Recent content by Bluestone

I am in VA and have used Gly for several years. I abandoned hack and squirt for drill and fill since drilling is easier than swinging a small axe. I use a 3/8 spade bit and use the clear empty condiment bottles from dollar tree. The key is to drill on the edge of the trees for maximum cambium...

Located this red oak today while bow hunting. What caught my attention was all the different shaped leaves on the ground. It was the only oak for at least 50 yards in any direction. Acorns bear a strong resemblance to q. Falcata (southern red oak), of which there is a very heavy population in...

Thanks. Some pictures would be awesome. The next closest town to me has lined their Main Street with columnar oaks and they have se a good mast crop this year and was planning on picking a few up to start and was hoping some would continue that columnar habit.

Do acorns from a columnar oak produce a columnar tree?

Hope it tastes great. I planted one Enterprise last fall on B9 in my backyard. The leaves are clean as a whistle, and the Japanese beetles steered clear of it as well in favor of Yates and Arkansas Black.

Same experience as catscratch. If you get the rain, it works great. If not, it will not work out well. I did throw and mow sunflowers this year, planted on May 24th. Got an inch of rain on May 25th and germination was great. Then it didn’t rain for nearly three weeks, until June 17th, when we...

Looks great. I added a Bevan’s Favorite to my Century Farms order this year based partly on your feedback and success with it. I started off focusing mainly on late dropping varieties, but am now trying to fill the calendar with as many ripening times as possible.

That’s fantastic. Was reading through some of your old threads recently and was thinking it would be great if you did another, especially awesome with feedback on disease resistance since I am no spray as well in 7B southern VA

I know this may be a long shot, but does anyone have any paw paw scion wood? Just looking for a stick or two of any named variety.

I grafted 6 wild callery pears over to known varieties last weekend in 7B southern VA. Seemed to be the right time based on what I have read, trees weren’t quite as far along as the pic above, but pretty close. Im sure you will be fine if you do it now. I wondered about late frosts, but...

I noticed that Lowe’s doesn’t have hardly any potted pears so far this year. Probably 50-60 apples, 50 ornamental crabs, few dozen peaches and cherries, but no pears. This was the case at two Lowe’s stores this week. One in southside va, the other in northern nc. Last year there were several...

They do require stratification. The seeds I had stratifying since June that germinated in December are outside and top growth is occurring on 11 of 11 seeds. I have them outdoors in rootmaker 18s. I do bring them indoors in an unheated garage if temperatures drop below 25 or so. As the Fishman...

Wanted to update this thread for anyone trying to learn in the future. In June of this year, I placed the pits/seeds in moist sand inside of a ziplock bag and put them in the fridge. I checked on them yesterday and saw that a dozen or so out of around 30 had sprouted and were sending a...

I use a drill and 1/2 inch spade bit along with a ketchup bottle from dollar tree mixed with 41 percent Gly concentrate. I add 15 percent water to help with translocation. Hardest species to kill in my experience are black walnut and black gum. I do this primarily in the winter and drill holes...

I transplanted last December in zone 7B with good success. Healthiest trees appear to be those in the 2.5-3 foot range. Smaller and larger trees seem to be not acclimating as quickly. I do try to find trees that show even growth all the way around, as those appear to stand up better on their...