Recent content by blueKYstream

You'll have to remind me when the time comes. At the moment, I havent seen a reason to recommend it but I still need some time to evaluate.

Is that Dr. Deer pear? What's the approximate size of the pears? I need to check mine to see if mine had any this year. Its been 3 years since mine last produced pears and they were very small.

I think Keener Seedling goes by Rusty Coat and is a late apple. Im guessing that's one and the same. Looking forward to your reports on Advent Pear. I just grafted 3 trees over to that one. Reports are it overbears but hopefully its a good one otherwise.

Looks like I had some fireblight on one of my Gate pears. It looks like it was confined to some of the current year growth. Same thing happened to one of my Moonglow pear trees. Others I check on seemed fine.

For some reason, they didn't have the optifade color in the fanatic bibs in stock or in my size until today. If you have another code, I'll fall behind Brian662 in order.

I planted about 30 pears in 2019, mostly from The Wildlife Group (and a few other places too). Late frosts have taken out all pears in a couple years and squirrels have cleared pear trees that did fruit. I may have gotten 1 or 2 pears to make it to August. I lost a Moonglow to what appeared to...

I think I'm in sync with what Telemark said. Everything is good now. I just wanted to make sure that if something were to happen with the drain clogging or needing to be replaced, I wouldn't have to tear the shed I'm going to build down. I think there would be some options though should...

That's a good point with a future outlook instead. If I ever needed access to that, the pipe could be cut at the corner, run a diagonal downspout up to just under the deck and up from there. For that reason, I wouldn't need access. I could just leave maybe 6 or 8 inches. There'd be room above a...

No, it's in the corner where a support post would be needed. My concern is if maybe the pipe or downspout needed to be replaced, there wouldn't be enough room to do it. I'm not sure if space would be needed though. A downspout might be able to be replaced from the deck above. There isn't any...

I want to build a shed in the corner of my foundation under the deck (space is 10' wide x 8' deep x 10' high). There's a downspout that goes into a blue/green pipe in the corner though. I think it runs deep underground and then down a steep hill 75 yards to a creek. Do I need to leave access to...

No mice or vole issues.

I want to say that it was late November when I fertilized. The leaves had fallen and trees were dormant. I hadn't noticed any adverse effects to this point on the other 5 apples and about 20 or 25 pears that I've checked so far. I figured at worst, the roots wouldn't take it up. It certainly...

I know this is an older thread but I had a similar thing happen to my Arkansas Black. It's not near a walnut tree or anything else. I couldn't spot a disease. It leafed out briefly and the leaves wilted. It's 6 years old if I remember right. The only thing I can think is maybe overfertilization...

I did mulberries April 12th and 13th (near Cincinnati) two years ago and had good luck. Persimmons I did May 14th and late May last year. In the past I did early May. I did real well with the ones in the yard, not so good at a distant property. I wasnt able to pinch back buds as much as I...

I've done pears and apples earlier and had 100% takes out of about 25 grafts. It's not going to hurt to wait though. You'll have a better chance of avoiding damaging frosts.