My tomato plants are almost gone. Only a few tomatoes remain to be picked but by tomorrow they should all be gone. This cold weather hitting us so early hurt them and their leaves are turning yellow and wilting. My avocado tree has been replanted and relocated to the kitchen to protect it from the cold.

I was getting ready to hang up my gardening tools for the year!

But now I have a new project!!!

Pecan and Peach Trees!

Picture Of My Childhood Pecan Tree

My brother has a lot of edible plants (peach, pecan, and walnut trees, and berries and other neat plants.) He owns my childhood home and I always loved the pecan tree. Pecans are my favorite nut but they are so expensive. I've always wanted my own pecan tree. My brother has some tiny pecan trees grown from pecans from my childhood pecan tree. Digging up the tiny trees would be hard because the roots go so deep. Instead my brother gifted me with some clippings to see if I can get them to grow roots. He also sent along a few peach tree clippings.

My Project For The Coming Weeks

I've been reading up on how to plant cuttings from pecan and peach trees. I've never dealt with cuttings before so I'm just doing what tutorials on the internet tell me to do. I planted around 10 pecan cuttings and 4 peach tree cuttings to see if I can get at least one to grow roots. Nine out of 10 pecan cuttings and three out of four peach cuttings are small (around four inches high).

Large Peach Tree Cutting

I had a large branch from each kind of tree that had some roots at the bottom. Those were pretty large so I stuck them in pots filled with dirt. Since I've never done this before I don't know if anything will grow. I'll be surprised if this experiment works. If I do manage to get roots to grow then the little tree will stay in the nice warm house this winter.

Got My Fingers Crossed!

Anyone out there have advice for dealing with clippings from trees?

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