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Quebec,Canada

If anyone has any tricks for starting cedar trees from the seed please post here because I would prefer to have a nice row of about 75 trees than a fence.

4/19/2003 7:47:24 PM

Montoursville, PA

Richard.....In my opinion just about any other tree in God's Kingdom would be a better pick. Those cotton pickers you named are tricky to grow and are hosts to a number of things you might wish you had never heard of. Go to Musser Nuseries in Pennsylvania and see what other choices you may have. Canada used to have many national flora and fauna institutions. Bet they would be glad to advise you too.

4/19/2003 9:29:17 PM

do you have any deer in your area..i ask because they will be thanking you for the food fence and pruning it for you daily in the winter..on the positive side you may find a nursery that would part with some trees that have some hieght to them and save you a few years of watching them do nothing ..and then the deer won't have to bend over so far..

4/20/2003 6:25:23 AM

Md/ Usa

you might try one tree forums on graden web most people
here have more knowledge on pumpkins then trees but might be wrong on this thought.

4/20/2003 9:12:34 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Richard,

Around here all we have to do is refrain from mowing a strip of grass & Red (Virgina)Cedars (Juniperus virginia)volunteer. I think this is what Dwaine is thinking of. We call them weeds. These might not grow up your way. Virginia Cedar are a "pioneer species" that is quick to colonize a recent clearing. They do serve as an alternate host to several diseases. Cedar Apple Rust is a biggy around here. So apple orchard folks always try to remove them.

I think what your after is what we call the occidentalis sp "Arborvitae" (Thuja occidentalis) around here. I think they're called Atlantic White Cedar up your way. These make a nice disease free hedgerow. You may be able to pluck them out of forest edges up your way. I know I find them that way in Maine.

Eastern (Virginia) Red Cedar (juniperus virginia) picture:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.gpnc.org/images/jpegs/plants/Cedar.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gpnc.org/eastern.htm&h=810&w=670&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deastern%2Bred%2Bcedar%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DG

Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis) picture (many cultivars exist):

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=ohioline.osu.edu/b700/images/b700_12.jpg&imgrefurl=http://ohioline.osu.edu/b700/b700_12.html&h=252&w=171&prev=/images%3Fq%3Darborvitae%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN

Steve

4/21/2003 9:53:26 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Hey why not plant a 75 row of raspberries or black raspberries. Then you will enjoy your fence too. They also make a good windbreak, and deter people from entering your patch. Shannon

4/21/2003 11:24:28 PM

Key West, FL

I pitty da fool who plants blackberries.

4/21/2003 11:34:36 PM

porterville, calif.

You do get a few blackberrries up your way don,t you Ben.

4/22/2003 3:30:57 AM