Land that has been used to grow cotton will not support some trees. Garnet
On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 22:20, Wayne Fugitt wrote: > >> All I know is that for the past 18 years, every damn tree that I plant > >> dies from borers attacking it. > > > That is a long time for bad luck, ...... a long streak. > > It must not be luck. There must be a scientific answer. Did you seek our > the local experts? > > Knowing when to cry for help is the greatest art to this life. In my > area, I have tree surgeons, vegetable scientists, biologist, crop > consultants, chemistry professors, physics professors, horticulturist, and > people who have managed large pecan farms for many years. I call on these > people often when I need answers. > > Usually, one of my friends knows the answer to any of my problems. One > must strive to develop technically advanced friends in all fields of endeavor. > > I have no idea what kind of borers you have but, para di chloro benzene > will control and eliminate some of them. > > I understand that you might be opposed to used toxic chemicals to solve > your problem. However, if you have experienced failures for 18 years, it > is time to change your methods. > > I have pecan trees 40 feet tall I grew from seeds planted in 1980. These > trees have made pecan crops for 4 or 5 years. > > I have failed to grow only one crop, sugar cane. I purchased the seed > cane, buried it properly thru the winter, and planted it properly in the > spring. I achieved less than 10 % of a decent stand of cane. > > I never figured out the problem, and never tried to grow it > again. Possibly the seed stock got too wed during the winter or maybe too > cold. It could have frozen. > > One has to accept defeat at least once in their lifetime. > > I read the long list of questions. I would be interested in some of the > species you tried to establish, > and.... latitude and longitude, or a GPS reading of your area. > > You got a lot of good suggestions from Holland and others. > > Does your soil grow grass and weeds. If you don't have a strong > background in growing, you would not understand some of the things that the > soil, weeds, and wild plants tell us. > > Some naturally occurring plants suggest poor soil while others suggest good > fertile soil. > > There is always a chance that some quantity of toxic spill happened there > in the past. > > Often so much lime leaches our of concrete that it kills plants. It sounds > like a mystery unless we get a task force together for an on site survey. > > Wayne > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> >
