Author Topic: Interested? Small group tour of La Verne Nursery (Piru,CA) confirmed FRI 3/07/14  (Read 13601 times)

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Re: Interested? Small group tour of La Verne Nursery in Piru, CA
« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2014, 03:52:52 PM »
I predict I might be sick that day. Count me in. Maybe my wife can skip class that day.

What do they have there besides mango?

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Re: Interested? Small group tour of La Verne Nursery in Piru, CA
« Reply #26 on: February 06, 2014, 05:49:11 PM »

What do they have there besides mango?

La Verne nursery subtropical fruits varieties:
http://www.lavernenursery.com/products/subtropicals.html

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Re: Interested? Small group tour of La Verne Nursery in Piru, CA
« Reply #27 on: February 07, 2014, 05:02:17 PM »
Update:
I've also posted updates to the original post.

But to recap:
We are confirmed for Friday March 7, 2014 at 11am.  (Please be there at least 15 minutes earlier if possible.)
Are any of you interested in buying plants/trees from LaVerne?  They are willing to sell to us directly. What are you interested in buying?  I can ask them to make certain plants/trees available.  Probably should bring some cash!

Tour is 1.5-2 hours long and will cover
1) mangos
2) other subtropicals (cherimoyas, guava, papaya, dragonfruit, passionfruit, etc)
3) avocados
4) cherries
5) citrus!
Do you want to see anything else?  I can request other areas to be shown.

You can take pictures of the plants and nursery, but NOT THE PERSONNEL OR WHAT THEY ARE WORKING ON.
 
It will be a walking tour.  The nursery has a mud & gravel surface.  Please bring comfortable walking shoes.

LaVerne Nursery's address is:
355 N Main, Piru, CA 93040
(805)521-0115
 
 
« Last Edit: February 08, 2014, 12:48:29 AM by wslau »
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Re: Interested? Small group tour of La Verne Nursery in Piru, CA
« Reply #28 on: February 07, 2014, 05:16:39 PM »
To those of you who have gone to Laverne Nursery, please give us a report of the trip.  Pictures are always appreciated.  Th.k you.

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Count me in. Sounds like a great time.

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Ok Bill.  Just added you to the list.
Look forward to meeting you too.
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Update 02/28/14:

Attendees will be: wslau, MangoFang, ricshaw, shaneatwell, emegar, fyliu+1, fruit4me, John B., Bestday, Osito, and NaturalGreenthumb.

1) Please send me a list of additional items you want to see on the tour (currently mangos, other subtropicals, avocados, cherries, and citrus).

2) Please send me a list of items that you may want to purchase directly from LaVerne (they will try to make it available). 

Should be fun. Thanks!
« Last Edit: February 28, 2014, 12:08:50 PM by wslau »
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We are just one week away from the TFF group tour of LaVerne Nursery.  Rain or shine!

I will be sending out the pre-order list on Saturday (03/01/14) morning to LaVerne.  So please let me know if there are any changes to your pre-order/request.
Thanks.
« Last Edit: February 28, 2014, 12:18:28 PM by wslau »
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We are just one week away from the TFF group tour of LaVerne Nursery.  Rain or shine!
I will be sending out the pre-order list on Saturday (03/01/14) morning to LaVerne.  So please let me know if there are any changes to your pre-order/request.
Thanks.

Warren,

Will we be bound to buy whats on the pre-order list?

Like you, I am assuming that the trees we buy will be as good, or better than the La Verne trees sold in the nurseries.

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See next post.
« Last Edit: February 28, 2014, 10:51:16 PM by wslau »
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Warren,

Will we be bound to buy whats on the pre-order list?

Like you, I am assuming that the trees we buy will be as good, or better than the La Verne trees sold in the nurseries.

I think it is fair to say that the answer is NO. 
I did NOT receive any order stipulations other than 1) not to post prices and 2) payments must be made in cash.
If we do not like the tree(s) that is given to us, we will ask for another one or decline.
The main purpose of the pre-order list was to help LaVerne prepare the inventory in advance and speed up the process of checkout/payment.


« Last Edit: February 28, 2014, 11:27:39 PM by wslau »
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I'll see you guys tomorrow.

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La Verne Nursery's address is:
(Corrected)
3653 center street, Piru, CA 93040

Call me on my cell phone if you have trouble finding us.
« Last Edit: March 07, 2014, 02:10:02 PM by wslau »
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Have fun, guys, and don't forget to take pictures, if allowed, of course.

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Sorry...
Please Go to this address instead:
3653 center street
Piru, ca
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Have fun, guys, and don't forget to take pictures, if allowed, of course.

First teaser picture.



Since I live the nearest to La Verne (29 miles), I am home and already unloaded the two trees (avocado & fig) I bought.

Interesting tour.

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Have fun, guys, and don't forget to take pictures, if allowed, of course.

First teaser picture.



Since I live the nearest to La Verne (29 miles), I am home and already unloaded the two trees (avocado & fig) I bought.

Interesting tour.
Nice cocktail citrus tree, yours..nursery? Paitiently waiting for more pictures from you and the other members that went, to be uploaded ;D

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I will be posting pictures in a new thread.
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I will be posting pictures in a new thread.
Ok, patiently waiting :D

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Nice cocktail citrus tree, yours..nursery? Paitiently waiting for more pictures from you and the other members that went, to be uploaded ;D

No, not my tree, just a La Verne tree that was outside greeting us while we waited for the tour to start.

La Verne Nursery is a grower that supplies big box stores like Lowe's and Home Depot.

Our tour started with Avocado grafting (which was the only thing we were asked to not take pictures of).

La Verne produces between 170,000 - 180,000 avocado trees a year.

A TFF member (sorry, I do not remember the names) checking out Avocado Zutano seedlings and grafted avocado.



Daniel Nelson, La Verne Director of Operations, leading tour.






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The first week, the new grafted seedlings, are covered with newspaper for shading. You can see the men grafting in upper left corner.



Lots of Avocado grafted seedlings.



Outside, the Avocado parent trees that provide the scions.





Daniel says they have a 97% grafting success rate. Interesting; no parafilm, only rubber bands. But, plenty of humidity in green house!

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Thanks, Ric. Very interesting. When you said there was no Parafilm on grafts, I remember not seeing any on the trees at HD. Just a green tape tying the tree to the post, at the graft point.

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Thanks, Ric. Very interesting. When you said there was no Parafilm on grafts, I remember not seeing any on the trees at HD. Just a green tape tying the tree to the post, at the graft point.

They remove the grafting rubber bands when the trees are moved to bigger pots.

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Panache Fig tree cuttings are rooted in perlite.




Banana trees:




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Impressive with all these avocado grafts. any cherimoya pics?