Norway and Silver Maple seed propagation

QuestionQUESTION: I moved into a house I only plan to live in for a few years and noticed both a Norway and a silver maple in the backyard. It is June now and I live in Reno NV. The trees, especially the Norway, hav

Poplar Cottonwood

QuestionCan I grow poplars from seeds? Ours is dying but is producing seeds. How should I handle them and plant them for best success so we can replace the dying tree? AnswerHi Green NV, Yes, you can grow poplar fr

peony seeds

QuestionMr. Alonzo, Pertaing to peony tree seeds...do you suggest that the seeds be dried and then planted? Would seeds be worth growing, from what I understand from the previous answer, the trees are

River Bottom Willow Tree

QuestionWe recently fertilized our lawn with Scotts Turf Builder. Now some of the leaves on our River Bottom Willow tree are turning yellow and falling off. Could the fertilizer have caused this? Is there anything I

Fuyu persimmon

QuestionOur friends have a fuyu persimmon tree that bears the sweetest fruits but the fruits have no seeds. How do I go about rooting or propagating one of the branches, or how does one grow a Fuyu persimmon t

snowball bush planting

QuestionSomeone told me if you plant a snow ball bush in different kind of spoils and get different color blooms. Would that be true? AnswerHi Brandon, Thanx for your question. Snowball bush blooms are white

sego palm trees

QuestionMy question is two-fold: 1) we transplanted several segos - the one that did not get as much roots with it has died back all branches are brown - should we replace it or is there any chance after all branche

japanese maple

Questioni have a japanese maple which i like to get a cutting from , how would i go about it. cheers. AnswerHi Mehrzad, Thanx for your question. I have previously posted here that Japanese maple are nearly im

persimmon seed

QuestionDear Tom : I am really intrusting in persimmon tree. Iwould like to known where I can buy persimmon seeds. Thank you very much. AnswerHi Frank, Thanx for your question. I have no experience with these

fruit from a seed-grown tree

QuestionQUESTION: Hello Mr. Alonzo: Six years ago I was eating a seedless Clementine tangerine and found one seed in it. I planted the seed and it has done well. I planted it in my back yard and now it is now

tiny tomato propagation

QuestionI found a flourishing tomato plant in a long vacant lot. The tomatoes are tiny - smaller than marbles. They obviously dont need much TLC as we are in the midst of a drought and there are literall

Orange leaves on Princess Plants

QuestionAll my princess plants are getting orange leaves this year. This is the first year this has happened. What does it mean and what should I do? Thank you Frank AnswerFrank, this is usually an ind

seedling Locuat

QuestionQUESTION: Tip of majority of my 500 Loquat seedling are turning brown and seems like they are having some problem! there are some with healthy leaves maybe 10% can you help me please? ANSWER: Hi Brian, T

Mississippi Climate for Moso bamboo and / or palm trees

QuestionHey fellow K-Stater! I was thinking of doing some growing for some moso and / or palm trees on some excess land in northern Mississippi. Some preliminary research shows the climate to be favorabl

dwarf rootstock for simitropical fruit varities

QuestionI am looking for a source of dwarf rootstock for various species of tropical fruits. Have any idea where I may locate them. Ill be in Belize CA AnswerHi David, Thanx for your question. I am not a trop

Cottonwoods Part 2

QuestionI recently asked a question about planting cottonwood seeds. My next question is when I can expect the tree to seed? The dying one is producing seed, but none of the others near by are. I would like to take

Silver Bismarck palm

Question Bismark fruit/seed? Hi, I have a bismarck that is aorund 10 years old. It has fruit on it 2 different ones. One the size of a quarter (many of these). Then there are some the size of golfballs. Sizes

bing cherry

QuestionQUESTION: hope you can help. my tree is 17 years old , it use to have white flowers for 10 years but no cherry , we got a couple more fruit trees now we have 100;s of cherry there all most

planting seeds

QuestionI have some seed pods from a monkey ear tree and need to know what to do to plant the seeds. Am not sure about getting the seeds from the pods or the best way to plant the seeds. AnswerHi Merry, Thanx for y

pussywillow tree

QuestionWe rooted a pussy willow tree about 4 years ago. It is about 8ft tall now. However it does not produce pussy willows. What should we do? Do we need a male and a female tree? How