[MassChestnutOrchards] fertilizing question

[Yvonne Federowicz]

I called Roy, and we clarified that the 2 lines for his orchard stay
together since the best of those 2 lines need to be crossed and having them
in one location is much easier - he is going to approach Paul re. whether
Paul is interested in 2 full new lines, possibly Nankings that we'd create
this summer.

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Roy <Roy at najecki.com> wrote:

>  Yvonne,
>
> I just got in from the orchard. This afternoon I stopped by Lowe's and got
> a jug of Miracle-Gro Shake 'n Feed continuous release 10-10-10 and applied
> it as Charlotte advised. Very handy container and I'll save the empty jug to
> dispense Osmocote in a few months. The Miracle-Gro says it feeds for three
> months.
>
> I checked the old Osmocote shells on the ground at the orchard, and yes
> they were hollow.
>
> The nuts you gave me at the New Hampshire meeting I couldn't use at our
> orchard. The area just isn't ready yet to plant more nuts. So a few weeks
> ago I gave them to Talley Bailey, a fellow Cons Comm member, who planted
> them in a bunch of pots, tubs, etc..that he has. They are now sprouting.
>
> While we were weeding on Saturday, Paul Gale stopped by and wanted to know
> if I had any nuts that he could plant. Paul is the guy with the 60 acres on
> the Foster/Glocester town line who wants to start a Chestnut orchard. If
> I had known Paul wanted nuts I would have given Talley's to Paul. Next week
> I'll ask Talley to dig a bunch up for Paul.
>
> I haven't seen the gate open at Cataldo's apple orchard, so I haven't
> stopped in. I'll be away until next Tuesday, when I'll stop by his orchard
> and take a look. Also Peterson's tree farm in Harmony supposedly has a bunch
> of Chestnuts. I'll stop by next week and check on those. orchard in
>
> Roy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Yvonne Federowicz <yvonne.federowicz at gmail.com>
> *To:* Roy <Roy at najecki.com> ; masschestnutorchards at masschestnut.org
> *Sent:* Sunday, June 13, 2010 10:47 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [MassChestnutOrchards] fertilizing question
>
> Hi Roy, old Osmocote pellets will hang around and take a while to
> decompose, but don't have any fertilizer left in them after a while.  The
> shell is not plastic, it's some soybean concoction.
>
> This should be a reasonable time to use it again, since you last fertilized
> 9 months ago.  There are websites about their products; your bag may say
> what longevity it has.  The release is temperature-sensitive so the
> September use probably helped the plants this spring.  Application now will
> help summer growth.
>
> That is great that you have the area cleared.  Lots of work!
>
>
> I just spoke with Charlotte about the nuts for your second line.  How long
> are the radicals now?  She says that if you are going to be able to irrigate
> extremely regularly, the nuts can still go straight in the ground.  If not,
> we should get them started in some sort of potting system - she will look to
> see what she has available.
>
> Also - can you please take a  look at the Cataldo American chestnuts, as we
> might want to pollinate them this summer?  Everything has developed quickly
> this year and some catkins are already popping.
>
> Thanks, Yvonne
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Roy <Roy at najecki.com> wrote:
>
>>  Today the Glocester (RI) Conservation Commission weeded the orchard (see
>> pictures).  We were pleased to see that most of the seedlings that looked
>> dead two weeks ago with their shriveled brown leaves are showing new growth.
>> Now that the area is mowed and weeded, we were going to apply Osmocote
>> fertilizer. However as we weeded and removed some saplings that didn't
>> survive, we noticed tiny yellow Osmocote fertilizer pellets that I applied
>> last September. I thought by now that these would have dissolved. The guys
>> think they really aren't fertilizer, but plastic, and that's why they didn't
>> dissolve. Should I go ahead and fertilize, or hold off?
>>
>> The photos also show the southern part of the field (left side of photo)
>> where we have cut down lots of white pine to double our available orchard
>> space. The area is not yet ready for planting as we need to move branches
>> and pull the smaller stumps, but we are making progress. On the right side
>> of the photo near the road you can see the sign board that has the three ACF
>> panels.
>>
>> Roy Najecki
>> Glocester RI
>>
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