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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Finnish guy's question about growing Osage Orange
« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2020, 10:09:14 pm »
Best to transplant the seedlings into pots when they are about 3" tall. Osage puts out one heck of a tap root that you may break off if you let them get to big. The ones I transplanted small had the tap root growing out of the bottom of a gallon pot and taking root in the soil below the pot in 8 to 10 months if I remember correctly.

Offline Mikkolaht

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Re: Finnish guy's question about growing Osage Orange
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2020, 12:58:41 pm »
Thanks for the tips :OK


Offline GlisGlis

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Re: Finnish guy's question about growing Osage Orange
« Reply #17 on: January 20, 2020, 02:47:44 pm »
maybe choosing a south facing slope protected from cold north wind would increase the life expectancy

Offline Mikkolaht

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Re: Finnish guy's question about growing Osage Orange
« Reply #18 on: January 21, 2020, 07:05:36 am »
I have been thinking of one place on my property which has a south slope. Some trees still left there, we fell almost all of them from that spot. Maybe they will provide some protection too.
Also the soil is rich there.