I order trees through our Conservation Dept. and in order for me to get ten of each I had to order 25 of each. Now I have 15 of each of these to trade. These are native to our area and most of the US.
I am looking for good rooted Weeping Willow, red shrub roses, American Beauty Berry, Japanese Cherry Blossom, Weeping cherry , any fruit trees, Jujube, Japanese Maple (green leaf and red leaf) and perennials for zone 6. Just tell what you have I will consider lots of different things.
Can do postage too.
I have:
Wild plum (Have 6 left) 4/20/09
http://mdc.mo.gov/forest/IandE/MOConservationTreesAndShrubs/wildplum.html
Pecan
http://mdc.mo.gov/forest/IandE/MOConservationTreesAndShrubs/pecan.html
Missouri Paw Paw (OUT)
http://mdc.mo.gov/forest/IandE/MOConservationTreesAndShrubs/pawpaw.html
Edited to add will take postage.
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CLOSED: Trees for trade
The only link that works is the Pawpaw one. That's ok; they're probably too big for me anyway.
Thanks I'll go fix them.
Done
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Now they work! but they're all ginormous; sorry.
Thanks for looking anyway.
Will also do postage.
I would be interested in about 3 or 4 paw paws. How big are they right now and is there anything in my have list you would be interested in? If not I will cover shipping as long as the trees are not to big. Thank you for your time! I will d-mail you!
Dana
Replying to your dmail.
I got the notice some of the tree should arrive this week.
Robynznest, I'd love to have some Wild Plum and PawPaw, if the postage offer is still open.
Thank you for posting, it's a nice offer :)
Margo
Margo, sending you a dmail.
ooh, the 'Wild Plum' saplings are very tempting (anybody else read Laura Ingalls Wilder's _On the Banks of Plum Creek_?)...
I'm assuming these are little whips that I should probably grow on in pots so I can baby them for a year or so in a "nursery" area before putting them out back. ?
I might have an extra crooked willow that I stuck last year (have to see if they all overwintered well, as they're just coming out and a couple are already promised). I also just stuck a bunch more crooked willow cuttings and could easily stick a few weeping willow branches for you... Don't know if it would be better to send them earlier and barely rooted or to send them in fall after they've grown on in pots this summer. Up to you, and I'd be willing to pay postage for a trio of wild plums and then have you pay postage when I send this fall so you're not out of pocket meanwhile. LMK
:-)
Jill, the trees are not so called "nursery stock" like you find at a store. The conservation Dept. encourages you to go ahead and plant them right into the ground so they can establish their root system where they are going to grow. They are by all means very hardy stock, but you can certainly put them in pots to grow on. for a year.
The willows sound good to me, Let's wait and see what the shipping is going to be and what your trees look like.
BTW I have read LIW book 'On the Banks of Plum Creek' along with several other of her books. Great reading. I'm not to far from her home down in Lamar.
They'd end up being planted at the outer edge of my little fence row of trees, so as to get enough sun... so being babied in pots is probably going to be the way to go. I'll try to grab some weeping willow cuttings for you this week (it's just budding out, so timing should be right). Even if I wait until fall, these will not be established little saplings, so you'd need to stick them in a sheltered spot or pot them on for a while longer.
Or I could find something other than trees to send you this spring... lots of possibilities "out there," especially if you've got sunny spots. I just took some pelargonium (scented geranium) cuttings, and for sure I've got extra tomato and pepper seedlings (I've been transplanting today). We'll figure it out. As you said, we need to see what shipping will be anyway.
Hello do you have any pecans for postage?
James
Yes I do, how many do you want?
Oh, and if you end up with more than 3 plums available, I'd be happy to have extras; will share any I can't use at the next DG swap... I think the easy way to do this is probably for me to pay postage for them. Then, down the road, we can see what I might have for you, and you can pay postage for a return box... that way, you won't be out of pocket or concerned about a difference in shipping costs, etc.
Just trying to keep it simple. You're a gem to offer your extras like this!
:-)
This works for me, I'll let you know when they come in and how many I have left.
Thank you so very much!!
Just one is all that I could take.
James, check to see if pecans are self-pollinating... would hate for you to have tree and no nuts from it... and I just don't remember offhand if I got 2 so that I would have more pecans (most self-pollinating trees produce more if they get some cross-pollination) or if I planted 2 trees so I would get any nuts at all.
PawPaws and Plums came in yesterday. Plums are about 3 ft.and the PP asre about 4 ft. tall. I'll go to the PO today and get some boxes and check out the price to send them.
I am still interested in about 3 or 4 Paw Paws, but I will be out most of the day, so please d-mail me with the shipping info to Fredericksburg, TX 78624. It looks like I will need to pay for shipping b/c I will not have any fruit trees ready at this time. Thank you, Dana
Now that's exciting!! I got some Elderberry starts from another member yesterday, so my "native" fruit area looks to be well on it's way, at least in theory. Maybe it will feed some of the Furries that like my veggie garden, if I plant them between the woods and the garden.....
I can dream, can't I ?
Thank you again,
Margo
edited to change "Furies" into "Furries", tho I'm not sure which is more appropriate in regard to thes cute little garden marauders...
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Thanks, Robyn!
If anybody wants just one, it might fit into one of those triangular mailers...
James, these trees are self polinating.
Oh ok good I found one around here for free sorry!!
Local PO didn't have any boxes the right size so when I go into the bigger town Saturday I will stop by their PO and pick something up, even if I have to tape 2 boxes together.
Robyn, thank you so much for going to all this trouble. Please let me know if there's any way I can return the time and effort you have put into this. I don't have any trees, but are there any seeds you'd be interested in? I'd love to reciprocate, somehow :)
Margo
Thanks Margo, but I'm good on seeds, (more than I have room for). We'll figure out something somewhere on down the line.
Okay, but please keep it on mind :)
Margo
I have ordered those trees for years from the conservation dept. They are small but I do not suggest growing them in pots for a whole year. Put them right into the ground. That will give them a chance to put down nice deep roots. They are not pampered nursery stock like you might get from a commercial nursery. They are planted in fields and then left to grow. They are very hardy stock and will grow great for you! Just make sure the guy with the lawn mower knows where they are LOL I have lost many to the good old Briggs and Stratton.
Kathy, I appreciate the advice! My main reason for considering potting them on for a bit is that I'd probably be putting them along the very back of the property line, where the hose doesn't really reach, so I figured the bigger & sturdier they were before being planted out back there, the better. I could probably also find a little "nursery spot" in the ground for them and then move them later...
I would plant an inverted milk jug with the bottom cut out next to the tree. It is easy to go out once a week and fill the jug with water. That way you know the water went straight to the roots.
You are right, they do need to be kept watered for the first year.
The milk jug trick is a good one. :-)
TY, I got tired of carrying water to a plant only to watch the water flow across the surface and not sink down to the plant that I was trying to water. Now I plant milk jugs or two liter bottles with every tree or shrub. It enables me to water them well during that crucial first year without a lot of water waste.
Kathy I'd of never thought of that in a million years,that is a wonderful idea.Plus hubby won't hit little sapplings with the mower or weed whip.
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For 9 years I raised 4 kids without water. Water came from rain barrels or we brought it home in jugs from neighbor's well. Neighbor was a couple miles down the road. I learned water conservation in a big hurry and the biggest demand for water came from the garden. It is not hard to ask folks to save plastic jugs and bottles for you. They are a great way to direct water to where it needs to go with little waste or evaporation. I plant a two liter bottle next to each tomato plant. Tomatoes are watered well and no water making muddy paths thru the garden.
And if you put a stick down thru the middle, it keeps them (mostly) from blowing away :)
No I plant the jug in a hole next to the plant. The jug actually goes into the ground. That releases the water at the roots where it is needed and keeps it away from the evaporative sunshine. I take the lid off the jug and cut the bottom off. Then I put the jug into the ground, upside down. I pour the water into the jug and it leaks out into the ground. It has worked well for me for young trees, shrubs and tomato plants. I have used that method for other things over the years but mostly for the list above.
Now that our freeze is over and I've finally found boxes, everyone please dmail me your addresses and a reminder of what you want so I can check my list. I have another website that I have offered these trees so I want to make sure I have written everything down right.
Thanks everyone for helping me out.