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    Whats under your Sleeve?

    Make sure you go give them a terrible review on google or the likes. That’s BS for sure. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Whats under your Sleeve?

    Flying home from spring break in the BVI’s now. Incredible habitat, much different than Wisco. Not looking forward to the cold. (7) trees from Turkey Creek at home waiting for me. Heading to the farm tomorrow night for a Saturday planting! (3) Cherry (2) Peach (1) Plum (1) Pear Forget the...
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    2014 Grafting Adventures of CrazyED

    Still brewing following Ben’s recipe. However I’m ready to add sugar and bottle it. Probably after spring break though. I do have pristine and trailman, and Franklin. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    2014 Grafting Adventures of CrazyED

    I always use teflon plumbers tape, 1”. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    2014 Grafting Adventures of CrazyED

    I just had to do a few more. It felt good to get the knife back in my hand. I went to the farm yesterday and planted (1) Court Pendu Plat I grafted a few years ago that I still had in my garden. A nice little tree. I still have about 25 trees in my nursery at the farm which will probably wait...
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    2024 Scion Exchange

    I should be able to grab you some spartan and dolgo. Pruning on Saturday stay tuned. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    2024 Scion Exchange

    Just got my Grin order yesterday. It was a pleasant surprise to receive a UPS box from Geneva, NY. I ordered after the deadline and didn’t expect it but they came through with a bunch of goodies. I am going to try and prune next weekend. Warm temps and rain should have the snow pack knocked...
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    Pear tree pruning advice

    Apple trees I try and keep good, spreading outward growth. I strive for 60-90 degree branches. Pears on the other hand, in my experience seem to do just fine growing upward. I walked by one of my pears yesterday. Tons of upward growth made me cringe. I thought to myself, do I try and fix this...
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    Grafting rootstock vs. bareroot

    Definitely a few years ahead buying vs grafting. However, grafting is a fraction of the price. I bought my first 30 trees and grafted 150 more after that. the timing worked out because we could only handle planting about 25 trees per year. So we always new there was another class of trees...
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    Pruning Philosophy.......

    I would be curious to see your results, but I find each tree has it's own personality. No two are alike. Could be the same scion and same rootstock, but some are more vigorous than others. Pruning for me is like choose your own adventure novel. The best way to learn is to get the pruners...
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    2023 Scion Exchange

    I have AWHO, Winter Wild, Violi's and pretty sure Linda Sweet.
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    2023 Scion Exchange

    Not sure if this thread will roll over into 2024, but I just ordered (25) rootstocks for spring 2024. I submitted a late GRIN order which I expect to get denied so i'm going to preemptively start the hunt over here for a few scions. ISO: Bramley's Seedling Grimes Golden Spigold Dabinett...
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    2014 Grafting Adventures of CrazyED

    I have not but it’s a good call out for sure.
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    2014 Grafting Adventures of CrazyED

    2023 Notes: In general, a lot of the trees that had substantial crops last year took the year off. Mainly Wolf River, Honeygold and Kerr. It was a dry year. Little to no rain from April to June. Then it seemed like we had timely rains, enough to be ok but still pretty dry. Liberty is a...
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    2014 Grafting Adventures of CrazyED

    Last harvests of the year for us. Black Oxford and Enterprise. Going to try making cider out of both.
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