[MassChestnutOrchards] Materials for SK/MG planting

[Mirick, John O.]

I have  or maybe 3 "milk carton" holders that I can bring to April meeting.  My recollection is that each holder will hold 16 "milk cartons" but I don't believe that I have any on the "milk cartons" left.  They generally are not reusable.  I appreciate that the April meeting is after your planting date, but you can always keep the nuts in the refrigerator for another week.

John

From: masschestnutorchards-bounces at masschestnut.org [mailto:masschestnutorchards-bounces at masschestnut.org] On Behalf Of Yvonne Federowicz
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:55 AM
To: Jamie Donalds; Charlotte Zampini; orchard mgrlist
Subject: Re: [MassChestnutOrchards] Materials for SK/MG planting

Thanks!

SK/MG are doing 2 full lines, plus hopefully some Chinese & Americans.  I have Chinese for them. (Some controls went in last year.)

So in orchard:

Supplies for 260 nuts direct planted (a few less but this is to be safe)

Supplies for "Backup" plantings in "milk cartons" - about 100 - plus about 50 for Westerly (tentative, we might direct-plant but I'd like to have cartons in case we go that route)

-> 150 milk cartons

Do we use the same planting mix in "milk cartons"?

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On 3/30/10 11:39 AM, "Jamie Donalds" <n1djb at yahoo.com> wrote:
Yvonne,
           How many nuts are you planting?
see my responses below

Orchard managers - Do you have any extra planting materials to help out Yvonne??
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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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