Propagation: part X based on my own experience

What I gathered yesterday will make about 2 trades so if any of you want some make an offer.

Do you have a pic of the flowers?

No they are finished blooming but they are a pinkish purple. and I think I got a few of the orange ones too. It had a few left on the stem so I just grabbed them too.

Good morning to all: Its another awful hot day here. we have had near or over 100 degrees each day this week. The suprising fact that I did not have to water twice a day was a welcome relief. I guess its the trees that provide after 2:00 pm shade that helps with water conservation.
I found a great item that allows you to airlayer without all the fumbeling arround with plastic sheet. Its a full tough plastic that is self contained. I am planning to to buy a dozen of them. Here is the site. http://www.hybridpoplars.com/prices6.htm I am planning to use them on japanese maple, weeping yapon and a few other plants. If anyone wants in on the larger quantity please let me know.
Dave

Hi everyone, sorry to digress but I wanted to share some info on bees. I, too am allergic and have had yj nests at the garden where I work. A man from a local college will come out and harvest yj nests for free as he uses the venom to manufacture antidote. Perhaps if you checked with some of your local universities they may offer something similar.

Kool idea. Personally I have such a small yard it would not be feesable but a few on here have lots of land and might benifit from the idea
Dave

I thought it was cool, too. I have no idea exactly how the process works. By the time we heard of it, my boss had already eradicated the nest.

Dave:

I thank you for sharing the link. As soon as I get some extra money, I might order some of those. Most money is going for grandbaby items right now...LOL

Janet

LOL ... Janet I know all about that. I know they have a 20.00 min and I just want 3 or 6 for myself. just thought if others wanted some we could buy more and save $$$
Dave

Dave, I couldn't find anything that told about the rootpot. Or the Hormodin. It sounds like a good idea tho. If you have a link that tells about them, send it along.

Thanks for the idea Zoar. I have a lot of bees but so far have not found any nests. I am sure they are there, but I have tons of trees. We have trapped and killed most of the bees already tho.

Jeanette

Zoar: Thanks for this tip, although most of our YJ nests seem to be in the ground and rather hard to locate until it's too late!

Hi: the link below is where the inventor has descibed his product. Its pretty easy... you just wound the limb you plan to take as a new tree and coat with rooting hormone followed by the rootpot. Here is the link.

http://www.rooterpot.co.uk/toc.htm

If we can buy 36 of them we can get them a bit over 2.00 where the 6 @ is 2.68 per. I guess I should just do what I am going to an run with it. I will be ordering toward the end of the week.
Dave

Hem,

From what I understand, this guy specializes in finding those pesky buggars underground. I have not idea how much he has to tear up your property to work his magic though. I ALMOST wish we had a second nest at work so we could find out exactly how this whole process works.

Just got another bee sting in the back of my head. darn!!!

Jeanette

ouch sorry Jeanette. not much going on just trying to stay cool. upper 90's here might break 100 I hope not lol
Dave

Dave your pkg is on it's way

The heat has arrived. It is 98 deg. outside and 100 in the greenhouse. Was 102 with fan and vents all open and running. It is really nasty outside. ACs are working slow , a man at the Elec Co. got fried today when something he was replacing blew up and although he is still alive, I bet he wishes he wasn't. The pain he must be in. Oh God. Burns are so bad. They flew him to the burn center and our electric was out on the entire grid for two hours or more. Nothing is easy when it gets too hot here. The natives all get restless.
Including little old me. I spent the afternoon playing frackle on Facebook. What a waste of time, but it is too hot to go outside. Stay cool my friends. JB

Jeanette sorry to hear you've been stung again... OUCH! I can feel it now... Stay away from them, you silly gal...LOL Hope you are better soon from the sting.

JB Facebook, I've never had the time to check this out, or twitter either... Wish I did as I would like to see what the fuss is about.

Jan

Thanks Jan. They are particularly nasty this year for some reason. This one stung me thru my hair. And my hair is very thick. My sis got stung thru her pant leg. Her DH got stung thru his shirt. Crazy.

I have had several people want me to join Facebook but I spend so much time on here now that one more program and I might as well move it all into my bedroom.

Jeanette

Jeanette: I hear ya on adding one more time consuming computer program...

Janet

Good afternoon to all. We are having a break from the heat. we had rain roll through yesterday and its helped a lot. Its quite unusual as we usually don't have rain in july and august ...well not as much as we have had.
Dave

This whole year has had some strange weather Dave. It was 69 degrees here a couple days ago and still in the low 70s. Suppose to get back to the low 80s next week. I sure wish some of those tomatoes would ripen out there.

Jeanette

Dave glad to hear you are finally having a break from the heat wave.

I hear ya Jeanette on getting some ripe tomatoes....LOL How is your head feeling?

Janet

Hi Janet, you remembered. LOL. The benedryl works wonders. I didn't use the EpiPen this time. Don't know where I would have poked myself with it. In the ear? Just kiddin' I know how to use it.

Jeanette

GM all,
Hope everyone has a great day !
Dave got the package today Thanks !!!

Jeanette:

Aren't those pens the worst thing... my gosh the last time I used one I walked around with a black and blue thigh (the whole thigh) for over a month... I bruise easy anyway...

Janet

Yes, that is the first and hopefully only time I have or will have to use one. I didn't like that at all.

Sorry to hear you had to use one. I fortunately have not gotten that bad off. But I do know I hate needles. Oh yea... its a grandbaby weekend. greetings from little rock lol

Howdy everyone:
Whats everyone upto??? I was reading a thread and happened to come up with a why is that? as we all know its never a good idea to ask a question we are not ready for the answer to.
The question was why would someone not ship to alaska, hawaii, california, arizona, texas, florida or Purto rico?

WEEEEEELLLLLLLL
It seems big brother is searching mail deliveries for uncertified plants with either possible insect or disease hiding with in the plants. I believe its part money and part protection of the states own agriculture business.
texas, arizona, california and florida all have citris industry that is a big part of their economy and they protect it with all effort possible.
Ok JB .. I know you mentioned something similar in an earlier post. What I did find out is its more than just big brother. It seems all ag agencies are connected and all work together. It seems we could get hit with a $500.00 as well as possible jail time.
Any thoughts???
Dave

It really is a good idea but still aggravating that you can't ship some things but I do understand what's behind it. That's like the emerald ask borer.If you transport infected trees your spreading them so they ask for you not to ship any type of ash tree right now. We have quarantined areas here and are not allowed to transport them in any way shape or form.

Yes: I just don't know why some states are tighter than others... I guess I am putting it wrong because my thoughts are different than the last sentence.
Why is it so tough to get the needed tools to sell to all states in the non restrictive states. If it was a bit easier I would get the stamps and liscenses needed but its like pulling teeth to get the needed doc's. I have tried, most times I get a blank stare like I am speaking an alien language. its like they don't care if its an even playing field, just as long as they get their money for their specific authorizations.
Dave

LOL I guess JB could answer that one for you as I think she does sell in all states. Not sure. I know some people have the licsense to sell in all states but I have no idea of what it entails.

Most states require a form to be filled out and pay like 20 bucks they send you the license and then someone from the dept of ag will visit your nursery from time to time to determine if you have any pest or disease issues andlet you know what they find. Its all pretty easy.
The issue comes when it gets into sending plants from outside to the more disease and insect prone states. It also has to do with how much the state relies on agriculture products for their income. I realize all states have some form of agriculture. the area we are concerned with is the part where flowers and shrubs cross over into the states with big crops. florida,texas,arizona california all have big nursery operations as well as all the crops they produce as food for the country. when the insects or diseases from ornamental plants cross into the consumable crops it can be a big deal.
I am finding that its becoming to much of an issue for shipping to the few states that I will keep myself down to everywhere but those states for sales of plants. In will continue to trade with everyone. I realize its splitting hairs but I don't see the issue when trading.
Dave

ok on to more cherry subjects. is everyone enjoying the relief from the heat the wacky weather has provided us with? I am hopeing to do more planting this weekend.
Dave

Dave did you get those lily thingys I sent you?

I am here, 92 deg. feels like 104, severe storm watches, tide is up, riptides are life threatening.....................in other words, Have a great day in NJ. LOL

O.K. I will quit bitiching and joking around.; The licensing is mostly State regulated. I have had no problems shipping to any state but PR. They are so strick in PR my ag ofice said they would no doubt just throw it away rather than return it. So, it is not worth it. I just tell my PR customers I am sorry. When I ship West of the Mississippi, i MUST ship bareroot unless I pay for an additional inspection of each plant I send West in a pot. If you were sending hundreds of plants in one shipment it would pay to do that.

Otherwise, there are no restrictions, except, I have my certification as a nursery. It cost me $75.00 a year, and one inispection unless there is a problem.

If you want to legally ship your plants, and be sure they will be delivered, the best thing to do is contact your Ag office and ask for the Division of Plant Industry (that is what our office is called). You can get all the information on the internet on your State Dept Of Ag site and look up Nursery Inspection and Certification.Some must have Dealer licenses and those are the people who buy from a nursery to sell.

Our Dept. of Ag inspects areas surrounding ports of entry to detect the introduction of foreign and domestic pests before they become a significant threat to the state's ag industryThese surveys also detect and monitor the abundance and distributuion of indigenous plant pests of economic importance. By documenting the presence, absence, or distribution in NJ of these important plant pests, the Division enables farmers and plant growers to sell and transport plant materiels to other states and foreign countries. Very often other states or countries require such surveys as a condition of certification that NJ grown plants and plant products are free of signigicant plant pests.
Vegetable transplants shipped into NJ from other states are inspected by the Division to prevent the movement into NJ of diseased or infested vegetable plants. All vegetable
plants shipped into NJ must be certified to have been grown under an official ceertification program of the state of origiin, or to have been inspected and certified to be apparently free of injurious insects,etc. and on and on.
I can only give you NJ laws and procedures, I am certain if you check out your Ag office online, it will spell it all out. I hope this helps. JB

Not to change the subject, but wanted to tell you guys about a new way I am trying, and have tried on a couple of pretty easy to root plants, but it just might be the way for me to go. Maybe you would like it too.

I take a half pint fruit jar or something like that and sprinkle a half teaspoon of the polymer crystals, Watersorb etc. in it and fill it with water. stir it up and leave it to soak up, stirring once in a while. Then put the freshly cut cuttings that have been dipped in the Dip it or other rooting hormone in it. What I especially like about it, and mind you these are small cuttings, that the balls old the cuttings in so they aren't falling out. Just make sure there are no leaves in the water to rot.

The plants I have tried are, like I said easy to root anyway, sweet potato and fuchsias both in just a couple days. I forgot the sweet potato for a couple of weeks and it had almost filled the jar. I planted it with the crystals that were tangled up in the roots and all. That little guys is growing like crazy.

I just am trying the same thing with several Sky Blue Florbunda Thunbergia starts. Hoping they will take.

BTW, Dave, or any of you be interested in starts from Cotoneaster? This is a ground cover type. If so, I have a lot of new growth I might be able to root this same way for you.

Jeanette

Jeanette:

that sounds like a great start and easy way thanks for sharing.....

Janet

Jnette,
Wonder if that would work on hard wood type stuff? What do you think?

I really don't have a clue. This is just something I am trying. I think I will try some of the Cotoneaster, but will just be using the ends of the new growth.

Jeanette