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Posted by lycheeluva 6/7 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 14, 08 at 14:25
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RE: pics of NY grown citrus, lychee + other non tropical plants
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Nice pictures nicer plants.
Just to keep it in the back of your mind ,I saw something down here where farmers are sparying the citrus with a mixture of asprin and vitamins .Didn't pay much attention to it not growing citus of my own |
RE: pics of NY grown citrus, lychee + other non tropical plants
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thanks tom-
do you have a good garden supplies source- as im sure your well aware- gardening is not very big in NY... and in brooklyn... fugedabutit.
so what are your predictions as to when it will warm up this year.
that NY times reporter is coming to check out my postage stamp garden on sunday |
RE: pics of NY grown citrus, lychee + other non tropical plants
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Considering we never really got a winter until today .I'm afraid that we may get some cold weather right into spring .
I have plenty of resources available to me .There are some really beautiful nurseries near me . My son recently purchased a dump truck for his business so now I can go to the local recycling center and get all the mulch and compost I want
I'm glad that the reporter is coming to see you . Let me know when the piece may appear
Where do you get your trees .I have tried a variety of places but I find my self going back to Henry Leuthardt ,the espalier guy in Moriches. He sells whips as well . |
RE: pics of NY grown citrus, lychee + other non tropical plants
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i checked out Henry Leuthardt's website- they have a decent selection of trees and dont just sell the typical golden delicious and jonagold stuff that the brooklyn nurseries do.
the NY times guy came on sunday- we spent about 2 hours chatting - not sure when the article is coming out- will follow up. |
RE: pics of NY grown citrus, lychee + other non tropical plants
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- Posted by jimshy z7 Brooklyn, NY (My Page) on
Thu, Mar 20, 08 at 10:55
| nice pics, and a great article on urban fruit growing! Have you gotten a crop from your lychees yet? I would love to grow these, if I had space among all the other plants . . . am ordering a peach from Leuthardt's for a friend's backyard today; I met him at the BBG's Plant-O-Rama, very nice guy. FYI, there are a couple of nurseries in Red Hook that all tend to stock beyond what the box stores carry; Chelsea is the most mainstream, but not cheap, Gowanus has really nice, unusual selections, and Liberty Sunset has herbs, veggies and tropicals (I worked briefly at LS last year). Looking forward to spring, when plants start going back outside to the balcony and the family can actually walk around the apartment without a machete! ;>) Jim |
RE: pics of NY grown citrus, lychee + other non tropical plants
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| thanks Jim- will check out the nurseries you mentioned. crop? noooooo way- have not even gotten a blossom yet- im just happy i have managed to keep the tree alive this winter! but someone on the tropical fruit forum who lives in PA has posted a ton of pics of his lychee tree that is fruiting this year indoors. do you have any pics of your stuff? |
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