Flowering Quince Advice
- Jbarrett
- Caroline
- ______MarcellaGM
- ______MarcellaGM
- ______MarcellaGM
- Jojo
- Hofta
- Connie87
- ault
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» Caroline - Moving plants
Jay, it's almost always better move (or prune, etc.) plants after they've flowered. All of the energy that goes into making the flowers is used and its in a more restful state after its flowered.Now here's my question: I've just received seeds for quince, and I'm not sure if they need any special treatment. Any thoughts? :-)
-- posted by Caroline
» ______MarcellaGM - Flowering Quince
Jay, Flowering Quince, (Chaenomeles) are cultivated for their early flowers. It would not be advisable to move your shrub until after bloom. At that time I would open up your shrub by cutting out crowded stems and cutting others down so their is about an even amount of root to plant ratio.Its funny you should bring up the subject of Quinces. I have been thinking about them and had planned to post a question about the edible quince, Cydonia, with its astringent fruit that needs to be cooked before eating, I was wondering if anyone grew them anymore?
-- posted by ______MarcellaGM
» ______MarcellaGM - Seeds
Caroline, According to my information on Quince seeds, both the plants grown for fruit and for flowers, they can be seeded in open containers or in a specially prepared seed bed outdoors in the the Fall. I do not see any reason you couldn't treat them the same in the Spring. I would make sure they got watered. Otherwise growing them from seed sounds pretty carefree to me.-- posted by ______MarcellaGM
» ______MarcellaGM - Root-stock
Does anyone know about growing the Edible Quince,(Cydonia) on root-stock to prevent it from suckering. I do know that quince is in the Rose family as are apples. Could an apple root-stock be used for instance?-- posted by ______MarcellaGM
» Jojo - Generally, pear stock is used for grafting Cydonia, although I'
Generally, pear stock is used for grafting Cydonia, although I've heard of it bonding with some apple root stocks, such as northern spy. Most Cydonias you see for sale are on pear stock. It has to do with the barkiness of apple trunks. Apparently it tries to fuse in a wrong way and ends up making a tonne of scar tissue and not sealing right.-- posted by Jojo
» Hofta - Propagating Flowering Quince
What is the best method of propagating a cutting which I have of flowering quince. It has been in water for 5-7 days and I would like to try to root it. At this point, the flowers seem to be wilting & I don't know if it is still viable. Any information would be greatly appreciated.Click here to Email
-- posted by Hofta
» Connie87 - flowering quince
A colleague brought in some branches of flowering quince. It is so pretty! I'd love to plant some, but I'm wondering how hardy it is. My ranch is at about 3000 ft elevation in central California. Would it be hardy there?I'll appreciate any advice on planting this shrub successfully!!
Connie87
-- posted by Connie87
» ault - My flowering quince (non-edible fruit) leaves turn light green a
My flowering quince (non-edible fruit) leaves turn light green after the plant flowers. I also have a viola next to it that the foliage does the same thing on. This happened last year also. I have not sprayed anything near the quince, and no other plants have been affected in the same area. It is planted next to a variety of plants. Any thoughts as to why the light green foliage? The violas (johnny jump-ups) remain light green when new plants come off the affected one. Others in my garden are fine.-- posted by ault
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