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I have a Kiefer and a Bartlett Pear planted in the orchard. My lap top that has my plantings map has died. These two are the only ones I can’t remember which is which. Neither has fruited yet for me to determine through the fruit. One-blooms really early (it is starting to open up now) it has...

3 years ago I bought 2 Dunstan Chestnuts. They had already leafed out and the leaves were falling off. I brought home and watered and they leafed out again that same year. I planted them in that fall and one of them must have put on a little growth spurt cause the bark cracked. (Not just on...

I have about 30 chestnuts left from starting out with about 100. A bunch had worms or failed the float test. Of those I had almost 100% germination. Then I had a brain fart and left them outside when and they frost bite. I know, what a dumb ass. I didn’t toss them, instead I kept them...

I am in the middle of direct seeding persimmon seeds and also planting at the house with 4” grow bags. Internet is kind of all over the place for seed planting depth. I have found from 1/4” to 2”. Anyone have experience that can chime in with depth that worked well for them?

I purchased 100 of these small fabric bags to start seedlings in. I think it was like $8 for 75 or so. They are pretty limited on size. These are roughly 4” x 6” Looks like they are working pretty well. I see the tap root has airpruned and a couple feeder roots are poking through that will...

I pruned my orchard today and came across a limb on my pear that looks discolored.overall the tree is doing great but this one limb looks like it may have some type of disease. Should I go ahead and eliminate this entire branch. Apologies that the photos aren’t great but hard to hold limb...

I just received my order from Stark Brothers. I opened up the box and pulled the bag and only 1 root system felt moist. The rest feel dry as a bone. 1/2 of the mulched paper that It was shipped with was in the bottom of the box. In the past every part of the root system was covered and the...

So I just started my land tour on the other thread but wanted to come over here and get some advice on laying out my land. Quick over view. Zone 7A 15 acres of over grown canopy. Limited resources currently meaning I do it myself and I do not have a tractor. I keep going back and forth on a...

Well I’ve read about everyone else’s property thread might as well start my own. We reference our 15 acres as The Rusty Nail. We have a preference for barn finds & rusty bits of goodness. If it doesn’t have some character I probably don’t want it. We’ve owned the property for four years and...

I drove by this tree a ton on my way to work. Just happened to see all the fruit on it today. I’ve never seen a persimmon tree remotely close to this size. Gotta be 70’ at least Man that owns the house said he has been offered 10k for it.

Had to do a U-turn on back country road to do some road side shopping. Picked about 110 Chinese chestnut from the side of the road. Add this to the plan. My wife says I need to go buy my own fridge. My habit is infringing on domain.

Also known as “hearts a bursting” at least around here they are. I rarely find any the size of this one. Probably just over 6’ and actually has more then just a couple leaves on it. Around here deer keepthem nipped down to 2’. Great little wildlife plant. And you can see in the photos why it...

So I bought this tree 2 years ago. It bloomed really well this year and has had great growth. Not a bit of CAR I left 2 apples on it just to get a taste. As you can see, it’s not what I would consider an Arkansas Black Apple based on descriptions I’ve read. are these just not to the stage...

Like many of the folks on here I’m addicted to wildlife and the habitat we all seem to love to work on. I absolutely love this site and all it brings to the table. I’ll read any post just to try to get some new information. I hate when I am unable to read a thread due to the name of the...

Found these last week. Young growth is green similar to a elderberry but I know that’s not it. Older growth has more of a woody appearance.

I just wanted to confirm what I’m thinking. I have not found anymore of these on my property so far. I thought it may have been a red mulberry in the beginning but then I noticed the thorns. I’m reading that they are a pretty good deer browse?? Confirmation on that as well

Not doing the pruning until winter but I figured I’d ask now. I pruned right above a bud last winter expecting that bud to become the leader this year. That branch decided it was just going to grow almost straight out allowing the next bud down to become the central leader. Is this going to...

I have this type of tree that I haven’t been able to indentify. The guy that cut the trees from around my house said he wasn’t sure what it was either. It sprouts heavily and deer absolutely hammer it. It doesnt flower. It doesn’t have any mast that comes from it. Thanks in advance

I found a small patch of Paw Paws last year. Have about 15 fruits developing. Pretty interesting fruit tasting like a combination of vanilla, banana & mango.

I just picked up 2 dunstun chestnuts from Walmart. They wanted $20 a piece. I Asked the manager why would I pay $40 for dead trees. I gave him $5 a piece. I scratched the Cambrium layer and still green although the leaves are gone. I noticed some circling in the roots so I figure I have...