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Me too. Does anyone know what happens to the rootstock then? Do those roots keep growing along with the new roots from the graft?

Not as of yesterday.

Late update for my issues. I installed sun/shade panels and my night pictures are back. I am surprised the d batteries didn't last very long. AA'S lasted much longer on my old cameras.

That's what both of my planted trees are.

Something I've read, but haven't seen mentioned here. Regarding Arkansas Black: "Pollination: It is a triploid variety and requires two other diploid apple varieties for full pollination. "

I have one tree thats going on its 4th summer ( no apples ), 1 that I put in last year and a graft . The graft I did on a Frankenstein tree produced last year. The apples were huge and hard as a rock on November 5. Not exactly what I would picture as a deer apple. As a matter of fact, I just...

I did that with mine. I don't know if it made a difference, but they are growing well.

Exactly. Im not complaining, just not what I want these trees to do. Plus, my apple focus has shifted to a late November-early December drop since I bought these.

Not sure of your zone, but could you ad some swamp whites to get production faster?

All the grafts that I've done have been on dolgo. Planted the rootstock one year and grafted to them the next. Most of those have caught up to the grafted trees from the year before.

Not sure about zone 3, but TP's one of the better growing varieties I have, along with Yates. No apples yet. Pretty sure Im going into year 4 for my first BH trees. October Crab and Goldrush produced last year.

I put about a beer can full of 10-10-10 on the apples last year. Slightly acidic. No drought. I'm close to lake erie and we rarely have drought conditions. My other apples looked beautiful.

Mine are about 5/8" and turned to mush by November, holding tight until I knocked them off. Im grafting all mine over, including one I bought last year.

This is from the wild tree that I grafted. Look like cherries.

I have an October Crab that produced the first time last year and a wild crab that I had topworked to October Crab that also produced. Both were tiny and turned to mush before dropping. Not what I was expecting. I am grafting them all over to a little yellow wild apple that I have at home.