[MassChestnutOrchards] Materials for SK/MG planting

[Brian A Pistolese]

Fellow growers and other concerned TACF (MA/RI) members,
               In the interest of  avoiding any misunderstandings &/or any 
possible offense to others, I would clarify my previous email from 
yesterday as follows.   Blue tubes DO in fact provide a level of physical 
protection for a newly-planted nut in the same way hardware cloth would; 
hence they serve the same useful purpose.
               I happen to favor hardware cloth insofar as it is 
considerably more difficult to dislodge than blue-tubes, in my limited 
experience.    Upon first visiting the Westerly site, I observed that most 
if not all of the blue tubes had come loose and were free-standing 
(supported only by their center stakes or the plant itself).   Whether 
dislodged by wind or varmints, I had no way of knowing.
        I hope this sufficiently clarifies the basis for my 
'recommendation'.
 Respectfully submitted,    Brian Pistolese 



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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.
 
So….in terms of logistics, if Rufin brings the hardware cloth to the April 
Board meeting, that’s plenty of time.
 
For the commercial “milk carton” 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 you’ll 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 wouldn’t make sense to use those 
sites.  However, if those nuts would otherwise be discarded, I’d be happy 
to give them a home if you brought them to the April meeting.
 
John
 
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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. I’ll 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 didn’t 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 “backup” for South Kingstown? There will 
be >100 of one line and a smaller number of 2nd line.
This is in addition to “backups” 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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