tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post1628630806000520532..comments2024-03-28T23:36:14.807-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: CatkinsEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-292288988386855722017-10-25T22:01:38.280-04:002017-10-25T22:01:38.280-04:00Not a catkin in sight. I'll try the catkin. S...Not a catkin in sight. I'll try the catkin. Sunlight is very good in this location.<br />Thankslorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011213166003657827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-72651381321992341192017-10-25T16:59:58.515-04:002017-10-25T16:59:58.515-04:00Do any of your bushes have catkins? They might no...Do any of your bushes have catkins? They might not have hit sexual maturity.<br /><br />There are some tricks for pushing them along if they don't have catkins. Increasing sunlight by release cutting is one technique. "Shocking" them with potassium is another. Spreading limbs so they capture more sunlight is a third.<br /><br />Nobody is really sure why shocking with potassium works. It may be that it mimics what the roots would see after a forest fire. Any plant that can recognize that there is open ground to colonize and produces prodigious numbers of seeds has a competitive advantage.<br /><br />Regarding pollination, it seems unlikely that all hundred seedlings would be mutually incompatible.<br /><br />Good luck.<br /><br />-JoeEaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-20476937133311097282017-10-25T13:36:05.914-04:002017-10-25T13:36:05.914-04:00I bought a hundred Wisconsin native hazelnuts a fe...I bought a hundred Wisconsin native hazelnuts a few years ago from the DNR and have zero fruit. There are also a couple of nursery grown ones in the mix and they also have nothing. I asked the Wisconsin DNR guy if having all of one variety would impact fruit production,as Hazelnuts need a second cultivar, and he assured me it would not as they native. Not so sure. what's your take?lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011213166003657827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-18797186044559058832017-10-24T22:15:56.038-04:002017-10-24T22:15:56.038-04:00I'm sure he will be delighted! :-)I'm sure he will be delighted! :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com