#pruning of pome plant

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pomegranate

Pomegranate

The pomegranate is famously known as the fruit of heaven belongs to the berry family. Pomegranate fruit is a delicious fruit and has juicy grains inside. Grow pomegranates as large, shrub or small trees.

Types 

There are 1200 different varieties of pomegranate which have unique tastes and various colours. There are purple hearts, Eversweet, wonderful, kazake, red silk, texas pink.

Purple heart

Purple heart varieties are large with dark red. Fruits begin to produce at about 3 years old. Pick fruit off a tree when it is mature. These pomegranate plants grow 12-30 feet tall and wide. Provide lots of health benefits. They are the best immune boosters and good healers.

Eversweet

The color of the pomegranate is pinkish-pale red. Eversweet seeds are a little hard in texture and are highly nutritious containing vitamins A, C and E. Pomegranate trees are glossy, narrow leathery leaves which are lance-shaped. These varieties are self-pollinated. This is a national fruit of Iran.

Kazake

Kazake varieties produce medium to large size fruit. This is the most dwarfing species. This pomegranate plant is fast-growing with drought tolerant. This is a seeded fruit and it has a thick reddish outer covering. These flowers often fall off the branches rather than converting into fruit.

Red silk

Red silk is the best pot-growing variety, which is a semi-dwarf growth habit. It has dark red flesh and red arils. Grows trees in hot and dry climatic conditions. Its contain fibre which keeps our digestive system healthy.

Texas pink

Texas pink pomegranate plant produces attractive blooming which converts pink fruits. This variety is a famous ornamental fruit plant. Texas pink is a self-fertile plant. It has large edible seeds.

Wonderful

Wonderful pomegranate plant is the most common variety grown in the low desert of Arizona. Mix a teaspoon of natural honey in half a liter of water and spray directly on the flower with the help of a spray bottle. This will attract honey bees for pollination. This tip helps to increase the yield. This fruit is too sweet and highly beneficial.

Seed

In this Punica granatum fruit plant seeds are also edible. It contains vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. In average one fruits can hold 1000 seeds. Seeds are covered with glowing red skin.

Soil

For better growth and development prefers to grow in well-drained loamy soil. Soil mix with 80% bone meal and 20% neem cake.

Water

For mature pomegranate tree, adequate irrigation especially during the dry periods is very important to improve growth, fruit set, yield and fruit size. 

Sunlight

Select the location to keep the pomegranate plant with plenty of sunlight. In cooler climates, plant pome tree with western exposure. Requires 6 hours’ of direct sunlight.

Fertilizer

Good organic mulch and cow manure can improve plant growth and soil fertility. Application of vermicompost at monthly intervals.

Repotting 

Repot the plant into a new pot when the root bound occurs. Normally repot the plant for two to three years. 

Pruning

The best time for pome tree pruning is late winter, after harvesting the fruits. Branch pruning can increase fruit production. Pruning the roots will help to reduce root bound. Pruned the tree before repotting.

Benefits

Daily consumption of pome gives us strength and energy

Its contain fibre which keeps our digestive system healthy.

Punica granatum helps to increase appetite.

Punica granatum is highly beneficial for pregnant women.

Reduces pain in joints and arthritis.

Keep your earth clean and green...!

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pomegranate

Pomegranate

The pomegranate is famously known as the fruit of heaven belongs to the berry family. Pomegranate fruit is a delicious fruit and has juicy grains inside. Grow pomegranates as large, shrub or small trees.

Types 

There are 1200 different varieties of pomegranate which have unique tastes and various colours. There are purple hearts, Eversweet, wonderful, kazake, red silk, texas pink.

Purple heart

Purple heart varieties are large with dark red. Fruits begin to produce at about 3 years old. Pick fruit off a tree when it is mature. These pomegranate plants grow 12-30 feet tall and wide. Provide lots of health benefits. They are the best immune boosters and good healers.

Eversweet

The color of the pomegranate is pinkish-pale red. Eversweet seeds are a little hard in texture and are highly nutritious containing vitamins A, C and E. Pomegranate trees are glossy, narrow leathery leaves which are lance-shaped. These varieties are self-pollinated. This is a national fruit of Iran.

Kazake

Kazake varieties produce medium to large size fruit. This is the most dwarfing species. This pomegranate plant is fast-growing with drought tolerant. This is a seeded fruit and it has a thick reddish outer covering. These flowers often fall off the branches rather than converting into fruit.

Red silk

Red silk is the best pot-growing variety, which is a semi-dwarf growth habit. It has dark red flesh and red arils. Grows trees in hot and dry climatic conditions. Its contain fibre which keeps our digestive system healthy.

Texas pink

Texas pink pomegranate plant produces attractive blooming which converts pink fruits. This variety is a famous ornamental fruit plant. Texas pink is a self-fertile plant. It has large edible seeds.

Wonderful pomegranate plant is the most common variety grown in the low desert of Arizona. Mix a teaspoon of natural honey in half a liter of water and spray directly on the flower with the help of a spray bottle. This will attract honey bees for pollination. This tip helps to increase the yield. This fruit is too sweet and highly beneficial.

Seed

In this Punica granatum fruit plant seeds are also edible. It contains vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. In average one fruits can hold 1000 seeds. Seeds are covered with glowing red skin.

Soil

For better growth and development prefers to grow in well-drained loamy soil. Soil mix with 80% bone meal and 20% neem cake.

Water

For mature pomegranate tree, adequate irrigation especially during the dry periods is very important to improve growth, fruit set, yield and fruit size. 

Sunlight

Select the location to keep the pomegranate plant with plenty of sunlight. In cooler climates, plant pome tree with western exposure. Requires 6 hours’ of direct sunlight.

Fertilizer

Good organic mulch and cow manure can improve plant growth and soil fertility. Application of vermicompost at monthly intervals.

Repotting 

Repot the plant into a new pot when the root bound occurs. Normally repot the plant for two to three years. 

Pruning

The best time for pome tree pruning is late winter, after harvesting the fruits. Branch pruning can increase fruit production. Pruning the roots will help to reduce root bound. Pruned the tree before repotting.

Benefits

Daily consumption of pome gives us strength and energy

Its contain fibre which keeps our digestive system healthy.

Punica granatum helps to increase appetite.

Punica granatum is highly beneficial for pregnant women.

Reduces pain in joints and arthritis.

Keep your earth clean and green...!

Pomegranate fruit plant

Blog created by: Santhionlineplants

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pomegranate

Pomegranate

The pomegranate is famously known as the fruit of heaven belongs to the berry family. Pomegranate fruit is a delicious fruit and has juicy grains inside. Grow pomegranates as large, shrub or small trees.

Types 

There are 1200 different varieties of pomegranate which have unique tastes and various colours. There are purple hearts, Eversweet, wonderful, kazake, red silk, texas pink.

Purple heart

Purple heart varieties are large with dark red. Fruits begin to produce at about 3 years old. Pick fruit off a tree when it is mature. These pomegranate plants grow 12-30 feet tall and wide. Provide lots of health benefits. They are the best immune boosters and good healers.

Eversweet

The color of the pomegranate is pinkish-pale red. Eversweet seeds are a little hard in texture and are highly nutritious containing vitamins A, C and E. Pomegranate trees are glossy, narrow leathery leaves which are lance-shaped. These varieties are self-pollinated. This is a national fruit of Iran.

Kazake

Kazake varieties produce medium to large size fruit. This is the most dwarfing species. This pomegranate plant is fast-growing with drought tolerant. This is a seeded fruit and it has a thick reddish outer covering. These flowers often fall off the branches rather than converting into fruit.

Red silk

Red silk is the best pot-growing variety, which is a semi-dwarf growth habit. It has dark red flesh and red arils. Grows trees in hot and dry climatic conditions. Its contain fibre which keeps our digestive system healthy.

Texas pink

Texas pink pomegranate plant produces attractive blooming which converts pink fruits. This variety is a famous ornamental fruit plant. Texas pink is a self-fertile plant. It has large edible seeds.

Wonderful

Wonderful pomegranate plant is the most common variety grown in the low desert of Arizona. Mix a teaspoon of natural honey in half a liter of water and spray directly on the flower with the help of a spray bottle. This will attract honey bees for pollination. This tip helps to increase the yield. This fruit is too sweet and highly beneficial.

Seed

In this Punica granatum fruit plant seeds are also edible. It contains vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. In average one fruits can hold 1000 seeds. Seeds are covered with glowing red skin.

Soil

For better growth and development prefers to grow in well-drained loamy soil. Soil mix with 80% bone meal and 20% neem cake.

Water

For mature pomegranate tree, adequate irrigation especially during the dry periods is very important to improve growth, fruit set, yield and fruit size. 

Sunlight

Select the location to keep the pomegranate plant with plenty of sunlight. In cooler climates, plant pome tree with western exposure. Requires 6 hours’ of direct sunlight.

Fertilizer

Good organic mulch and cow manure can improve plant growth and soil fertility. Application of vermicompost at monthly intervals.

Repotting 

Repot the plant into a new pot when the root bound occurs. Normally repot the plant for two to three years. 

Pruning

The best time for pome tree pruning is late winter, after harvesting the fruits. Branch pruning can increase fruit production. Pruning the roots will help to reduce root bound. Pruned the tree before repotting.

Benefits

Daily consumption of pome gives us strength and energy

Its contain fibre which keeps our digestive system healthy.

Punica granatum helps to increase appetite.

Punica granatum is highly beneficial for pregnant women.

Reduces pain in joints and arthritis.

Keep your earth clean and green...!

[philodendronplant]

pomegranate

The pomegranate is famously known as the fruit of heaven belongs to the berry family. Pomegranate fruit is a delicious fruit and has juicy grains inside. Grow pomegranates as large, shrub or small trees.

Types 

There are 1200 different varieties of pomegranate which have unique tastes and various colours. There are purple hearts, Eversweet, wonderful, kazake, red silk, texas pink.

Purple heart

Purple heart varieties are large with dark red. Fruits begin to produce at about 3 years old. Pick fruit off a tree when it is mature. These pomegranate plants grow 12-30 feet tall and wide. Provide lots of health benefits. They are the best immune boosters and good healers.

Eversweet

The color of the pomegranate is pinkish-pale red. Eversweet seeds are a little hard in texture and are highly nutritious containing vitamins A, C and E. Pomegranate trees are glossy, narrow leathery leaves which are lance-shaped. These varieties are self-pollinated. This is a national fruit of Iran.

Kazake

Kazake varieties produce medium to large size fruit. This is the most dwarfing species. This pomegranate plant is fast-growing with drought tolerant. This is a seeded fruit and it has a thick reddish outer covering. These flowers often fall off the branches rather than converting into fruit.

Red silk

Red silk is the best pot-growing variety, which is a semi-dwarf growth habit. It has dark red flesh and red arils. Grows trees in hot and dry climatic conditions. Its contain fibre which keeps our digestive system healthy.

Texas pink

Texas pink pomegranate plant produces attractive blooming which converts pink fruits. This variety is a famous ornamental fruit plant. Texas pink is a self-fertile plant. It has large edible seeds.

Wonderful

Wonderful pomegranate plant is the most common variety grown in the low desert of Arizona. Mix a teaspoon of natural honey in half a liter of water and spray directly on the flower with the help of a spray bottle. This will attract honey bees for pollination. This tip helps to increase the yield. This fruit is too sweet and highly beneficial.

Seed

In this Punica granatum fruit plant seeds are also edible. It contains vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. In average one fruits can hold 1000 seeds. Seeds are covered with glowing red skin.

Soil

For better growth and development prefers to grow in well-drained loamy soil. Soil mix with 80% bone meal and 20% neem cake.

Water

For mature pomegranate tree, adequate irrigation especially during the dry periods is very important to improve growth, fruit set, yield and fruit size. 

Sunlight

Select the location to keep the pomegranate plant with plenty of sunlight. In cooler climates, plant pome tree with western exposure. Requires 6 hours’ of direct sunlight.

Fertilizer

Good organic mulch and cow manure can improve plant growth and soil fertility. Application of vermicompost at monthly intervals.

Repotting 

Repot the plant into a new pot when the root bound occurs. Normally repot the plant for two to three years. 

Pruning

The best time for pome tree pruning is late winter, after harvesting the fruits. Branch pruning can increase fruit production. Pruning the roots will help to reduce root bound. Pruned the tree before repotting.

Benefits

Daily consumption of pome gives us strength and energy

Its contain fibre which keeps our digestive system healthy.

Punica granatum helps to increase appetite.

Punica granatum is highly beneficial for pregnant women.

Reduces pain in joints and arthritis.

Keep your earth clean and green...!

Pomegranate fruit plant

Blog created by: Santhionlineplants

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Pomegranate

Pomegranate

The pomegranate is famously known as the fruit of heaven belongs to the berry family. Pomegranate fruit is a delicious fruit and has juicy grains inside. Grow pomegranates as large, shrub or small trees.

Types 

There are 1200 different varieties of pomegranate which have unique tastes and various colours. There are purple hearts, Eversweet, wonderful, kazake, red silk, texas pink.

Purple heart

Purple heart varieties are large with dark red. Fruits begin to produce at about 3 years old. Pick fruit off a tree when it is mature. These pomegranate plants grow 12-30 feet tall and wide. Provide lots of health benefits. They are the best immune boosters and good healers.

Eversweet

The color of the pomegranate is pinkish-pale red. Eversweet seeds are a little hard in texture and are highly nutritious containing vitamins A, C and E. Pomegranate trees are glossy, narrow leathery leaves which are lance-shaped. These varieties are self-pollinated. This is a national fruit of Iran.

Kazake

Kazake varieties produce medium to large size fruit. This is the most dwarfing species. This pomegranate plant is fast-growing with drought tolerant. This is a seeded fruit and it has a thick reddish outer covering. These flowers often fall off the branches rather than converting into fruit.

Red silk

Red silk is the best pot-growing variety, which is a semi-dwarf growth habit. It has dark red flesh and red arils. Grows trees in hot and dry climatic conditions. Its contain fibre which keeps our digestive system healthy.

Texas pink

Texas pink pomegranate plant produces attractive blooming which converts pink fruits. This variety is a famous ornamental fruit plant. Texas pink is a self-fertile plant. It has large edible seeds.

Wonderful

Wonderful pomegranate plant is the most common variety grown in the low desert of Arizona. Mix a teaspoon of natural honey in half a liter of water and spray directly on the flower with the help of a spray bottle. This will attract honey bees for pollination. This tip helps to increase the yield. This fruit is too sweet and highly beneficial.

Seed

In this Punica granatum fruit plant seeds are also edible. It contains vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. In average one fruits can hold 1000 seeds. Seeds are covered with glowing red skin.

Soil

For better growth and development prefers to grow in well-drained loamy soil. Soil mix with 80% bone meal and 20% neem cake.

Water

For mature pomegranate tree, adequate irrigation especially during the dry periods is very important to improve growth, fruit set, yield and fruit size. 

Sunlight

Select the location to keep the pomegranate plant with plenty of sunlight. In cooler climates, plant pome tree with western exposure. Requires 6 hours’ of direct sunlight.

Fertilizer

Good organic mulch and cow manure can improve plant growth and soil fertility. Application of vermicompost at monthly intervals.

Repotting 

Repot the plant into a new pot when the root bound occurs. Normally repot the plant for two to three years. 

Pruning

The best time for pome tree pruning is late winter, after harvesting the fruits. Branch pruning can increase fruit production. Pruning the roots will help to reduce root bound. Pruned the tree before repotting.

Benefits

Daily consumption of pome gives us strength and energy

Its contain fibre which keeps our digestive system healthy.

Punica granatum helps to increase appetite.

Punica granatum is highly beneficial for pregnant women.

Reduces pain in joints and arthritis.

Keep your earth clean and green…!

Pomegranate fruit plant

Blog created by: Santhionlineplants

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Where Are the Best Places to Grow Apples?

When choosing where to plant apples, choose the proper location. This will ensure that you get the most out of your fruit and that your apples taste delicious. Your front yard, backyard, and trees are some of the most common places to plant fruits. You should, however, consider the types of apples you have.

Avoid basements and attics if you want your apple tree to thrive. These areas are usually excellent, but the temperature and humidity could be better for fruit growth. They can also provide excellent habitats for pests. If you store your fruits in your basement or attic, keep them in a well-ventilated area and check them for blemishes regularly. The University of Minnesota recommends storing items in newspaper-lined baskets.

Aside from the basement or attic, there are a few other options for storing fruit. Consider an unheated garage, mainly if your apples are in season. Some varieties, such as Honeycrisp and Red Delicious, can be stored for up to four months. Keep your apples in the dark, cool, well-ventilated place if possible, and make sure they are in good condition. To keep their quality, remove any rotting apples and make sure the rest are moist.

Apple trees can develop several issues due to being planted in low-lying areas. A lack of air circulation, a cold climate, or poor soil can all be detrimental to the tree. Furthermore, the tree will be vulnerable to a variety of apple-related diseases. Keep the following tips in mind to avoid these issues. The first step is to ensure that the area where the tree will be planted is well-drained. This will aid in the prevention of root rot. In poorly drained soil, root rot can occur, resulting in stunted growth. The problem is exacerbated if the soil is clay.

The following step is to ensure that the location is well-lit and sunny. Apples require at least six hours per day of direct sunlight. Avoid areas with the wet or low-lying ground. These conditions can be complex on the apple tree, causing it to grow slowly and produce soft or rotting fruit.

It's not all about hard work when pruning your apple tree. A few strategic cuts can help you maximize fruit production while reducing stress. Because your pruning efforts are likely to be limited during winter, a little extra attention during warmer months will go a long way. Generally, the best time to prune your tree is in the dying days of spring, before the dreaded freeze spell arrives.

Pruning an apple tree isn't particularly enjoyable, but a little knowledge and a dash of luck will ensure that your tree is healthy, happy, and on its way to fruition. Keep the following guidelines in mind to keep your prized possession happy.

The process of transferring pollen from one part of a flower to another is known as cross-pollination. This transfer occurs in apples when the flower's male anther combines with the female stigma. Cross-pollination is required for fruit production in most fruit varieties. Cross-pollination accounts for a significant portion of the fruit produced by pears and apples. Because some of these trees are self-fertile, it is critical to plant various fruits. Self-fertile varieties are frequently seedless and small. They do, however, occasionally set fruit.

The environment can impact a tree's ability to produce fruit during the blossoming period. Blossoms can be damaged by bad weather and destroyed by fungus diseases. Generally, it is best to plant a variety that is both productive and appropriate for the local climate. Fungous diseases can also interfere with a tree's ability to set fruit. Fungus diseases not only harm the pome fruit but can also destroy the blossoms.

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How to Prune Fruit Trees

Pruning trees at the right time can help ensure a bigger and better fruit harvest, easier to access fruit, and healthier trees, making you more resilient.

What is pruning and why do we do it?

Pruning is when we remove unwanted plant material in order to allow the tree to produce fruit in a way that's healthy for the tree and accessible to harvest.

Wild trees are still able to produce vast quantities of fruit and flowers, but pruning is done to achieve one or more of the following:

Keep the tree small and highly productive.

Increase fruit size, yield, and accessibility.

Improve structural strength of tree limbs to better support fruit.

Removed diseased or damaged parts.

Remove branches that cross each other and cause congestion.

Increase light and airflow to prevent fungal diseases related to excess humidity.

Maintain soft green stems which are useful for propagation.

Remove a 'leader' (apical bud, tallest upright stem) to encourage the tree to grow outwards (lateral growth).

Commercial orchards often prune trees to make wide open canopies and make chemical spraying easier. In a permaculture setting, it's best to shape trees to reflect your climate and fruit harvest needs.

Should I prune in summer or winter?

Stone fruits (plums, cherries, peaches, apricots) are best pruned in summer. These trees are susceptible to a disease called Cytospora canker, a fungal disease that attacks pruning cuts made in cold weather. Pruning in summer lets the cuts heal before winter.

Pome fruits (apples, pears, quince) are generally pruned when plants are dormant in winter. Pruning in winter when the trees have finished growing and are dormant will produce lush new growth in spring.

All trees can be pruned in summer, but pruning an actively growing tree will limit its growth. If you're trying to reduce the size of a tree, summer pruning may be best.

A Tree's Growing Features

Understanding your tree's morphology will help you make informed cuts when pruning.

Leaders: the longesy, strongest branches - or the longest, strongest branch in the center of the tree.

Laterals: any branch growing away from the central leader or leaders. This is where most fruit is formed.

Sublaterals: a stem growing from a lateral

Choose which stem/stems will become your leaders. Base this choice on your space and what you plan to do with the tree, as well as the climate. In dry, hot areas, you may not want a wide open fruit tree that lets lots of sunlight in. In a humid environment you may want to open up the trees to reduce moisture and fungal disease.

Identify Fruit Tree Buds and Fruiting Spurs

First, determine if your fruit is spur-bearing or tip-bearing. Spur-bearers produce trees with lots of spurs on wood that's two years or older. Tip-bearers produce fruit in clusters near or at the tip and produce very fear fruiting spurs. If you're purchasing a new tree, ask which type it is.

The size and shape of buds will help you decide where to cut when pruning. Examine the bud and determine if it's a:

Shooting bud: a thin, flattish bud that will produce leaves and a stem

Fat fruit bud: looks fatter and founder and sometimes more fluffy than a shooting bud and will produce a flower and therefore fruit if pollinated

Fruiting spur (also known as a spur-bearer): a short, stocky shoot close to the leaders, that produces fruit and is spaced very closely to the next shoot. Fruiting spurs occur on apples, pears, cherries, pomegranates, and plums.

For more fruit, try not to prune too many fat fruit buds or fruiting spurs.

Will my trees still produce fruit even if I don't prune them?

YES! Just like wild trees your trees will continue to produce fruit, pruned or not. Pruning every year makes harvesting easier long term.

How to tell if a tree is older than two years old?

Every season a tree puts on new growth and then stops. At the spot where growth stopped the tree develops a terminal bud and a bulging line. Run your hand along the central leader up and up until you can feel a raised textured surface circling the stem, each time you find a bulge like this it represents a year of growth.

Why do I need to know the age of a fruit tree?

Fruit trees start producing fruit in their second or third year (if a dwarf variety) or any time after those first few years. They don't produce fruit in the first year and some only produce fruit on new-season growth. Knowing this helps you prune in an informed way.

Pruning Branch by Branch:

Pruning dead/damaged branches: if a branch is still alive it will be very easy to scratch the surface and the scratch will reveal a distinctly green layer underneath. If a branch is dead the surface will be harder to scratch and you will not see that lush green layer. If this is the case, cut that stem right back at a slight angle. Treat a broken branch the same way.

Pruning low-growing branches: pruning these (lower than 1 meter) branches allows easier access to the tree. If you live in a landscape where rabbits are a problem you may want to leave your low-growing branches so the rabbits don't chew the bark on your central leader.

Pruning fruit tree suckers: most fruit trees are grafted, with fruiting trees grafted to the top of a rootstock that's known to grow vigorous and strong. Even with successful grafts shoots can be sent up from the rootstock, these are called suckers. Cut these suckers off to prevent them taking nutrients away from the rest of the tree.

Source: Milkwood.net

More Resources on Pruning:

Years to Fruit, how long different fruit trees take to offer fruit

How to Prune Stone Fruit Trees in Summer, video

Tips for Winter Pruning, video

Pruning Fruit Trees: Shoot Structure and Growth, video

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May 29, 2018: Flower Moon in Sagittarius, 10:20 am

We got a full moon coming up on Tuesday, witchy babes. The moon enters Sagittarius on 2:29 (Eastern Standard Time) on Monday, May 28, 2018, and is expected to hit the peak of her full moon cycle at 10:20 am on Tuesday, meaning that both Monday and Tuesday nights are the ideal times for spellwork.

Monday and Tuesday will be excellent for spells and divination regarding growth and improving communication. Full moons are also a time for spellwork regarding completions, healing, and empowerment.

For green or hedge witches who will be gardening during this time, a moon in Sagittarius is an excellent time to prune to stop growth (particularly useful if you have a beautiful but pesky plant that has its eyes on taking over the garden -- I’m looking at YOU, MINT.) The waxing-to-full cycle (so days leading up to Monday) are a time for planting crops with seeds inside (berries, drupes, legumes, pomes). The following cycle, full-to-waning, is a time to plant root crops, bulbs, and perennials.

Here are the celestial and spellwork details to help you plan your night(s):

Date: May 29, 2018

Time: 10:20 am (EST)

Moon sign: Sagittarius ♐

Moon enters Sagittarius 2:29 pm (EST) on May 28, 2018

Distance from Earth: 398,452 km

Sun sign: Gemini ♊

Moon names: Flower Moon, Milk Moon, Grass Moon, Hare Moon, Corn Planting Moon

Lunar elemental association: Fire

Ritual themes: Growth, improving communication (either in general or pertaining to a specific situation)

Incense: Cinnamon

Color: Scarlet

Sources: Llewellyn’s 2018 Magical Almanac, NASA, Green Witchcraft (Ann Moura)

[pinerbrand]

Fire blight pear tree

#Fire blight pear tree how to

Disinfect tools with a solution of bleach and water. Fire blight bacteria can move down a branch and form a canker it can eventually kill the branch or even the entire specimen. Blackened flowers are an indication of fire blight. Remove dead branches and twigs, as well as damaged fruit. While Bradford pear trees are relatively resistant to fire blight, that does not mean that they are totally immune to it (especially in warmer climates). Prune infected growth to healthy wood as soon as it appears. Rake and burn fallen plant debris in fall. Avoid overhead irrigation.Įnsure adequate spacing between trees to increase air circulation, and to allow sunlight to penetrate the foliage. Ensure adequate spacing between trees to increase air circulation, and to allow sunlight to penetrate the. Use a drip system or allow a hose to drop slowly at the base of the tree. Water pear trees carefully and keep the foliage as dry as possible. Fire blight reduced the number of ‘Bartlett’ trees to three in 2007. Trees were propagated on ‘Bartlett’ seedling rootstock. Use a drip system or allow a hose to drop slowly at the base of the tree. Spray the tree thoroughly until the fungicide drips from the leaves. New Fire Blight Resistant Pear Cultivars Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention January 2013. Spray the tree thoroughly until the fungicide drips from the leaves. Treating pear fruit spot requires a combination of chemical and cultural practices.Īpply fungicides as soon as leaves are fully developed, then repeat three more times at two-week intervals. The disease is indigenous to North America and has spread to more than 50 countries since its discovery in 1870s. Lesions on pears are slightly sunken and black. Fire blight, caused by Erwinia amylovora, is a devastating disease of apples and pears, causing enormous economic losses around the world. Purple to black lesions, with spores, also appear on twigs. Eventually, severely infected foliage turns yellow and leaves drop from the tree. When the foliage is wet, a gooey, shiny mass of spores oozes from the pimple. A yellow halo may develop around the lesions. As the lesions mature, they become purplish black or brown with a small pimple in the center. Fruit spots appear as small, purplish spots, generally on the younger, lower leaves. Symptoms of pear leaf blight and fruit spot are fairly easy to discern. Fire blight causes vascular wilt in many varieties of pome trees (apples, pears, and ornamental pears) and members of the Rosaceae family (a wide range of. The bacteria are carried to other trees by insects, wind, splashing water, and rain. Pear leaf blight and fruit spot is caused by Fabraea maculata, a fungus that infects all parts of the tree.

#Fire blight pear tree how to

Let’s learn how to treat pear fruit spot. Although the disease is difficult to eliminate, it can be successfully managed by using a combination of approaches. Pear leaf blight and fruit spot is a nasty fungal disease that spreads quickly and can defoliate trees in a matter of weeks.

[wealthypioneers]

Exotic Cydonia oblonga Champion Common Quince fruit tree , Organic Non-GMO B5 Looking for opportunities to add fruiting plants to your landscape? Delicious, prolific Champion Common Quince (Cydonia oblonga 'Champion') is a very reliable producer of large, pear-shaped fruit with light green skin in the mid-season.

If you love to cook, grow Quince Champion to make beautiful jellies and jams that cook to a pale pink. Drizzle quince syrup over ice cream; or make quince wine for a signature cocktail.

Cydonia oblonga, commonly known as common quince, is a deciduous, multi-stemmed small tree or large shrub that features crooked branches clad with broad-ovate to broad-elliptic pale green leaves (to 4" long) that are gray-hairy below. Common quince is primarily grown today for fruit production or as a dwarfing pear rootstock. It is native to rocky slopes and woodland margins in the Trans-Caucasus region which includes Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, southwestern Russia and Turkmenistan. Plants have escaped garden plantings in the U. S. (particularly in the northeast), but plants are generally not considered to be invasive. Commercial production in the U. S. is very limited (mostly in California and New York).

Count: 5 USDA Zone: 5 to 10

Common quince typically grows to 10-15' (less frequently to 20') tall. Solitary, five-petaled, pale pink to white flowers (2 1/2" diameter) bloom from leaf axils in late spring (May) on current season's growth. Immature fruits (round to pear shaped quinces to 3" diameter) are green with gray-white shading but mature in fall to bright yellow. Fruit on cultivated varieties is usually larger. In climates with warm winters, quinces will fully ripen on the tree/shrub and can be enjoyed fresh-picked. However, in many areas where grown in the U. S., quince fruits are still very astringent in October when they first begin to ripen, hence they are usually cooked rather than consumed fresh. Quinces may be used in jellies, preserves and pies.

Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 12 hours. Stratification: warm stratify for 2 weeks, cold stratify for 120 days. Germination: Sow seed 1/4 inch deep, tamp the soil, and mulch the seed bed.

Planting and Application: This is a self-pollinating cultivar, so you'll get plenty of pectin-rich fruit from one plant. However, yields per Champion Quince will be greater with two or more plants.

Fragrant pink flowers age to white for a pretty springtime show. The oblong fruit starts off firm, and is cooked to bring out the full complement of spicy flavors...including notes of apple, pear and a zest that is all it's own. With a moderately trailing growth habit, this rounded deciduous shrub can be used in many ways in the landscape. It's a top contender for a naturalized permaculture planting with pliable branches that can be woven into an old-fashioned hedgerow. Prune flat to a sturdy trellis in an espalier, and you'll gain a beautiful garden feature with an easier harvest. Get how-to's and pro tips at the NatureHIlls.com Garden Blog. You can also train Champion Common Quince as a stand-alone shrub or tree. Keep them pruned for easy harvest using summer pruning for size control. Champion Quince bushes should be grown away from other pome fruits, like Apple and Pear for the best garden hygiene. Give Quince space to develop their sweet, savory fall fruit for a delightful taste treat.

#ProPlantTips for Care: Choose a planting site in full sun with well-drained soil and good air circulation.

Water fruiting plants on a consistent schedule through fruit development. Touch the soil near the base of your Champion Quince tree and apply water when it starts to get dry. For the first several years, you'll be working to establish the structure branches to provide a framework for the fruiting spurs. Prune with a vase-shaped open center or start training your espalier in late winter as your Quince is dormant. Add a three-inch layer of mulch around the trunk, then pull it back away from touching the stems. Fertilize with good quality fruiting tree formula in early spring...and reapply according to the label directions. http://springsofeden.myshopify.com/products/exotic-cydonia-oblonga-champion-common-quince-fruit-tree-organic-non-gmo-b5

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Galigan 2E Herbicide with Oxyflurofen equivalent to goaltender 6666049

Galigan 2E Herbicide with Oxyflurofen equivalent to goaltender 6666049

For use on: Almond, Anona, Apple, Apricot, Artichoke, Aster, Avocado, Banana, Begonia, Berries, Blackberry, Blueberry, Brassica, Broccoli, Cabbage, Caneberries, Carnation, Cauliflower, Cherry, Christmas trees, Chrysanthemum, Citrus, Conifers, Corn (maize), Cotton, Cranberry, Currant, Dahlia, Dates, Deciduous fruits, Dewberry, Eggplant, Eucalyptus, Figs, Flowers, Forestry, Fruits, Garlic, Gladiolus, Gooseberry, Grapefruits, Grapes (vine), Horseradish, Iris, Kiwi, Lemons, Lilium, Loquat, Macadamia Nuts, Mango, Marigold, Mint, Narcissus , Nectarine, Nursery, Olive, Onion, Oranges, Orchids, Ornamental, Papaya, Peach , Pear, Pecan, Persimmon, Phlox, Pineapple, Pistachio, Plum, Poinsettia, Pome Fruit, Pomegranate, Poplar, Prune, Quince, Raspberry, Rice, Rubber, Soybean, Stone Fruit , Strawberry, Subtropical & tropical fruits, Sunflower, Tomato, Walnut, Zinnia GALIGAN is a herbicide of the diphenyl-ether group used for selective weed control in a wide range of fruit trees, vegetables, field crops, ornamentals, forestry, sugarcane and non-crop areas GALIGAN is used in pre-plant, pre-emergence and post-emergence applications. GALIGAN has prolonged residual activity and shows negligible leaching. Minimal rain or irrigation is necessary to activate the residual effect. GALIGAN may be tank-mixed with GLYPHOGAN, paraquat or glufosinate to improve its contact activity, and with many residual herbicides to broaden the spectrum of weeds controlled in various crops. GALIGAN is available in Emulsifiable Concentrate (EC) formulations

Read more on https://www.farmgardensuperstore.com/product/galigan-2e-herbicide-with-oxyflurofen-equivalent-to-goaltender-6666049/

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9 through 13 April 2018

The week started wet, cold and miserable and ended almost spring-like. Some of the plants are really putting on a nice show.

Balantium antarcticum in the fernery.

Rheum palmatum looking a bit alien.

This week the new shading was installed in the fernery, which will be good for the plants this summer. I sprayed Top Buxus for the first time this year and started looking for the nasty, voracious caterpillars, Cydalima perspectalis.

Nell nominated me to attend Kensington and Chelsea’s Commonwealth Big Lunch next week; I’m looking forward to it and will report back next week.

I pulled together a list of plants for an identification exam for the next round of interns. I’ll post the plants after the interviews next week. I’d be rather embarrassed (though surprised) if any of them found the list prior to their interview.

There isn’t a new plant ident for next week. It’s been quite busy in the garden and Collette was on annual leave. Nell was preparing for a interesting even being held Sunday at the garden: Treasures from the Philip Miller Archive.

I had a one-to-one this week and it went well. This year I have to come up with a maintenance plan for my areas; find options for new label printers and try to identify at least half of all the plants we’re uncertain of the species.

Friday I worked with a volunteer to build willow arches in the woodland. This was my first time working with willow branches and building such structures. Some of the material was more alive than other so I put the more alive ones, which should root and continue to grow and put on leaves, where there are no plants to climb up them and used the dryer material for places where I will have Humulus lupulus and Clematis sp. growing up them. 

Ruari will be on leave next week so I will cover the tropical corridor. I’m looking forward to moving there after he finishes his traineeship; I currently cover the fernery and the conservatory.

I was able to work in Ann’s garden this weekend. The lawn was becoming a jungle, so I mowed it to a respectable length. The Cardiocrinum giganteum and the Paeonia spp. I planted last year are all coming up nicely.

Plant of the week

Rosaceae Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medik.

common name(s) - “Canadian serviceberry”, “chuckleberry”, “currant-tree", “juneberry”, “shadblow serviceberry”, “shadblow”, “shadbush”, “shadbush serviceberry”, “sugarplum”, “thicket serviceberry” synonym(s) 30 - Amelanchier austromontana Fernald; A. botryapium (L.f.) Borkh.; A. canadensis var. canadensis; A. c. var. intermedia (Spach) Ashe; A. c. var. oblongifolia Torr. & A.Gray; A. c. var. subintegra Fernald; A. longifolia M.Roem. ex Stapf [Spelling variant]; A. lucida (Fernald) Fernald; A. neumanniana (Tausch) M.Roem.; A. oblongifera Ashe [Spelling variant]; A. oblongifolia (Torr. & A.Gray) M.Roem.; A. ovalis G.B.Emers.; A. sera Ashe; A. spicata Decne.; A. stolonifera var. lucida Fernald; Aronia affinis Neumann ex Tausch.; A. botryapium (L.f.) Pers.; A. b. var. racemosa (Lam.) Pers.; A. canadensis (Marshall) Farw.; A. latifolia Riddell; A. ovalis (Willd.) Pers.; A. ovalis Elliott; Crataegus amoena Salisb.; C. racemosa Lam.; Mespilus canadensis L.; M. glabra Nutt. ex Hook.; M. virginiana Mill.; Pyrus botryapium L.f.; P. neumanniana Tausch; P. ovalis Bigelow conservation rating - none native to - eastern North America location - world woodland; accession _____ leaves - alternate, simple, ovate to ovate-oblong, with a rounded to sub-acute apex; they are downy below, and have a serrated margin and a petiole; coppery when new, turns deep green in late spring and summer, then warm orange and red in autumn flowers - loose racemes at the ends of the branches; each raceme has four to ten flowers, each with five white petals and 20 stamens; fruit is a pome, dark purple when ripe, edible and sweet, become ripe in June and July in native range habit - a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 8m tall with one to many stems and a narrow, fastigiate crown habitat - from sea level to 200m; can tolerate strong winds, not maritime exposure pests - sawfly, leaf miner, borers, scale can be pests disease - rust, leaf spot, blight, powdery mildew can be a problem hardiness - to -20ºC (H6) soil - thrives in moist and well-drained lime-free soil, including heavy clay sun - full sun or light shade propagation - stem cuttings; seed pruning - early spring if need to remove any dead, damaged, diseased or crossing stems nomenclature - Rosaceae - Latin name, rosa, rosae, for various roses; Amelanchier - a Provençal name, amelancier, for A. ovalis; canadensis - from Canada, Canadian NB - used as a medicinal plant, food, ornamental plant and sometimes made into bonsai

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Pomegranate

Pomegranate

The pomegranate is famously known as the fruit of heaven belongs to the berry family. Pomegranate fruit is a delicious fruit and has juicy grains inside. Grow pomegranates as large, shrub or small trees.

Types 

There are 1200 different varieties of pomegranate which have unique tastes and various colours. There are purple hearts, Eversweet, wonderful, kazake, red silk, texas pink.

Purple heart

Purple heart varieties are large with dark red. Fruits begin to produce at about 3 years old. Pick fruit off a tree when it is mature. These pomegranate plants grow 12-30 feet tall and wide. Provide lots of health benefits. They are the best immune boosters and good healers.

Eversweet

The color of the pomegranate is pinkish-pale red. Eversweet seeds are a little hard in texture and are highly nutritious containing vitamins A, C and E. Pomegranate trees are glossy, narrow leathery leaves which are lance-shaped. These varieties are self-pollinated. This is a national fruit of Iran.

Kazake

Kazake varieties produce medium to large size fruit. This is the most dwarfing species. This pomegranate plant is fast-growing with drought tolerant. This is a seeded fruit and it has a thick reddish outer covering. These flowers often fall off the branches rather than converting into fruit.

Red silk

Red silk is the best pot-growing variety, which is a semi-dwarf growth habit. It has dark red flesh and red arils. Grows trees in hot and dry climatic conditions. Its contain fibre which keeps our digestive system healthy.

Texas pink

Texas pink pomegranate plant produces attractive blooming which converts pink fruits. This variety is a famous ornamental fruit plant. Texas pink is a self-fertile plant. It has large edible seeds.

Wonderful

Wonderful pomegranate plant is the most common variety grown in the low desert of Arizona. Mix a teaspoon of natural honey in half a liter of water and spray directly on the flower with the help of a spray bottle. This will attract honey bees for pollination. This tip helps to increase the yield. This fruit is too sweet and highly beneficial.

Seed

In this Punica granatum fruit plant seeds are also edible. It contains vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. In average one fruits can hold 1000 seeds. Seeds are covered with glowing red skin.

Soil

For better growth and development prefers to grow in well-drained loamy soil. Soil mix with 80% bone meal and 20% neem cake.

Water

For mature pomegranate tree, adequate irrigation especially during the dry periods is very important to improve growth, fruit set, yield and fruit size. 

Sunlight

Select the location to keep the pomegranate plant with plenty of sunlight. In cooler climates, plant pome tree with western exposure. Requires 6 hours’ of direct sunlight.

Fertilizer

Repotting 

Good organic mulch and cow manure can improve plant growth and soil fertility. Application of vermicompost at monthly intervals.

ication of vermicompost at monthly intervals.

Repotting 

Repot the plant into a new pot when the root bound occurs. Normally repot the plant for two to three years. 

Pruning

The best time for pome tree pruning is late winter, after harvesting the fruits. Branch pruning can increase fruit production. Pruning the roots will help to reduce root bound. Pruned the tree before repotting.

Benefits

Daily consumption of pome gives us strength and energy

Its contain fibre which keeps our digestive system healthy.

Punica granatum helps to increase appetite.

Punica granatum is highly beneficial for pregnant women.

Reduces pain in joints and arthritis.

Keep your earth clean and green…!

Pomegranate fruit plant

Blog created by: Santhionlineplants

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Pomegranate

The pomegranate is famously known as the fruit of heaven belongs to the berry family. Pomegranate fruit is a delicious fruit and has juicy grains inside. Grow pomegranates as large, shrub or small trees.

Types 

There are 1200 different varieties of pomegranate which have unique tastes and various colours. There are purple hearts, Eversweet, wonderful, kazake, red silk, texas pink.

Purple heart

Purple heart varieties are large with dark red. Fruits begin to produce at about 3 years old. Pick fruit off a tree when it is mature. These pomegranate plants grow 12-30 feet tall and wide. Provide lots of health benefits. They are the best immune boosters and good healers.

Eversweet

The color of the pomegranate is pinkish-pale red. Eversweet seeds are a little hard in texture and are highly nutritious containing vitamins A, C and E. Pomegranate trees are glossy, narrow leathery leaves which are lance-shaped. These varieties are self-pollinated. This is a national fruit of Iran.

Kazake

Kazake varieties produce medium to large size fruit. This is the most dwarfing species. This pomegranate plant is fast-growing with drought tolerant. This is a seeded fruit and it has a thick reddish outer covering. These flowers often fall off the branches rather than converting into fruit.

Red silk

Red silk is the best pot-growing variety, which is a semi-dwarf growth habit. It has dark red flesh and red arils. Grows trees in hot and dry climatic conditions. Its contain fibre which keeps our digestive system healthy.

Texas pink

Texas pink pomegranate plant produces attractive blooming which converts pink fruits. This variety is a famous ornamental fruit plant. Texas pink is a self-fertile plant. It has large edible seeds.

Wonderful

Wonderful pomegranate plant is the most common variety grown in the low desert of Arizona. Mix a teaspoon of natural honey in half a liter of water and spray directly on the flower with the help of a spray bottle. This will attract honey bees for pollination. This tip helps to increase the yield. This fruit is too sweet and highly beneficial.

Seed

In this Punica granatum fruit plant seeds are also edible. It contains vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. In average one fruits can hold 1000 seeds. Seeds are covered with glowing red skin.

Soil

For better growth and development prefers to grow in well-drained loamy soil. Soil mix with 80% bone meal and 20% neem cake.

Water

For mature pomegranate tree, adequate irrigation especially during the dry periods is very important to improve growth, fruit set, yield and fruit size. 

Sunlight

Select the location to keep the pomegranate plant with plenty of sunlight. In cooler climates, plant pome tree with western exposure. Requires 6 hours’ of direct sunlight.

Fertilizer

Good organic mulch and cow manure can improve plant growth and soil fertility. Application of vermicompost at monthly intervals.

Repotting 

Repot the plant into a new pot when the root bound occurs. Normally repot the plant for two to three years. 

Pruning

The best time for pome tree pruning is late winter, after harvesting the fruits. Branch pruning can increase fruit production. Pruning the roots will help to reduce root bound. Pruned the tree before repotting.

Benefits

Daily consumption of pome gives us strength and energy

Its contain fibre which keeps our digestive system healthy.

Punica granatum helps to increase appetite.

Punica granatum is highly beneficial for pregnant women.

Reduces pain in joints and arthritis.

Keep your earth clean and green…!

Pomegranate fruit plant

Blog created by: Santhionlineplants

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Continuing my highly personal notes on Peter Bane’s The Permaculture Handbook (2012), here’s Chapter Sixteen: Trees and Shrubs, Orchards, Woodlands and Forest Gardens. Any misrepresentations of Bane’s words or work are mine alone and completely unintentional. Notes on each chapter linked here.

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“Some of the most cold-hardy wild fruits will not grow in regions much warmer than zone 4, but others stretch all the way to zone 9. I will not remark on those that should be removed from the list as we proceed southward, except to say that when you can grow figs, you become much less interested in cranberries, even if they tolerate your climate. Judge accordingly.” — Peter Bane

What? Figs? But cranberries are beautiful and delicious! Even these Viburnum trilobum highbush cranberries, which are different from Thanksgiving cranberries, which are vacciniums.

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Trees provide us food, fiber, and energy.

“… when vandals strike (and they have been striking for as long as there have been grain-based surpluses), it is possible to grab your seed corn and flee over the horizon to live and perhaps to plant another day. Tree cultivators live by the virtues of their ancestors and work for the benefit of their descendants. Fire and the sword can undo in one season many generations of care, and recovery is slow. To embrace permanent agriculture based on woody perennials, we must enter into uncharted territory. Tree cropping is not wholly unknown: humans have been cultivating tree fruits for nearly 7,000 years[; the] past century, however, has seen an enormous explosion of scientific and agronomic research into the intensive cropping of grains, legumes and oil seeds, and secondarily into the mass production of a small number of livestock species. These crops have become the basis of industrial food. Adopting tree crops is part of a broadbased citizen initiative to correct the imbalance of research effort in our food system.”

Coppice: A way to “Cut and come again.” Using hand tools, can cut [non-conifer] trees to the stump and allow them to regrow. Trees don’t have to grow tall before their wood is harvested:

“Instead of allowing trees to grow to a mature height and girth, under coppice systems they are grown only to the dimension that meets the need of the products for which they are cultivated. If you need stove wood of three-inch diameter, it makes no sense to fell and split a two-foot-diameter tree. Better to cut the stems when they are the right dimension for the job.”

coppicing example from Bane’s book

Coppicing frees trees to cover their trunks, limbs, and branches with new cambium cells, so energy in the roots can create new growth; it resets the tree’s life clock.

Tree roots: Most of soil life and nutrients is in the top 12 inches of ground, and that’s where tree’s roots predominantly are, except in arid lands. Tree roots can spread 3x the diameter of the crown. For many trees, the branches on one side of the tree are fed from roots on the opposite side. Trees have structural roots, which anchor them, and feeder roots, which bring them food, and these latter roots are often sloughed off.

Ramial wood: Ramial wood is the young growth of woody plants. [I think we read elsewhere that the wood diameter should be no more than 3″.] It can be cut (it often is cut anyway, for pruning and such) and applied as mulch, breaking down into humus quickly, usually in less than a year. Woody plants are a prime source of fertilizer and mulch to maintain fertility in gardens and farm fields, especially those species that fix nitrogen and those with lots of leaves attached.

my ramial wood pile, April 2015

Some shrubs and trees to consider for coppicing and ramial mulch: “Willows are prolific wherever water is available. Poplar and aspen are fast-growing and respond to coppice. Elaeagnus species, especially the widespread autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) and Russian olive (E. angustifolia), are often seen as dispersive problem plants: make them work for you rather than spend energy trying to exterminate them. We had two autumn olives show up unbidden in a neglected section of our garden. We cut them back every year for mulch and nitrogen, and they have become fertility anchors for the crop species around them. They will eventually provide edible berries.”

swallowtail butterfly on an autumn olive, nearby rail trail in NH, June 2014

Consider planting the legume shrub caragana (Siberian peashrub) in cold climates (zone 2-10, can get 20′ tall, yellow flowers in May).

taller shrub shown here is Siberian peashrub, at Paradise Lot in Holyoke, MA, June 2016

Take no more than 1/3 of a shrub at a time unless you’re cutting it to the ground to grow more stems.

We need trees and shrubs architecturally in the garden, as windbreaks, as visual screens, as part of integrated pest management to confuse pests, to anchor plant guilds, to attract birds.

Woody nitrogen-fixers are listed in Appendix 3.

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Trees for Food: Nuts: hazelnut (corylus), pine, walnut (juglans), hickory (carya; Carya ovata, shagbark hickory, is among the best-flavored), gingko, chestnut (castanea), and in southern climates, pecan, pistachio, almond. Most reach 40-140 feet tall and take 10-20 years to bear, but most hazels are shrubs and bear quickly.

[My hazelnut shrubs are about 4′ tall now and bore a few nuts, which wildlife nabbed, last year, their 3rd year.]

one of 2 or 3 hazel nuts, mid-July 2017

Difference in size in one hazelnut shrub from May 2016 to June 2017:

same hazelnut shrub, May 2016

one hazelnut shrub, June 2017

Hazelnuts: “American and California hazels (Corylus americana and C. cornuta), European species (C. avellana) and the many crosses between them (hazelberts, filhazels) show a compact, shrubby form and can be coppiced. Hazels will begin bearing after about four years and may live for half a century. They may reach 20 feet at maturity but can readily be maintained at 8–10 feet for cropping purposes.” Hazelnuts can make a dense screen and can be interplanted with tree or cane fruits. They fruit on one-year-old wood. ___________________________________

More on nut trees: I did my own research on some of these, looking for the best for my zone 4 climate and smallish yard — hazelnuts were the winners:

Chestnuts: Take 8 years or more to bear nuts. Need two varieties for cross-pollination. Chinese, 40′ tall, zone 4, blight-resistant. Dunstan, 50′ tall, zone 4. Colossal, zone 5.

Hazelnuts: American hazel, 6-12′ tall, zone 3. European, 12-25′ tall, zone 4. Beaked (the kind that’s wild here), 6-12′ tall, zone 3. California, 25′ tall, zone 4. Hybrid Filazel/Hazelbert, 12-15′ tall, zone 3, takes 3-4 year to bear.

Walnuts: Walnuts are allelopathic (lots of plants can’t grow near or under them). Butternut, 40-90′ tall, very cold hardy zone 3, can take 20 years for nuts, gets a fungus. Heartnut, 50-90′ tall, zones 4-6. Buartnut, a fast-growing hybrid of butternut and heartnut walnut with nuts in 3-6 years, 50-60′ tall, zones 4-7. Black, 50-70′ tall, zones 4-9, takes 12-15 years for nuts.

Shagbark Hickory (common in New England in the wild): 70-85′ tall, can tolerate some shade, zones 4-7.

Gingko: 75′ tall but can be kept short with pruning, zones 3-8, should use only male plants (females stink).

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A few of these trees found in the wild or planted other places:

gingko, Longwood Gardens (eastern PA), June 2013

shagbark hickory tree, Middlebury, VT, Nov. 2016

shagbark hickory tree nut, Odiorne State Park, Rye, NH, Aug. 2017

beaked hazelnuts, Butterfield Pond trail, Wilmot, NH, Sept. 2016

‘Fort McNair Red Horse Chestnut’ blooming at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME, June 2017

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Fruiting Shrubs and Vines: Grapes need 90% new growth removed (when dormant) each year, and they need full sun to fruit well. [We have some growing wild and fruiting in the yard with no care:]

“If you didn’t plant your fruit trees ten years ago, the next best time to do so is today, provided it is late winter, spring or a moist autumn.”

Tree fruits: Pomes: apple, medlar, pear, quince, hawthorn. Pears: Plant three or more varieties together. Bees are not very interested in pears. Stone (self-fertile; 2/3 of the time, a seed will grow to resemble its parent): plum, apricot, cherry, peach, almond, and crosses of nectarine and pluot

Bane has several pages on grafting methods that I didn’t really read.

Selecting trees for your climate: Fruit tree species listed by USDA zones. I noted only those to zone 5 (my best, warmest microclimate) and only those I was interested in: Zone 0 (near tundra): Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia); wild pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica), chokecherry (P. virginiana), northern mountain ash (Sorbus decora), highbush cranberry (Viburnum trilobum). Zone 1: mountain ash (Sorbus americana), northern mountain cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), some crab apples, a couple small apple varieties. Zone 2: more cultivated apples and crab apples, apricots (Prunus mandshurica), Canada plum (P. nigra), currants, gooseberries, lowbush blueberries, cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon), elderberries (Sambucus nigra), hawthorns, some sand cherries (Prunus pumila), nannyberry (Viburnum lentago).

elderberry shrubs, Aug 2017

Zone 3 (includes some parts of the Adirondacks and Maine, northern Minnesota and upper Michigan, high elevations in the mountain West, plus lots of Canada): tart cherry, American plums, some Japanese plums, some bush cherry, some roses (including R. rugosa), European mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia var. edulis), American hazel (Corylus americana), blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium), more apples and crab apples, a few pear cultivars. Zone 4: most apples, most pears, butternut and black walnut, many grapes, hardy kiwis (Actinidia arguta, A. kolomikta), more apricots, some European plums, white mulberry (Morus alba). Zone 5: hardy varieties of peach, some northern pecans, buartnut, gingko, highbush blueberries [there are actually some cultivars that do well in zones below 5], sweet cherry, Damson and prune plums, red mulberries, American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), Cornus kousa, and pawpaw (Asimina triloba).

“Order only as many plants as you can plant within a week, and begin preparing your planting holes in advance.”

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How to Plant a Tree: I’ve planted a lot of trees and shrubs but still found useful tips, e.g., to turn the prominent side branch, if there is one, to the prevailing wind (here, it’s NW) to give it extra protection; to stab the sides of the hole so roots can head off horizontally; and to tamp the roots and soil as you go, so as not to leave large air pockets.

Here are the full instructions:

Pruning: “A young apple, pear or peach needs about three dozen leaves per fruit, or six to eight inches of stem per fruit. A 3- to 4-year-old tree may do well with about 50 fruits, a number that will increase from year to year. About four to six weeks after flowering, you can see which blossoms have been pollinated, as these will be showing small fruits.  Remove all but one or two in each flower cluster, favoring those that are largest and have no blemishes or insect damage. If you cannot tell which are going to fill out, wait another week or two to allow them to swell. With young cherries, plums and apricots, there is less concern about thinning the crop.”  [I’ve also read to thin peaches out to about one peach fruitling every 4-6″ on a stem, and do it early and perhaps twice.]

“Pay particular attention to the time of blooming and record this each year for each tree or major block of trees. Notice also what wild plants are then blooming, what birds are migrating through, what frogs are mating at the same time and other climate-sensitive phenomena.”

(Quechee Gorge, VT, May 2011)

Benefits of trees in the garden/farm: Shade, protection, windbreak, cooling, lowering a high water table, soil building, visual screening, fencing, mulch as leaves and twigs drop, fuel, fruits/nuts, nitrogen-fixers, fertilizer, forage for bees and wildlife, habitat. Never plant a tree that can’t serve at least three functions.

arborvitae ‘Emerald Green’ windbreak/hedge, Bedrock Gardens, Lee, NH, Sept. 2016

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Forest Gardens: Polyculture – mix of species. Structure of a temperate forest garden is based on canopy elements, i.e., trees like apples, pears, cherries, walnuts or chestnuts. Other tall elements could include nitrogen-fixing trees for fertility (e.g., black locust, alders, mimosa). The middle layer could include shrubs like serviceberries, elderberries, hazels, Siberian pea shrub, autumn olive. Ground cover layer could include mints, alliums, nasturtiums, comfrey, burdock, sedums, horseradish, lovage, yarrow, fennel, annuals, clovers, lamiums. He talks specifically about fruit tree guilds on p. 331.

[Below, just a few of the ground covers and middle layer plants in my fruit guild: ]

Using weeds: “An important shortcut to successful forest gardening is to learn about and use a good range of friendly weeds. These are expansive or dispersive plants that are easy to use or to live with. They don’t have thorns. If they show up where you don’t want them, they’re easy to move or to get rid of. They’re pretty or edible or make good compost or medicine, so that you don’t mind having lots of them. Lettuce is a friendly weed in our garden. … Chickweed, mache and lambsquarters are friendly weeds. Dandelions are a bit stubborn but basically OK.” But you may also have to suppress weeds you don’t want — for instance, creeping euonymous, poison ivy, Japanese honeysuckle, multiflora rose, maple seedlings, hackberry, black cherry, ashes, some grasses, or whatever is vexacious in your region.

[Below, a few of the weeds that have emerged in my garden and have been left to beautify and nourish it: ]

“Forest gardening is part of a larger strategy to create productive woodland mosaics in our inhabited landscapes.”

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Featured image (top image) is some sort of mountain ash (Sorbus sp.), Sunset Hill Trail, Newbury, NH, Aug. 2014

Book Notes: The Permaculture Handbook :: Chapter Sixteen Continuing my highly personal notes on Peter Bane’s The Permaculture Handbook (2012), here's Chapter Sixteen: Trees and Shrubs, Orchards, Woodlands and Forest Gardens. 

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