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    top working a pear tree with fireblight

    Anyone ever done this? Cut off an infected tree at the trunk and graft with a resistant variety? ........ or just cut the some beach down bill
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    grafting crabapples

    What is the easiest methos to learn for grafting crabapple scion wood to trees in the field? thanks bill
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    Floating island for muscovy ducks

    Anyone ever done this? Any merit to the idea? my concern would be a floating island for cottonmouths bill
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    Soil Moist

    Anyone use this when planting bare root fruit tree seedlings? I noticed it on The Wildlife Group website A water storing polymer type product to conserve water bill
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    To calibrate or not to calibrate?

    I answered the question I drilled a diverse fall mix that was 40% oats( plus peas ,wheat, rye,crimson,vetch,radish) on 6.5 acres Tuesday at a rater of 100#/acre Had I used my Great Plains manual suggested setting for oats alone, i would have oversewed by 50% So...... I channeled my inner...
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    Fireblight.....

    ........is of the devil and has run amok in this hot,humid, and rainy( for east texas),spring Liberty,enterprise, and goldrush apples doing well as are dolgo crabs Keiffer pears demolished as are most varieties Any southern fellows know of other varieties that seem resistant? thanks bill
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    Novak Djokovic

    just won the australian open after being barred ( and deported!!!!!)last year for not getting the jab A triumph for individual liberty over government over reach bill
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    Trail camera survey question

    For those that conduct trail cam surveys, what are some tips for identifying "unique" bucks? IE sorting through buck photos,etc bill
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    hack n squirt v hinge cut

    James Kroll,Grant woods on You tube favor the former and Jeff Sturgis the latter in some "colorful" commentary I am skeptical of universal truth and eternal verities in habitat management and can see a role for both Southern consultants seem to favor herbicide Rx followed by prescribed burn...
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    Pyrus calleryana

    ID'ed this tree by the "Seek" app growing wild in woods on my place Callery or Bradford pear listed as invasive here and seems pretty worthless for wildlife value Can this tree be topworked or do i put on my Sweetgum assassin cape and nuke it with Remedy? thanks, bill
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    Best camera to conduct deer survey

    Given the recent surge in cellular capability, I thought I would pose this question What are the members using to conduct surveys? bill
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    Regenerative Beekeeping

    From American Bee Journal July 22 "The objective is transformation- moving from a commercial model-extractive with multiple inputs,reliant on chemicals,and driven by production and profits to a model focused on fertility and health of the honey bee" Sound familiar? ......gotta be a role in...
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    fruit tree orchards and lime

    Started a fruit tree orchard 1/19 ........0.5 acre and planted 36 bare root variety from Wildlife group Soil test results from this week show pH 5.9 Should I lime? What would be optimum pH? How should I apply? thanks, bill
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    A Few no till questions.......

    ...... For Wild Thing ,Swat1018,Bill,Foggy, and No till vets i will begin my virgin voyage with GP 3pt 606NT this weekend and request advice on the following questions I realize the answers may be intuitively obvious to the group but here goes.... 1) Do you calibrate( if...
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    Pruning fruit trees

    I started an orchard on 0.5 acre with 40 bare root trees from the wildlife group jan 2019 Apples,pears,crabs,persimmon,and plum They started to grow well last spring and are in need of pruning now while they are dormant I have been reading and watching videos on You tube re:pruning Any tips...
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    mystery tree seedling

    A friend gave me a zip lock bag of oblong acorns last 11/20 ~1.5 in long with sprouted radicals Started them in rootmakers for grins They grew well into these What are they? ChestnutOak?
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    Fall projects for ponds

    Adding a few grass carp , coppernose blue gill this fall Built a small deck for a new feeder Adding more structure to create "edge" What are the other pondmeisters up to? bill
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    Jeep Gladiator

    Sorry if posted on wrong forum,but........ Saw a black one in parking lot yesterday Looked pretty badass......"Enter Sandman" video material Anyone here have any experience with one? bill
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    LP3P606NT drill

    These list for 14,925$ according to my local tractor/implement dealer in east Texas However, they inform me that the next build date is May,2022 and none available until then Seems they are hard to find bill
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    Habitat 2021Resolutions/Plans

    i'll start: Learn to: 1 graft fruit trees 2 Split bee hives and raise my own queens Happy New Year!!! bill
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