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    Protecting Apple Trees from herbicide

    For my smaller trees I put those white spiral wraps on them and leave them all season. Any spray drift will get on the wrap instead of the trunk of your tree. I've done this for years with good success. Once the tree gets too big for the spiral wrap use aluminum window screen around trunk and...
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    Keepsake

    Have they struggled with disease issues or just with growth?
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    Keepsake

    Does anyone have this variety? How is it in terms of disease resistance?
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    The trouble with tree tubes

    I use those orange fiberglass driveway markers for staking tree tube. They are cheap and the work well. I like the fact that they aren't so ridgid and allow your trees to move a little in the wind. I think this keep trees from becoming brittle and breaking once you remove the tubes.
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    St Lawrence Nursery 2023 Trees

    I see they have Minnesota 1734 apple trees for sale this year. Has anyone on this forum tried growing this tree? I cant find any information online about its disease resistance.
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    What's wrong with my Honeycrisp

    I think you're Honeycrisp will be okay. I have 6 Honeycrisp trees and they all look like that by the end of every summer. They are my only trees that look like that, but they come back every year and look healthy during the spring time. When the trees get older and start producing a lot of...
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    Starting tree seedlings indoors with heat source

    A good way too kill those gnats is by watering your plants with sevin. I started some apple trees from seed in the house and they became infested gnats. After watering them with sevin for a couple of weeks they are completely gone.
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