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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.

Thanks, I remember reading through there. Probably where I got the idea in the first place.

I have a nice looking white oak that may have some chestnut oak characteristics. I want to try grafting scion to swamp white rootstock. Is there anything special to do or different from grafting apples? Thanks

Honestly, that sounds like my scenario. My openings run north-south. Wide open during the middle of the day, but not enough total hours. The trees i planted in the openings are 1/4 the size of the same types i planted out in the field.

How much sun are they getting? When we bought our hunting property, it had recently been selectively logged. I planted oaks in the openings, but soon realized what seems like enough sunlight for oaks probably isn't. They need a ton!

White's are a beautiful tree. Some have great fall colors.

My bottomland bur acorns have sprouted. Looking forward to how they turn out. Also have some schuette's started from the 5 year old trees in my front yard.

I only water when planted and maybe 1 or 2 times the first summer. After that they're on their own!😆 Actually, i wonder if frequent watering makes them less likely to survive a dry time if they aren't getting watered. If they don't have to work for it, their roots don't go deep enough? I...