Re: [nafex] Is Urban Homestead still in business?

Murph,

Derek Mills at Hocking Hills/Four Cabins in Ohio has an impressive list. I've done business with him and have scions reserved for next year. Some people find some of his scions slim. I adjust the graft accordingly. A number of my apples yield slim twigs, too.


I recently got registered for Roodremarks, which may be the same source as Urban Homestead and have yet to read any posts. Death comes all too soon.

Yours for a fruitful season,


Dave Liezen


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Subject: [nafex] Is Urban Homestead still in business?

Dear NAFEX squad;


Does anyone know if oldvaapples.com in Bristol VA is still in business?


Tim Hensley, the owner, has died; way too young. Nice guy, too.


The email address on their website gave me a 'postmaster no go'


urbanhomestead@aol.com doesn't work.


Also, does anyone know a decent apple scion wood source other than Fedco, Maple Valley, and Masonville?


Thank you all.


Murph

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[nafex] Nick Botner's collection

Permission has been granted to reprint the article in Pomona as long as the source is acknowledged at the head of the article. I sent a note to Jackie.

Pete Tallman

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Re: [nafex] Care of D. kaki seedlings

So, my last attempt to keep the kaki/hybrid seedlings safe was to bury
the tree pots vertically in a previously established raised garden bed
that had been covered with a horse manure and pine shavings mixture,
then mulched with spoiled hay last September.

During burial, I pulled the hay away from the area, but finished by
pushing the manure mixture to the outside edge of the fully buried pots
(voles have seemed to like the hay, but not the manure mixture). I
mulched the top of the pots with coarse, clean gravel and enclosed the
top of the pots and the gravel with a ring of 6 inch high hardware
cloth. I think I will sprinkle some mole max around the area.

Wish me luck.

Betsy


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Re: [nafex] Care of D. kaki seedlings -- mothballs warning

The PDB version, according to the sites I cited, is less toxic but still toxic enough to pose a significant hazard to pets, children, and wildlife.

I didn't know they were used by beekeepers. Hope they're right that the PDB is actually not taken up; and that those who do so have the storage area closed to prevent access by critters. The BT sounds to me like a lot better idea.



-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale


On Dec 11, 2016, at 7:26 AM, Peter Chrisbacher wrote:

> Re Mothballs...
>
> Paradichlorobenzene (PDB) mothballs are commonly used by beekeepers to
> protect stored comb from attack by wax moths. Beekeepers are warned to NOT
> use the napthalene Mothballs variety, as it is absorbed by the wax comb,
> whereas the PDB is (supposedly) not.
>
> Based on this and other warning I have seen for napthalene, whenever I buy
> mothballs (very infrequently), I always buy the PDB variety.
>
> I don't use Mothballs for comb protection, by the way - I protect my comb
> with a light spray of a particular strain of BT.
>
> -Pete
> Kennett Square PA - 6b





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Re: [nafex] Care of D. kaki seedlings -- mothballs warning

Re Mothballs...

Paradichlorobenzene (PDB) mothballs are commonly used by beekeepers to
protect stored comb from attack by wax moths. Beekeepers are warned to NOT
use the napthalene Mothballs variety, as it is absorbed by the wax comb,
whereas the PDB is (supposedly) not.

Based on this and other warning I have seen for napthalene, whenever I buy
mothballs (very infrequently), I always buy the PDB variety.

I don't use Mothballs for comb protection, by the way - I protect my comb
with a light spray of a particular strain of BT.

-Pete
Kennett Square PA - 6b
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Re: [nafex] Care of D. kaki seedlings -- mothballs warning

To all:

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Car/Ontario



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Touché! Yes, they are very toxic! Most manmade chemicals are in this
category.

This was added (mouth balls) to a comment upon another member, who suggested
"moth balls" as a possible deterrent.

Personally, I use an electronic device in all my planting of seeds and care
of young seedlings. They work extremely well. Even during the snow covered
winter.

Not sure this is permitted, but for more information, please visit my
revamped website at; www.nuttrees.com for more information on the above.

Charles: wainfleet, ON, Zone 4.



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On Dec 10, 2016, at 3:48 PM, Charles Rhora wrote:

> Moth balls will keep voles away from trees.
>
>

Mothballs are actually pretty toxic stuff.

http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/mothballs/

http://blogs.webmd.com/health-ehome/2011/02/are-mothballs-safe.html

http://npic.orst.edu/ingred/ptype/mothball/health.html

If you've got to use them, at least please make sure that nothing (wild,
domestic, or human) can get at them.


-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce,
small scale




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Re: [nafex] Care of D. kaki seedlings -- mothballs warning

Touché! Yes, they are very toxic! Most manmade chemicals are in this
category.

This was added (mouth balls) to a comment upon another member, who suggested
"moth balls" as a possible deterrent.

Personally, I use an electronic device in all my planting of seeds and care
of young seedlings. They work extremely well. Even during the snow covered
winter.

Not sure this is permitted, but for more information, please visit my
revamped website at; www.nuttrees.com for more information on the above.

Charles: wainfleet, ON, Zone 4.



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Sent: December 10, 2016 4:19 PM
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On Dec 10, 2016, at 3:48 PM, Charles Rhora wrote:

> Moth balls will keep voles away from trees.
>
>

Mothballs are actually pretty toxic stuff.

http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/mothballs/

http://blogs.webmd.com/health-ehome/2011/02/are-mothballs-safe.html

http://npic.orst.edu/ingred/ptype/mothball/health.html

If you've got to use them, at least please make sure that nothing (wild,
domestic, or human) can get at them.


-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think Fresh-market organic produce,
small scale




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