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Its like a new node off of a lateral, or making of a new latteral........ I'd lean towards leaving it on in general. More so if the tree is in its permanent home. I feel year 1 is all about roots, then after that make your shape. Since it is in a pot right now, You could clean up the tree a...

I did 8-12 grafts on 2 trees. A pristine worked to trailman, and a droptine worked to kerr. IF one fails I got plenty of backups. And the next year or two, I have a bnch of maturing laterals. The grafted leader dies, you might be able to use a lateral for the leader. The tree might be...

Might be able to run one size smaller jet on the interior nozzles and get what you need. A few tricks with boom sprayers. Give it a practice run. See how much water your using in a certain acerage. Have an accurate way of determining vehicle speed. Some vehicles do fine by themselves with...

Im still new to this, but when i feel the young tree has recovered from grafting damage, id remove it. Some grafts look healthy proper sized leaves, but do not expand much. Id keep the sucker till seasons end. If you feel it needs it, keep it.

Grafted kerr on a droptine this spring. A few have fruit on them. Was afraid to pluck them and separate the graft union. A badly damaged tree will give all its got to survive. 7ft of growth may not be a good thing. Especially places where winters are bad.

l Always throw clover in anytime I seed a field. It takes time, Even if it has a low survival rate, lb of seed vs benefit to foodplto is very high. Cheapest fertilizer on the market............

Thinking of just stickign with ladino n medium red in the future.

Tempted to plant a cherry or two. Heard enogu bad new from here to not to. Orchard one town over has a whole netted area for cherry trees. Mulberry 2 or 3 pears, and Saturn peaches is as far as I wander from apple trees.

IF the graft union didn't heal, they'd be long long dead........ Probably won't put on much this year, but next year it'll do good. I've been wanting to post a pic of a grafted winter wildlife on m111 from ladt year. Barely made a 2nd set of leaves past the original buds in 2024. Now it's...

Weed in NY is taxed and regulated to the hilt. Still a black / grey market out there. Just much harder toget arrested. Stuff is cheapwr than it was in the 1990's in NY.

Anybody see someone use a large standup freezer. Most an be turned low and used as a refrigerator. Was thinking of getting one for 7 or 8 hundred bucks at home depot and putting a few hooks on the top. Hang leg quarters.

Torton RTU red is triclopyr based. Pretty sure it has residual effect. Some say they don't have a problem. Some do. I use chemical to clearance vines from trees. The vines make roots into the trees and can send chemicals into them. A double girdle of hack n squirt with plain old diesel...

Anybody up for a deer drive at Sanburs?

Since I am growing mulberry for wildlife, anybody done anything with the fruit? Those blackberries look great, you water them?