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  1. Lee hall

    Is this black trumpet?

    i ran across these the other day and they seem gone black trumpet. I'm very new to this but I find it so fascinating. I live in Georgia and have found many typed of wild mushroom, yet the black trumpet seems hard to mistake. Is this black trumpet? What do you think of them? How do I cook them?
  2. Lee hall

    Squirrels planted my dunstans

    Funny how things work out. I ordered a good bit of dunstan seed this year. I planted 100 or so in 1 gallon root makers, 3 gallon old fruit tree pots, and 3 18 cell root maker trays. I had a lot so I luckily saved a good bit too. Well they were doing great until the squirrel found them and...
  3. Lee hall

    Persimmon grafts. How long?

    I had some really good looking scion wood from multiple trees and bark grafted them to natural rootstock about a week and a half after bud break. The bark peeled easily and sap covered the top of the rootstock. That was two weeks ago an still no green buds. They may have swollen but if so...
  4. Lee hall

    Persimmon grafts. How long?

    I did some bark grafting on my persimmon trees about two weeks ago. I had good heathy scions and bark grafted them once the trees had put on new growth. After two weeks still no green buds. The sap was flowing well and the bark piled back easily. How long does it normally take to see bud...
  5. Lee hall

    Persimmon grafts. How long?

    I did some bark grafting on my persimmon trees about two weeks ago. I had good heathy scions and bark grafted them once the trees had put on new growth. After two weeks still no green buds. The sap was flowing well and the bark piled back easily. How long does it normally take to see bud...
  6. Lee hall

    Stopping pear root suckers

    I accidentally top killed an orient pear a couple years ago. It came back from the root the next year and I thinned the suckers to one and grafted onto it. Well the graft did great and the pear has put on about 4.5' of growth since I grafted it last year. My problem is the roots just...
  7. Lee hall

    Only one variety

    If you were only able to plant one variety of fruit tree what would it be. I don't mean apple, pear,persimmon, or plum I mean actual variety. I'd have to say I'd go with keiffer pear.
  8. Lee hall

    Wild plum germination?

    My dad transplanted a couple wild plums in his yard. It makes thousands of plums. Hundreds of plum trees pop up every year. I would love to excavate the seedlings but I'd end up digging up the yard. Have any of you direct seeded native plum with any success. I would assume that I would...
  9. Lee hall

    Anyone tried sequin?

    I got some of these from the wildlife group last year and again this year. Almost all of them were very small last year but some still bloomed. This year they were much larger and both this years batch and last years batch are all blooming. It seems they bloom when they grow. Last year some...
  10. Lee hall

    Ben Davis and Arkansas Black apples

    I just recently planted a black ben Davis Apple and an Arkansas black apple in South Georgia. I know I am taking a risk and have mostly stuck to crabs, persimmon, and pears. I just had to try a couple though and read that the ben Davis apples were the apples of the south and that Arkansas...
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