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https://www.facebook.com/events/1330865801091206/?ref=newsfeed Figured I would post this for anyone that may be close enough and interested. I have attended this several times in the past and always learn something. You get to do a lot of practice grafts and can leave with one or two grafted...

I have been getting Dolgo rootstock from Ryan at Bluehill the last 4 years or so for my grafting and they have really impressed me. They grow quickly here and are very well anchored. I see Bluehill doesn't have any this year and I didn't find any doing a quick search on the internet. Figured I...

3 second year bear cubs have been terrorizing our property and have snapped the central leader off a Dolgo on MM111. The break is not clean and is right at the point that the first set of scaffold limbs branch off. Not sure if I should leave it, prune the whole thing back and wait for a new...

Anyone have any experience with the Esch No-Till drills? We rent a Great Plains 706NT but it is getting hard to get it when we need it. We have been looking at a Great Plains 606NT but a new neighbor has a Esch No-Till that looks like a pretty nice machine. I see they are made not far from here...

Well it is that time of year again, maybe a week or two early but time for the annual scion exchange thread. Deer season is over and I am thinking about this years habitat projects and planting. I am not going crazy this year with apple trees as I am running out of great planting locations but...

Posted the thread "life of a young apple tree in bear country" earlier in the summer. The bears finally snapped that dolgo tree off at the ground. Have 3 remaining trees of the 5 Dolgo I planted about 8 years ago along this field. Checking trail cameras this morning and see they got another one...

Hard for an apple tree to get to a point where it is safe from the bears in this neck of the woods. Found a couple small trees they snapped the top off for fun. Checking on my corn yesterday and found this guy having his way with a Dolgo crab that is 7-8 years old. This tree has had branches...

I was running the dog today and walking through one of my tree plots I noticed something on one of my Apple Trees. I have never seen anything like this and I am sick to my stomach. This is on 2 of my trees, which are about 25 years old. Quick search revealed maybe Sapsucker damage? Looked to be...

Not Coronavirus, fruit tree sickness. I have been planting several years and have a good number of apple trees of various ages around our properties. I had decided I am pretty much set on trees and would not be ordering any more, I would graft a couple for the fun of it. I have really wanted a...

Checked the mail today and had the 2020 catalog from St. Lawrence Nurseries in my mailbox. Checked the website and he is taking orders for spring. Ordered a couple more Kerr for spring. I am yet to try any of their trees, after a mix up on their part on a previous order. I Didn't really need any...

Do you guys plant your newly grafted trees in the fall? They are in root maker containers and I didn't really want to keep them in these containers over winter. My plan with this first batch of grafts was to plant them this fall but I wanted to make sure I am correct before I stick them in the...

I have 5 Dolgo's that I bought from Hallman Farm's 4 or 5 years ago. I have been happy with the trees and their growth and this year they really threw decent apples. Bears have only ripped one branch off so far and I was thinking about picking the remaining apples off to prevent further damage...