Re: [nafex] WPBR and pines

[Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

Just ensure that the white pine seed is one of the newer "resistant" varieties to WPBR.

So by having resistant plants in both families they may play an get along better.

Both crops are victims to WPBR, and since currants are less popular, less commercial,
they took the chop in the neck.  And from what I have read, even with all the currant
eradication programs, thousands of hours spent, and tons of money, the programs made
little difference in controlling WPBR.

Resistance is the key, and there are varieties in each family that have it.

Regards,
Tom

del stubbs wrote:

>         thanks Tom,  I seen mention of the Germ Repository before but never dreamed
> a small time grower could access plant material through them.  I got into
> their main site and realized this is vast! Not to mention the 30 some other
> places they mention, It'll take some homework but looks very worth pursuing.
>         White Pines....the deer predate the young ones so severly that (besides
> cost and time to put in thousands of seeedlings) the only practical way I
> can see to plant 20 acres of understory is to make some sort of hand-held
> shallow planter-- buy a few pounds of seed (affordable) and just go for
> walks in the woods putting out seeds by the thousand.  Let nature take its
> course naturally, including stratifying etc.
>          This isn't a fruit topic of course,  so does any one know of a source
> where i could persue this crazy long term idea?  Mn. Del
>
> >From: Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
> >Reply-To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
> >To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: RE:[nafex] WPBR
> >Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 07:51:02 -0500
> >
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Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Canada
Hardiness Zone 6a



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