Maples too? I also got a sugar maple this year(we named it Miss Marple, just
like we named the dwarf fig we got Puddin'). I hadn't known about dying
cloth with walnuts, but I have a recipe to make ink and ground walnut shells
are one of the ingredients. And yeah I know it's long term investment, but
I'm thinking years down the road. Pretty much all the plants I ordered this
year won't start bearing for at least 2 years, 2-5 is the range for all of
them 'cept the maple and walnuts. For the sugar maple, after it's filled out
enough, could I just take a branch of it and get it to root to have more?

"Bill" wrote in message
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I'd would forget to have anything grow under the drip line. Similar
to the way mother maples discourage kids from being too near. You are
talking a long term time investment but growing stuff for the next
generation is nobel. The largest we had was about 30 years old that my
dad grew from seed. It was maybe 10 feet in diameter drip line when my
brother took it down. The wood is valued highly and some folks use the
fruit for dying cloth. I like black walnut brittle. Heard some folks
run their cars over the seeds to crack them.

Bill

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is about growing kids."