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2 necterineand i crepe
QUESTION: I have started growng indoors in florescent lighting trees from seeds and last year I grew a crepe myrtle and planted it this spring and i did wonderful and even bloomed flowers.this past few week I trie again and 6 baby crepes and 2 necrorine trees about 4 ininches already one crepe baby I noticed this morning had clear sticky teeny spots on one leave certainly not infested and none of the other one have any sighns of insects or honey dew if that what it is,it was sticky though.I washed all the baby tree in tempid water and put them back .I did have a large palm months back that had spider mite but i treated it with organic pray for the mites which contained neem oil and other stuff and the plant has been fine and have since checked it this morning and didnt see anything on it.does spider mite attack crepes and what is gentle enough for smaal tees like these,also what the best for fruit trees one outside and bear fruit.ive been told they are hard to keep bug free. thanks in advance Linda
ANSWER: Hi Linda, Crepes are attached by fungus, the Indian name varieties are the best to grow that fight off this problem. Also they will be loosing their leaves soon and when they re-appear in the spring will look good again. Use your neem oil and mixture you were using. A necterine is a cross between a peach and a plum and will not come true from seed. Also they are susceptible to nematodes so the put them on a root stock plant . kathy
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QUESTION: Yes I know fungus could be a problem I asked about there was sticky dew which is usualy secreted bt mites, afids,or other tint bugs which is what i saw on the baby crepe in the pic ,as i said My palm had mite dauring the summer and was treated and no longer had sighns of mite could mites have just started to get on the baby crepe are they suseptable to them since their so small could i use the same pet safe organic spray on the (baby) crepe as I used on the big palm tree??this is a seedling and will be kept indoors all winter so it wont loose leaves due to dormancy and will be planted in the spring as i did the one this year.also what are nematodes,and what is a root stock plant?what happens when their not true to seed? thanks again
ANSWER: Hi Linda, the sticky stuff is aphids not mites and the neem should help as it did your other plant. A root stock plant is that which another plant is put on to so it will grow better and make fruit faster and also, be identical to the parent tree. A seedling can take 8 to 15 years to fruit, be overly large and sometimes never produce a fruit. Plus it would have to be a plant like a apple or pear that is not crossed with another plant as the necterine is a plum and a peach cross. Nematodes are small microscopic buds that live in the ground and bind up the roots of the plant so they do not get any nutrients and die. kathy
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QUESTION: could you explain in more detail put on another plant to it ,do you mean put 2 seedlings together ?im new to this so im baffeled im sorry.I do have a green apple seedling growing too,also how do aphids get on indoor plants and the palm i had did have sticky stuff on it indoors and it had the classic webbing and could see little spider type bugs especialy after spraying the plant the sticky stuff was so bad i had to rinse the plant with soapy water and spray again.ive seen aphids and havent noticed anything like that on my baby crepe .it was growing so fast and all the sudden looked a tiny bit pale thats when i noticed the very little sticky stuff.I realy enjoy growing these little seedlings and watch them mature in to flowering beautiful trees.what to do to ensure or help along the necterine trees to produce fruit and will the fruit if any be a necterine or plum or some funny looking unedable thing..lol
AnswerHi again, check out this site and it will explain putting a plant on another, is called grafting..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafting It is hard to say what it would be from a seed and I do not know what the parents are, also they would need another tree of the same to cross pollinate. Maybe try something easier and less complicated to grow that you can enjoy. kathy
