4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
I am looking for a late dropping apple tree for deer. I have a few different apple trees that I have planted, about a dozen trees. I would like to add another half dozen this year. The trees would be for the deer, and I would like them to drop as late as possible, as I said in the title, it is in zone 3B. I dont have any cedar trees on my land, and I dont know of any around me. Pretty decent soil, and it drains well. I do have an abundance of bear, so dwarf trees are not ideal, and I am not planning on an efence.
Anyone have recommendations? My goal is to have about 50 apple trees in different stages of growth, and that drop throughout the mid to later season. The trees I have now have been in the ground for 1-4 years, and they were 5-7 foot tall trees when planted (assuming 2yo when planted), none have produced yet, but I think they are ready, and I think if it werent for the late freeze last spring, I would have gotten apples last year.
I would also like to plant some other fruit trees/bush that deer would eat, any thoughts that would work in 3b? I have tried pears, and they would die as soon as I get a cold snap with no snow cover. Is there a plum tree deer like, that would grow there? I have been working on natural browse the past couple years, and I plan on hitting it hard the next couple years as well. I have been hinging, dropping trees, and planting pines and spruce for cover. I have about 2.5 acres of food plots that I try to keep something for them to eat year around in, there is also a decent amount of oaks that drop acorns in the fall. I am after variety.
Anyone have recommendations? My goal is to have about 50 apple trees in different stages of growth, and that drop throughout the mid to later season. The trees I have now have been in the ground for 1-4 years, and they were 5-7 foot tall trees when planted (assuming 2yo when planted), none have produced yet, but I think they are ready, and I think if it werent for the late freeze last spring, I would have gotten apples last year.
I would also like to plant some other fruit trees/bush that deer would eat, any thoughts that would work in 3b? I have tried pears, and they would die as soon as I get a cold snap with no snow cover. Is there a plum tree deer like, that would grow there? I have been working on natural browse the past couple years, and I plan on hitting it hard the next couple years as well. I have been hinging, dropping trees, and planting pines and spruce for cover. I have about 2.5 acres of food plots that I try to keep something for them to eat year around in, there is also a decent amount of oaks that drop acorns in the fall. I am after variety.