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Canopy Nut Trees with UK potential....list and seed suppliers
Hi again everyone...its been a long time ... (about 10 years!)
SURVIVAL: I decided this year to get it together properly and find out suppliers for the sort of nut seeds that I always wanted but was too afraid to ask. Having researched the species likely to be of use UK wise on the Plants for a Future database.... http://www.pfaf.org/ ....I came up with a selection...Then it was a matter of matching these with suppliers. So in order simply to assist other people I list here the selection (so far) and relevent suppliers... First Schumacher Co Inc... http://www.treeshrubseeds.com/ This was the first place I ordered from, so lots from them.... Carya illinoensis (improved) Carya ovata Castanea dentata Juglans cinerea Juglans sieboldiana cordiformis Quercus prinus Carya laciniosa Castanea mollissima and... http://www.sheffields.com/ Carya Ovalis Castanea dentata x mollisima Juglans cinerea x ailantifolia var.cordiformis Quercus kelloggii Quercus lobata Quercus muehlenbergii ....and... http://www.sandemanseeds.com/ Quercus virginiana Quercus ilex also... http://www.riverfordfarmshop.co.uk/ Staverton, nr Totnes, Devon TQ9 6AF t: 01803 762523 f: 01803 762571 ....at harvest time, sells local walnuts and chestnuts from the Agroforestry Research Trust: http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/ They also sell continental chestnuts. .....and finally, Forestart.... http://www.forestart.co.uk/ .....a UK based firm also do quite a lot of stuff...in particular the easy to germinate and the most often grown pine for nuts, Pinus pinea, and Monkey Puzzle, Araucaria araucana. I also wanted, but could not obtain/didn't get this year.... Quercus ilex var. rotundifolia Quercus ithaburensis ssp. macrole Quercus aucheri Quercus oblongifolia Quercus alba Quercus x bebbiana (a graft anyway I think) Finally an excellent way of low labour input growing these seeds into seedlings: Put leafmold into bags in old fertilizer sacks (or similar), about half full. The moisture level is crucial...not to wet or the seed will rot. Do this around yuletide. Keep safe from squirrals. Then follows a couple of months or so 'stratification'. The seeds will germinate and grow out the next year (move into sun and keep watered)...make sure the sides of the sacks don't suppress the mass of seedlings. and next winter you will hopefully have a huge number of small trees to plant out/give away/grow on or whatever. Om. |
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Canopy Nut Trees with UK potential....list and seed suppliers
.....check out Grimo Nuts also...nice trees and they sell seeds/nuts
from individual cultivars also at $10 a pound...taking orders in september for this service. (the next level!) |
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