Re: PCI: Hardiness in the USA

From: monashee <monashee@junction.net>

Loberg wrote:
>
> 
>       After 10 years of trying to get Pacific Coast Hybrids to survive after
> planting, the best advice I received was to obtain them and plant them in
> November... 

I think this may depend on your climate. I have talked
before about my adventures in trying to erase the family
fortune by buying PCIs. Every single one died and they were
good looking plants when they arrived - generally about the
first week of Nov.

At last I came to my senses and began to grow them from seed
and this proved to be quite successful. The originl
seedlings are now about 11 years old and still strong.
During their first winter they experienced -32C (under about
8" - 10" of snow). In the early years, during our hot, dry
summers they received very little water.

I have moved them within my own garden during the fall but
there are indications that for cold winter zones, it is much
better to dig and ship during the early spring. This will
allow them to get rooted before the hot temperatures arrive.
A bare root plant received here in late Oct to early Nov is
under a death sentence.

Cheers
John Montgomery
Vernon  BC
Zone 5



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