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    Please help me with my dying mimosa!

    There's nothing to 'save'. It's alive, but the part above where the new growth is, is dead. You can't bring it back to life. Accept that fact...
    Post by: Lucky_P, Jul 25, 2007 in forum: Woody Plants
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    Heartnut Trees with freeze damage

    Isis, Heartnuts(or any walnut, for that matter) are not 'male' or 'female' - they're monoecious, meaning that they have both male and female...
    Post by: Lucky_P, May 11, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    How do I grow crape myrtles from seeds?

    Far easier to just root cuttings from them. They're really easy - I just take dormant cuttings, 6-8inches long and stick them 5-7 inches into the...
    Post by: Lucky_P, May 2, 2007 in forum: Plant Propagation
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    growths on a quince tree

    Google up 'cedar quince rust'.' Here's one online article to get you started: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3055.html
    Post by: Lucky_P, Apr 17, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    Grafting (black) walnuts

    Re: Garfting (black) walnuts Griffon I wrap with Parafilm, as Joe did - starting at the bottom and moving up - but I wrap the entire scion(I...
    Post by: Lucky_P, Apr 10, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    Grafting (black) walnuts

    Re: Garfting (black) walnuts Griffon, I do all my walnuts after the rootstocks have completely leafed out. I use, for most grafts, a technique...
    Post by: Lucky_P, Apr 9, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    Please Identify this bush

    Resin, I'd have guessed a Ribes, just from the leaves. Didn't know there were any that were THAT showy! Dang. Now there's something else I've...
    Post by: Lucky_P, Apr 3, 2007 in forum: Woody Plants
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    Grafting trees

    Hey, Dax. I do virtually all of my grafting on rootstocks in the field or nursery beds, so good tips on container & greenhouse culture was...
    Post by: Lucky_P, Apr 2, 2007 in forum: Plant Propagation
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    Fire Blight-How serious?

    Scott, In my experience, it can vary from aesthetically troublesome to potentially lethal. Some pears, like Keiffer, Orient, and apples like...
    Post by: Lucky_P, Mar 28, 2007 in forum: Woody Plants
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    Grafting trees

    For the most part, grafting does not work well within the red/black oak group. There are significant issues with peroxidase incompatibilities,...
    Post by: Lucky_P, Mar 28, 2007 in forum: Plant Propagation
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    growths on a quince tree

    Have a look here: http://www.oznet.k-state.edu/path-ext/factSheets/Trees/Hawthorn%20and%20Quince%20Rusts.asp Imagine the Gymnosporangium cankers...
    Post by: Lucky_P, Mar 28, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    growths on a quince tree

    Gymnosporangium clavipes. Some strains are more adapted to quince and hawthorn - and these seem to cause more severe stem/branch lesions than do...
    Post by: Lucky_P, Mar 28, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    growths on a quince tree

    Agrobacterium, maybe, but my money's riding on cedar-quince rust as the cause of those stem cankers.
    Post by: Lucky_P, Mar 28, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    In search of Jujube varieties

    Roger Meyer.
    Post by: Lucky_P, Feb 10, 2006 in forum: Fruit and Nut Trees
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    Buckeye

    I'm with Ron. I have some serious doubts about the viability of a buckeye that spent a few weeks, much less a number of years, traveling around...
    Post by: Lucky_P, Jan 19, 2006 in forum: Woody Plants