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Darkman
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Location: Pensacola Florida South of I-10 Zone 8b/9a
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| Posted: Sun 27 Mar, 2011 1:02 am |
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All of my citrus trees I bought last Saturday has the little bamboo support stakes. Do I need to leave them? If so for how long?
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gdbanks
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Location: Jersey Village, TX
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| Posted: Sun 27 Mar, 2011 1:24 am |
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i think they are just for training purposes make them taller faster so they sell. i doubt if it would make much difference if you removed them. maybe without them the wind would help make the trunk stronger.
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Darkman
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| Posted: Sun 27 Mar, 2011 1:51 am |
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| gdbanks wrote: | | maybe without them the wind would help make the trunk stronger. |
That was my thoughts too!!
Any other thoughts.
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wd40
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| Posted: Sun 27 Mar, 2011 8:32 am |
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buddinman
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| Posted: Sun 27 Mar, 2011 1:15 pm |
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Leave the stakes until the trunk caliper get large enough to support the plant. |
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jrb
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Location: Idaho Falls, ID zone 4A
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| Posted: Mon 28 Mar, 2011 5:27 pm |
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Where I live all fruit bearing trees have to be staked until the root systems are well established because of the wind. Otherwise, the tree ends up growing at a 45 degree angle.
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Darkman
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Location: Pensacola Florida South of I-10 Zone 8b/9a
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| Posted: Mon 28 Mar, 2011 9:36 pm |
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Thanks all,
Tags to be removed and stakes to stay awhile!!!!!
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wd40
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Darkman
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| Posted: Mon 28 Mar, 2011 10:13 pm |
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| wd40 wrote: | In my apple orchard, I thought I could remember which tree is where. Well, there are two, I don't know which is which until they put on apples.
I keep a ziplock bag with all of those tags.
You sure have a great project going.
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Thanks I am drawing up a set of plans to scale that show each tree with notes so hopefully I can keep up with them. I like the idea of storing the tags with the tree but I'd pobably need to wait till the tree is large enough to shade the tags to stop UV deterioration. Then of course there is the problem of wind blowing them off the trees.
I was hoping to get a three day weekend this week BUT I just got the opportunity to pull a double Thursday (get off 0530 Friday) so it will mess up Friday a bit. My goal is still to get all trees planted by Saturday night.
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Millet
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Location: Colorado
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At the UCR Citrus Variety Collection they have all of their trees recorded in three ring binder books, according to the row number, and the placement of the tree in the row. I don't remember seeing any type of tag on each individual tree. Perhaps there was a stake with a number, but I don't remember seeing any. When we asked about a certain tree, Dr. Kruger would look in the book to see where it was in the collection, then we walked to that part of the field. The Citrus Variety Collection contains two trees of approximately 1000 types within the genus Citrus, and 27 of the 33 related genera in the subfamily Aurantioideae of the Rutaceae. To identify my trees, I cut triangle shape pieces from aluminum, and press the trees variety name by pressing hard with a nail, then punch a hole in the aluminum tag and wire it to the tree. It remains almost forever. I got the idea from Joe Real. Wishing you the highest success with your grove. - Millet (658-) |
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wd40
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Darkman
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| Posted: Wed 30 Mar, 2011 4:55 am |
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| Millet wrote: | | At the UCR Citrus Variety Collection they have all of their trees recorded in three ring binder books, according to the row number, and the placement of the tree in the row. ........To identify my trees, I cut triangle shape pieces from aluminum, and press the trees variety name by pressing hard with a nail, then punch a hole in the aluminum tag and wire it to the tree. It remains almost forever. I got the idea from Joe Real. Wishing you the highest success with your grove. - Millet (658-) |
Both excellent ideas. I really like the binder idea. I could maintain it as a digital document and have a hardcopy. Pictures could be incorporated into the word document and it could be easily updated.
WD40,
Yes I nomally use a tape measure and a shovel handle. I'm also planning on using three to four inch mounds to plant the trees on. We get frequent hard rains in the summertime and that would give me some extra insurance against standing water around the trunk.
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wd40
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camo_hunter
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| Posted: Wed 30 Mar, 2011 2:11 pm |
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I like to use aluminum tags with stainless steel wire. I cut up drink cans for all my tags, place the tags on a soft surface and just write on them with a ball point pen. It's a lot neater than trying to use a nail. I also put the date that I planted, budded, grafted, etc. on the tag. |
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hoosierquilt
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Location: Vista, California USA
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| Posted: Wed 30 Mar, 2011 2:27 pm |
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I have a hand-drawn plan of my trees, with labels on it that I scanned and saved to my computer as a .pdf. I also have copper labels that are at the base of each tree, but I do like the idea of putting a label IN the tree, as the copper labels can get kicked over, either by my rambunctious Australian Shepherd, or by the unwitting gardener  My fear is that the wire on the tag might end up too tight on a branch, cutting into the branch at some time in the future if I'm not vigilant in watching and making the wire larger. But, having a tag in the tree is a great idea.
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