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homeowners are only a click away from planting
disaster.
In North Carolina there is a program,
July and August are the perfect time
called the Bradford Pear Bounty Program,
that is providing resources for home and land
owners to remove and replace the trees with
native species. In Virginia there is a similar program
run by the Virginia Department of Forestry.
South Carolina will begin offering exchanges in October
of this year. The University of Kentucky runs
a " tree bounty " program. I am sure there are other
programs that I am not aware of.
I am on a mission to spread the word. Don't plant
a Bradford (Callery) pear tree. If you have these invasives
on your property, cut them down and treat
the stumps with a recommended herbicide. Replace
them with natives like tupelo, fringe tree, dogwood,
redbud or serviceberry.
I am seeing Bradford pears everywhere! Which
brings me to the thing I have never done before:
learning to propagate cuttings of softwood. I premarked
some serviceberry trees in the spring as they
were blooming to make finding them again in the
summer easier.
to collect soft-wood cuttings. I cut the
tips of branches about six inches long.
If the cutting won't break when I bend
it, it's too old. If it doesn't snap, then
it's too young. Then, I place the tender
shoots in bags lined with wet paper towels
so they won't dry out.
At home, I open small wounds in the bark by
snapping off one or two leaves and shaving off a small
sliver of bark. I treat each wound with rooting hormone,
tuck the cuttings into individual containers of
a soilless mix, cut the remaining leaves in half, water
deeply and then slip it all into a plastic bag which
will act as a greenhouse until the babies root.
Like all newborns they will require weekly
care but, if I am successful, I will share my
saplings with any neighbors who wish to replace
their Bradford pears.
I hope we humans have learned a lesson
from the multiflora rose, autumn olive and
garlic mustard debacle. It is better to act sooner
than later. Please join me in the fight.
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