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    Sweet advent pear tree not looking so hot.

    Planted two years ago. Pruned in early march and fertilized with 10/10/10 late march. All my other 40 or so pear trees looking lush and green. Saw this yesterday on the sweet advent from blue hill. Fireblight?
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    Fruit trees/nut trees/shrubs for deer that love wet soil

    Clearing land in preparation for spring planting coming up and some spots I got are real wet from hillside springs and runoff. I’m looking for different types of plants that thrive in wet soil that deer browse or fruit/nuts. I’m in central NY. Zone 5a/b. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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    St. Lawerence Nursery trees are up

    They have all winter hangover, winter wildlife and a new one, big deer crab. A few other crabs as well that I didn’t see last year. I was looking for a chenango strawberry since I’m in Chenango county but didn’t offer it this year. I’m looking forward to planting some from this nursery this...
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    Does this look like a white oak hybrid from Morse nursery

    Got them in today. Did a little fall planting. Wanted a handful of wet tolerant white oak hybrids from Morse. This one looks like a red oak. Tag says swamp oak hybrid. To me it screams red oak variety. Just need other opinions.
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    Trees planted April of this year

    planted first of April. Got a lot from Bluehill. The bigger apples I caged but the little ones I thought I could get away with a tube for a year but taking a look today going to have to get some more wire rolled fencing soon First one is a winter crabarina busting out of the tube. Second is...
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    Blue Hill Nursery Sale

    How’d it go for everyone? I was at work refreshing since 11 this afternoon. Even turned on some co-workers to fruit trees. One poor guy was so frustrated at the end he said screw it. He was showing me his phone and saying all sold out, on my phone had the quantity and definitely wasn’t sold...
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    Smoke filled sky in Upstate NY

    I’m sure most people in the NE and Upstate NY are experiencing some wild Smokey days. The sun is wild. I believe several years ago was similar but not this low from the California fires. My question is how does this affect all my fruit trees. Esp the new ones. A few quick google searches really...
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    Smoke filled sky in upstate NY

    I’m sure most people in the NE and Upstate NY are experiencing some wild Smokey days. The sun is wild. I believe several years ago was similar but not this low from the California fires. My question is how does this affect all my fruit trees. Esp the new ones. A few quick google searches really...
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    Persimmons frost damage

    I planted several female grafted persimmons this year. Early April. Upstate NY zone 5a. Last night got down to about 26. All the new lead buds are brown and curled. My question is will they be alright? From blue hill wildlife nursery.
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    Atlantic White Cedar Cause CAR?

    I’m picking up some seedlings from the DEC tree sale tomorrow in NY. I’ve got some real wet areas and I was looking for evergreens to plant in them and they had Atlantic white cedar. But then I started thinking about CAR. I tried researching on the internet, didn’t find much. So that’s my...
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    American persimmon plant spacing

    I’ve got 12 female grafted going into the ground within a few days. My question is spacing? What do people recommend? Somewhere I thought I heard they do well in close spacing bunched together. All my persimmons growing are still small. Most are meader, deer magnet and candy. Zone 5a upstate NY
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