Help Planting a Tree Screen in Zone 6a (Ohio)
Robert Fischer
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Is it time to prune a peach tree in 6a zone?
Comments (10)Most people including myself do not have a lot of tree's to prune. I only have 2 peach tree,s to worry about, my other tree's are already shaped and do not need heavy pruning any more.I do have a few late freeze's in my area. I do prune my peach tree's the open center and shape them for a lot of sun penetration when they are young. When i buy a peach i usely cut the tree down to about 32 inches and then pick-out the new laterals branches.I descard all the flowers the first 2-3 years and continue shaping and cleaning the tree of small branches,tipping-off strong growing shoots during spring and summer. Then in the spring i usely wait till the last frost that(27 degrees and lower)to do the final pruning.When you have a lot of tree's to take care-off you might do it differently.I have other fruit tree,s to fall back on mostly no spray tree's like persimmon,paw-paw, citrus,asian pear and a few others. I believe in edible lanscaping so my tree,s has to look good too. I am working on a 10 year project to get my 21/2 acres out of 5acres in shape and this is on a slope. 3 more years then i am done.(hopefully)...See Morethe best 'hardy' palm tree for zone 6a
Comments (55)Hi Treeguy. What part of WNY are you in? I'm in Rochester NY (City NW) and am growing Musa Basjoo, Musa Sikkimensis, and Musella Lasiocarpa in-ground. I was told that the Sikki and the Musella would have to be dug up over winter, but I left them in-ground very covered up in mulch and they're doing great. This was their first winter here. MY palms are all in pots and while not in-ground, they ARE in an unheated porch out back. Monitored temps dipped as low as low 20's some nights with usual highs in the upper 30's/low 40's. There was a brief super-cold spell where the lows read in the teens, but daytime highs were 30's. My palms are T. fortunei, T. wagnerianus, T. takil, T. latisectus (everyone expects this one to die, so I'm thinking about mailing it to a cousin south), and two Butia capitata. The pots aren't insulated or anything, so I was lucky.... but they lived. I can't plant in-ground until I buy a home, but I'm definitely planning on it. I have waggies which I germinated from seeds and they spent winter out in that shed too, but I brought them in during the cold spell....See MoreZone 6a vegetable/berry gardening with tree canopy
Comments (6)Most of the common veggies that have short seasons need all the direct sunlight they can get. Perhaps you could build a greenhouse and grow something in the winter when the trees have dropped leaves? Strawberries would likely never get enough sun to fruit even if they got enough to grow. Maybe currants or some type of berry bush that comes from a natural habitat of dappled sun/shade. I would be wary of growing roses if the ground is truly always moist. They hate to have wet feet and may die of root or crown rot. Have you considered having a certified, well-experienced tree trimmer come in and selectively thin branches to open up the canopy?...See MoreHelp! Pick a Shade Tree (yard pics) - Zone 6A Pennsylvania
Comments (16)@ gardengal-we have had mega-problems with A. rubrum right here in normal, everyday E-Central WI. Our soils run towards the circumneutral and red maple sits and sulks forever here. I don't say these things just for the heck of it, or that other H word for that matter. I know Pennsylvania-like eastern WI-can have lots of limestone outcroppings and near-neutral soils. I wouldn't waste my time-under such conditions-with red maple. If OP happens to not be in such an area (limestone bedrock near the surface), then it might make sense. Freeman maples-including the naturally-derived legacy trees I see all over this area, have no such trouble. Redmaples, on the other hand, are well-established poor accumulators of iron and manganese in soils with a too-high pH, even where those two mineral elements are plentiful in the soil, which is exactly the case here. ETA: But you're right to rarely disagree with me! And yes, I am lol'ing....See MoreRobert Fischer
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