in my case, the holders for the planters) at the board
> meeting.
>  
> Everything else sounds like you¹ll need it for planting before the board
> meeting.  Good planting!
>  
>  
> As to planting leftover nuts in Mass., I have about 40 open sites in my
> orchard which can certainly be used.  However, everything else in my orchard
> was planted in 2005 or 2006.  If the goal is to have even-aged trees in an
> orchard, then it probably wouldn¹t make sense to use those sites.  However, if
> those nuts would otherwise be discarded, I¹d be happy to give them a home if
> you brought them to the April meeting.
>  
> John
>  
> 
> From: masschestnutorchards-bounces at masschestnut.org
> [mailto:masschestnutorchards-bounces at masschestnut.org] On Behalf Of Yvonne
> Federowicz
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:47 AM
> To: orchard mgrlist
> Subject: [MassChestnutOrchards] FW: Materials for SK/MG planting
>  
> 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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