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So, what would be ideal for letting grafts heal and start budding? Think my grafts are pushing 3 weeks now. Some trees got about 1/2 inch long leafs, other have some green popping out of swollen buds. Should I wait until the leafs are close to mature size? Far as fear of freezing goes...

Wrap some tape sticky side otu on the trunk. If the tree isn't too near others, blast off as many as you can with a leaf blower. These guys might have to walk onto the tree. Might be juvenile stink bugs. Dont quote me here, but neem oil mainly works on bugs sprayed directly on them...

I have one plot up at camp that grows monster goldenrod in a clover plot. I either mow it in august, or just let it go. Then in the fall the clover doesn't skip a beat. Once clover is established it is very hard to shade it to death. IF you start getting bald spots, dig up some soil in that...

that planter looks alot like the field tuff ones. Not really a no-till. If you got sandy soil, you might get away with it. Most folks I've read using this have to till before they plant with it. Atleast new, for a few dollars more you can get a tar river one.

Ruger 10/22's usually don't have that long of a barrel. IF you can hold the bolt closed, it'll be quieter.

Another thing I thought about while spraying my home foodplot. I got a soil sample for my 1/2 acre foodplot and my 1/4 acreish main area of fruit trees. Over the past 5 or 6 year, the foodplot has had much more lime and maybe fertilizer every other year if that. Prrobably between 1/2 ton to...

I have no scientific evidence here. Don't pH test alot in 2 bad plots. I consider it a status quo thing. After doing maybe 3/4 to 1 ton to get the pH is an acceptable range, the 500 lbs/ acre makes the plot look about the same each year. Soil is horsepower, and the soil is the vehicle...

Why are your removing your leaves? Free compost / mulch. They make 3 point blowers if you got a tractor.

If it's the typical shallow trailer type spreader, just run the tractor a 3-4mph with a the pto around 540, maybe a little less. Been ahwile since I used one, about the next track is 4-5 feet away from the last tire tracks. Keep doing that until you get your next path. IF I recall those...

The only thing that I may have as native permission is in a state forest about 45 minute from me. It's where I started hunting years ago. Been wanting to visit there for awhile. Maybe early sept squirrel hunt.

Maybe I missed it, but what gun are you shooting this from? Bolt actions only eject gas from the barrel. Always found semi-autos to be louder. Also barrel length effects noise. There's been a few times I have had a gun unexpectly make alot more noise. Colder the air is the lower the speed...

I fought the itch to go to home depot and see if they had Bosc pear. Besides 37 apple trees at home, I got a keiffer and barlett pear, 2 saturn peaches, and a few mulberry trees. Permissions..... How long do they take to bear fruit........

brushypines, Several of us have sundance if you ever want some scion material. I bought one from mehrabyan nurseries this year. I added it to my original order december, if not sometime in january. Top branches of the tree were a bit beat up, but overall decent trees. They specify the...

I think I am going to rotate insecticides. Ordered imidan in a gallon container, 2lb powder eqiivalent. Will likely buy powder and refill gallong jug when empty. Sevin SL I can only find in 2.5 gallon 43% containers. With 40 B118/m111 sized trees, not sure how long it'll take to use that...

I think this is the way to go, apples for you, apples for deer. Even if they're at hunting camp. Plant a few near the cabin, so you don't bother the cirtters farther out back. Wonder how much better some of the trees we've seen would be if just sprayed with neem oil before leafing out.