The new orchard is mowed monthly. The riding lawn mower blows the grass clippings to mulch the rows of thornless blackberries, hazels, pawpaws and persimmons.
All of our nut trees (pecan, heartnut, walnut, Chinese chestnut) plus the mulberries (Illinois Everbearing and a bush type) got hit hard with the late freezes, even though I went out and sprinkled them early in the morning. I feared them dead, but all except for the mulberry bush came back looking big and beautiful. They are all young, and the bush was only a foot and a half tall.
The Ennis seedless sounds interesting! We forage persimmons in the state park near our house. No clue what variety.
All of our nut trees (pecan, heartnut, walnut, Chinese chestnut) plus the mulberries (Illinois Everbearing and a bush type) got hit hard with the late freezes, even though I went out and sprinkled them early in the morning. I feared them dead, but all except for the mulberry bush came back looking big and beautiful. They are all young, and the bush was only a foot and a half tall.
The Ennis seedless sounds interesting! We forage persimmons in the state park near our house. No clue what variety.