Finches, finches and more finches
joan754
10 years ago
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Bare Root Blueberries from Finch?
Comments (11)I've considering ordering from Finch before, but always ended up getting my blueberries in the same order as my other fruiting plants. My dad lives in Durham and he drove there a few years ago and got eight, large, healthy, 3-gallon plants each for about the price of a bareroot plant, i.e., less than $20 apiece (might have been $10 or $15). If you've got the time, drive there and you'll put yourself at least one year (maybe two) ahead harvest-wise. If you're getting bareroot plants, I wouldn't go any higher than 3 year plants. The only time I've ever ordered older bareroot blueberries (4-5 year plants), they grew sluggishly and the younger plants caught up quickly. If you're buying potted and can drive to Finch with a pickup truck, then I'd fill the bed up with 3 and 5 gallon plants and move yourself a lot closer to that first good harvest. A properly planted and cared for 3 or 5-gallon rabbiteye will grow fast (as will some of the southern commercial varieties like Tifblue); a lot faster than the northern varieties. You may already know this, but prep the soil to make it acid, give them a really thick mulch (makes a huge difference in my experience), don't let them dry out, and periodically fertilize with a dilute fertilizer for acid loving plants (Mir-acid, which I use, or time release granules that you may have seen posted about here). Glad to hear about Yadkin. I've got a young one from EL that hasn't fruited yet....See Morevisiting house finch
Comments (11)House finches...to love them or to hate them? Here's the story. They are native to Mexico and the Western United States, but were brought into the NYC area as cage birds in the 1930's. When pet stores found out they were a protected species (almost all passerines are), they released them, and the released birds began to breed. From those few dozen birds, the population of house finches in the northeastern states grew to over 10 million, and they began to spread southward. The first accepted record of one appearing in Florida was in 1983. The birds now breed as far south as Tampa and Lakeland, with some isolated colonies appearing even farther south. The malel house finch's color can vary from yellow to red, with the females seeming to prefer the reddest males. So...they don't really belong here, but they sure are pretty, and I suspect there is not one thing we can do about them being here, so we may as well enjoy them. Great pictures, Kara! Thanks for sharing! Marcia...See MoreFinch feeder that keeps of house finches?
Comments (1)mine was a plastic tube feeder with plastic perches about 1 1/2 inches long and almost any of the birds were perching on it. I took a hack saw and cut the perches off so they were just over 1/2 inch long. it stopped all the birds except the siskins and finches from perching. Last fall a hungry bear tore the feeder down and broke it, I'll have to buy another next spring. and hang it higher....See MoreBirds with finch markings and red head - House finch?
Comments (1)Sounds like a house finch. The winter plumage of the Am. gold finch is more olive than browm with distinct black and white bars. Too, I currently have lots of gold finches and strangely enough, there is one already in full breeding plumage! Donna...See MoreLorna1949
10 years agotmann05
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