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Bare Root Trees & Summer Weather Arrive!
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Greetings!
This last week of summer weather may spell doom for the 2012 crop of apricots and cherries. We need some winter weather sooner than later. Of course this is ideal weather for tropical fruit trees. I'm picking guavas and mangoes this week!
I did some checking with local tomato king Steve Goto on availability of grafted tomatoes. Turns out that the grower wants more than $5 for each plant (we sold some in September for $4 each, not knowing the original cost) and the minimum order is 720 plants (those were shipped down from Oregon). If you are willing to spend $10 on a grafted tomato, pepper, melon or cucumber plant, let me know. My grafted tomato plants still look good although all are showing signs of leaf spot diseases. All are setting fruit. Jetsetter has performed the best.
Bare root season always brings surprises (some good, some not so good). Our suppliers always make some last minute changes. We got Sherwood jujube trees (fabulous). We also received Dorsett Golden apple trees, but some of our Fuji apple trees are missing. No Eastern Concord grapes either. We received our large order of trees, but two other suppliers have not shipped yet (mainly because I ordered at the last minute). Quality of the bare root plants continues to improve. Originally the bare root plant growers used flood (furrow) irrigation which encourage long roots to reach the moisture. Now they have switched to drip irrigation right at the trunk to create a more compact root system that can be excavated along with the rest of the tree. I've noticed a vastly improved root system on the lilac bushes and pecan trees. Just a generation ago most bare root trees looked like a fishing rod attached to a carrot root (no branching on either end) and it took years to get into production. Nowadays, we get beautifully branched trees and roots with many producing fruit the first year. Our selection of fruit trees is approaching what we offered when we had a store. If you have already ordered and paid we save your trees until they are all here and we'll contact you to arrange for pick-up. (Nadin Kurani please contact us. We don't have your contact information.) If you haven't ordered, but know what you want to pick up, you can e-mail us and tell us what you are coming to get. I'll make certain they get on the truck. If any of you would like to donate some old newspapers, we could sure use them. We use old newspaper when we bag the bare root plants to keep the roots moist. I only subscribe to one daily paper now and don't have as big a stack. Thanks.
We're going to wait one more week before we order more bedding plants. We're just too busy this week. Bare root Strawberry Albion and Asparagus roots are still available. |
WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT ON BARE ROOT
Mulberry Trees in Orange County
Every elementary school has Mulberry trees. The Fruitless White Mulberry is valuable for quick shade, but most importantly is the source of food for silkworms.
White Mulberry trees are native to eastern and southern Asia and can produce white, red or black fruit that resemble blackberries. Persian or Black Mulberry trees are native to western Asia and are a popular source of food. Birds are attracted to the ripe berries. Mulberry trees, especially the White cultivars, become drought tolerant when established and all are good container plants.
Cultivars Black Beauty is a compact Persian mulberry tree 10-15' tall that can be trained as a bush. The berries are large, black and juicy with excellent flavor. Ripens early summer. Production begins the second year. This is the proverbial "mulberry bush".  Pakistan Red is a cultivar of White Mulberry that produces finger-like berries 3-5" long! These mild, sweet fruit can be eaten while still green but will get even sweeter if allowed to turn red. The first crop ripens in late spring. Very fast growth to 20-30' tall and wide with large, deep green, heart-shaped leaves. Teas Weeping is a cultivar of White Mulberry that creates a small, distinctive weeping tree to 8-12' tall and wide. It produces a large crop of small, black, tasty berries. The first crop ripens in early summer. Teas Weeping mulberry trees are a staple of children's gardens. In summer the weeping, foliage-covered branches create an outdoor hideout.
Any established mulberry can be forced to make a second crop. After the first crop if harvested, strip off all the leaves on a few branches. The naked branches will quickly bloom and produce new leaves as well as a new crop of berries. This can be repeated into fall.
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Here's a list of all the bare root that we plan to have this weekend at each farmers market along with price and size. Descriptions for most can be found at our website at www.lagunahillsnursery.com
Generally, for comparison, a 5-gallon fruit tree has a caliper of 1/2" or less, a 15-gallon fruit tree has a caliper of 5/8" to 3/4" and a 24" box fruit tree has a caliper of 1" or more.
Almond All In One $24 1/2" caliper
Apple Anna $24 5/8" caliper
Apple Dorsett Golden $24 3/4" caliper
Apple Fuji $24 3/4" caliper
Apple Gala $24 3/4" caliper
Apple Granny Smith $24 3/4" caliper
Apple Jonagold $24 3/4" caliper
Apple Pink Lady $24 5/8" caliper
Apricot Ume Single Pink $25 1/2" caliper
Fig Black Jack $20 container
Fig Italian Everbearing $20 container
Grape Blueberry $7
Grape Canadice $7
Grape Himrod $7
Grape Lakemont $7
Jujube GA-866 $34 5/16" caliper
Jujube Li $34 5/16" caliper
Jujube Sherwood $34 5/16" caliper
Mulberry Black Beauty $24 2' tall
Mulberry Pakistan $34 5/8" caliper
Mulberry Teas Weeping $48 1-1/4" caliper
Nectarine Snow Queen $24 5/8" caliper
Peach Long Beach $24 3/4" caliper
Peach Red Baron $24 3/4" caliper
Peach Tropic Snow $24 3/4" caliper
Pear Hood $24 3/8" caliper
Pecan Western Schley $45 3/4" caliper
Persimmon Fuyu Imoto $40 5/8" caliper
Persimmon Fuyu Izu $42 1/2" caliper
Plum Burgundy $24 5/8" caliper
Plum Weeping Santa Rose $22 1/2" caliper
Pomegranate Ambrosia bush $22
Pomegranate Angel Red bush $22
Pomegranate Wonderful bush $22
Pomegranate Wonderful tree $34
ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
Lilac Chiffon $14 6" tall
Lilac Blue Skies $24 18" tall
Maple Japanese Bloodgood $36 18" tall
Maple Japanese Tamukeyama $69 2' tall
Redbud Forest Pansy $40 5/8" caliper
NOT HERE YET
The following have been ordered, but have not been scheduled to be delivered to us. We expect them within a week or two.
Apricot Goldkist
Cherries Minnie Royal, Royal Lee
Figs Flanders, Black Mission, Panache, Violette de Bordeaux
Nectaplum Spice Zee
Nectarines Arctic Star, Panamint
Peach Babcock
Pear Floridahome
Persimmon Hachiya
Plums Catalina, Santa Rosa, Satsuma
Pluots Flavor King, Splash
Pomegranates Desertnyi, Parfianka
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Please visit us at our farmers market locations. We accept cash, credit cards and checks. We plan to have all bare root plants at every location. Both of our custom potting soils are still available.
EVERY SATURDAY 9am-1pm
Old Towne Orange Farmers & Artisans Market
304 North Cypress Street, Orange
3 blocks north and 4 blocks west of the traffic circle at Chapman and Glassell
EVERY SUNDAY 10am-2pm
The Great Park Farmer's Market
The Great Park, Irvine
Exit 5 at Sand Canyon, turn south on Marine Way (parallels the east side of the 5), follow the signs.
Starting next week, Friday January 13th
EVERY FRIDAY 9am-1pm
Mission Viejo Farmers Market
Mission Viejo Civic Center
200 Civic Center, Mission Viejo
Exit 5 at La Paz going east, turn right on Marguerite, turn right on Civic Center
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26285 Verona Place
Mission Viejo, California 92692
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