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Read about frogandtoad's red haven peach. This year the Reliance peach I planted last year (replacement for one that didn't make it the previous year) is dead. Ditto the two walnut trees I bought last year which did well all last summer but seem to be just sticks now. At the same time I moved two small almond trees, one seems to be dead but the other has green under the bark. Seems like it should be leafing out by now, but it isn't.
When do I give up? I figure the nursery (Stark) I got the peach from won't replace it a second time, but the one I got the walnuts from (Van Well) probably will replace them. Only I don't want to plant replacements this late, fall might be better.
Anybody have experience with this sort of thing? I don't blame the nurseries, I blame my @#$% rocky, limey, clay, dry soil, although I worked really hard at preparing the places I planted them.
It is an uphill battle to grow anything here. The two filberts are okay. My apple, plum, & apricot trees, and cherry bushes, are healthy but due to the erratic spring weather, I will have no fruit at all this year. Again.
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