tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24376388.post464166447947476208..comments2023-12-23T04:37:14.632-08:00Comments on Gaia Garden: Discovering a "New" Tree SpeciesGaia Gardener:http://www.blogger.com/profile/00692281131036600613noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24376388.post-54357574909398427392011-08-02T08:10:40.302-07:002011-08-02T08:10:40.302-07:00I've never heard of hackberry roots going part...I've never heard of hackberry roots going particularly deep; the only reference I have that specifically talks about root shape and spread doesn't mention dwarf hackberry at all and says that common hackberry's roots are deep, widespreading laterals. That doesn't mean that dwarf hackberry's roots couldn't go quite deep, though.<br /><br />Common hackberry actually grows relatively rapidly. That's one of the differences I've noticed between it and dwarf hackberry.Gaia Gardener:https://www.blogger.com/profile/00692281131036600613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24376388.post-79861702274457038282011-08-01T16:16:41.785-07:002011-08-01T16:16:41.785-07:00Do hackberries have roots that go down like 40 fee...Do hackberries have roots that go down like 40 feet? I thought I recently read that somewhere, which is maybe why they grow so slowly?Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24376388.post-72533152370055717342011-08-01T16:07:31.003-07:002011-08-01T16:07:31.003-07:00Thank you! That would be great! Yes, I'll be...Thank you! That would be great! Yes, I'll be at the conference, both attending and speaking.Gaia Gardener:https://www.blogger.com/profile/00692281131036600613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24376388.post-49633907725751726472011-08-01T10:45:24.737-07:002011-08-01T10:45:24.737-07:00Hi. Couldn't reply to your email about the ca...Hi. Couldn't reply to your email about the catnip (all that anonymous blogger stuff)...but all mine grows in full sun. Give me a nudge in late September and I'll remember to collect seed heads for you. You coming up to KSU for the annual EMG continuing ed in late September?ProfessorRoushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827625019371233145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24376388.post-78621121018224813462011-08-01T09:15:45.234-07:002011-08-01T09:15:45.234-07:00Haven't seen that tree here in "upper&quo...Haven't seen that tree here in "upper" Kansas, but I'll start looking for it. Maybe it will spread as the Siberian elms continue to die off.ProfessorRoushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827625019371233145noreply@blogger.com