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SHTF Orchard Planting in the Heartland
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[quote:Girl Genius:MV8xODM3MTUyXzMwNjIwMTQ2XzlBNzdDRjgx] [quote:D'Light:MV8xODM3MTUyXzMwNjE5OTExXzREREZDQTg1] [quote:enigmatic muse:MV8xODM3MTUyXzMwNjE5Nzk2XzExRkNGODI0] tobacco is also a powerful insecticide (you can't use it on tomatoes and other nightshade plants). you can buy organic tobacco online and make a tea with it to spray your plants. you can also make insecticides with water and essential oils like neem and lavender. [/quote] thanks. I'm also going to try and put some flowers around some of my other trees. I have daylillies and they are easy. The flowers around the front trees are more like flocks and fire witches. I'm surprised that the bulb flowers won't take more water than grass but if you're right I may use them for the ones in the back. Thanks.:hf: [/quote] Great tips - ty, EM :hf: D'L - I have daylilies, too - they were among the first things we planted when we moved to the country and they are doing wonderfully well. I will have to thin them and start another patch soon because of their exuberance! Have you done that yet? I split one of my peony patches this year without any problems so I hope the daylilies will go as smoothly :) Btw, did you know that every part of the daylily is edible and nutritious? [/quote]
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So we moved big time on our fruit orchard planting this year and have about 20 good sized trees in and another 5 on the sidelines. After mixed results with the ultra cheap bare root plantings and planting too many "ornamentals", we are gearing our remaining orchard space toward fruit bearing trees. So far we have some different varieties of apples, peaches, plums, and pears. They are young so I don't know which varieties have been successful.
Anyone else keeping an orchard? What have been your best and most reliable varieties? We want to go totally organic and self-sufficient.
Update: We have finished planting our orchard. We wound up planting 23 full-size trees and 30 raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and grapes. We planted with care and I expect a 95% survival rate - we'll see. It's a bit windy today but tomorrow, I will take some pictures :)
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