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To: DelaWhere; Mrs. Ranger

Delawhere is there a name for your trees?

I didn’t realize that you grew 5,000 starts each year.


7,924 posted on 05/18/2009 11:54:27 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2181392/posts?page=1 [Survival,food,garden,crafts,and more)
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To: nw_arizona_granny

>>>Delawhere is there a name for your trees?<<<

LOL the names are not very meaningful - OP367 and DN34 are the two varieties of Hybrid Poplars I grow. I also have some NZ67 Hybrid Willows too.

I sell quite a few cuttings and whips for windbreaks/barriers around chicken houses - all those city folks get crazy when they buy land near them and then complain about them - but when they are out of sight, seems they don’t mind as much. They usually mix with evergreens for winter view blocking.

The DN34 poplars are used a lot in soil remediation - soaks up a lot of hydrocarbons where there have been fuel spills or leakage over the years, tolerates salinity well, etc.

Oh, the name stands for 367th hybrid attempt by Oxford Paper - They do not produce seeds as they are all sterile male, and are reproduced only by cuttings, so no bothersome seed pods.


7,932 posted on 05/18/2009 1:14:58 PM PDT by DelaWhere ("Without power over our own food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances Moore Lappe)
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