mtholton
5 year old buck +
I received a couple of big box trees as a gift last year. Got them in the ground and they seemed to do okay in their first year. I just planted and fenced them and didn't do much else aside from getting some buckets of water on them when I could.
In researching trees this spring for a future plot, I remembered that on one of the trees there were three main branches that were all vertical. The other had more of mix of horizontal and vertical. As I understand it after some basic research, I should have just one leader. Should I lop off the other two vertical branches? Pics from last year attached. I'll be headed to the land this weekend and will prune based on the whatever you guys think.
My goal for these trees is basic survival and a the potential to grab a novelty apple or two down the road. I don't have high yield expectations and they are near the shack area so they wouldn't be used for food plot purposes.
I don't recall the varieties, but believe they were semi dwarf.
In researching trees this spring for a future plot, I remembered that on one of the trees there were three main branches that were all vertical. The other had more of mix of horizontal and vertical. As I understand it after some basic research, I should have just one leader. Should I lop off the other two vertical branches? Pics from last year attached. I'll be headed to the land this weekend and will prune based on the whatever you guys think.
My goal for these trees is basic survival and a the potential to grab a novelty apple or two down the road. I don't have high yield expectations and they are near the shack area so they wouldn't be used for food plot purposes.
I don't recall the varieties, but believe they were semi dwarf.