Recent content by Dantana

Apparently you can. It's out there on the inter web. I'm not sure I would put all my eggs into it, but I'm not out much if it doesn't work for whatever reason. I only had one graft fail last year, the rest put on decent growth.

Finally made it up to camp yesterday to cut the rest of my scion. Got a decent amount, not as much as in the past. Cleaned up the 3 trees - Enterprise, Droptine, and 30-06 - that were destroyed by bear and raccoons last fall. Cut them back quite a bit and will keep the fruit off this year to...

Scions that were initially mailed to me on February 16 just arrived on March 24. Shipped by USPS. Funny how a big vanilla package cant find it's way to me but those bills show up like clockwork every month.

Sorry, I had it all typed out in my head then got interrupted at work, hence the hurried, incoherent post! Every year, I find more and more wild crabapples at my home property. A lot of these I intend to move up north to my deer camp as I don't need that many at home. Judging on what the mature...

I have numerous young wild crabs that I want to graft over to known varieties. Some I would like to move up north to deer camp, others I need to move to more desirable locations (i.e. not on my main walking trail). In your experience, is it better to graft/topwork these first and then move to...

I did trim them back, but I don’t think cut them that far. I’ll try to check tomorrow.

Went for another walk this weekend. Dug up 3 more rootsuckers. Two of them didnt have much for roots, but the third should definitely live. All three went into the nursery. Also found a new crabapple tree. Right next to our walking trail but tucked up into an Autumn Olive which is why I never...

I went for a short walk out back at the home property this weekend in between storms. Found one new crabapple tree that is 8-10' tall. Never noticed it before. Had 3 mushy fruit still hanging on. I will keep an eye on this going forward. I dug up 3 rootsuckers from various trees and planted them...

I went for a short walk out back at the home property this weekend in between storms. Found one new crabapple tree that is 8-10' tall. Never noticed it before. Had 3 mushy fruit still hanging on. I will keep an eye on this going forward. I dug up 3 rootsuckers from various trees and planted them...

Topwork them to pear, crabapple, or apple. Pear seems to take the best, followed by crabs then apples.

Another member here mailed scions to me several weeks ago. Michigan to Michigan. As of today, I still have not received them. 😡

I posted about this tree a year or two ago, a late holding apple in a nearby town. Darn near March and still holding a good amount. Lots on the ground, too. I grafted it onto rootstock a few years ago but will probably grab a few more scion for topworking this year.

I've been doing this the last couple years. I havent dug up and grafted the same day yet, thought it might be too much shock. Instead, I have been digging up the root suckers and planting them in the garden for a year then grafting the following year. As soon as the snow melts I will start to...

The crabapples on this tree are a burgundy color just like my late fathers 2000 Corvette. Kind of a homage to him as this tree is on my childhood property which I inherited when dad passed.

I looked at my grafts from last spring. I will be planting: 1 August Rain (wild tree I named) 1 Enterprise 1 October crab 2 Liberty 1 Arkansas Black 1 Turning Point 1 Corvette crab (wild tree I named) 1 Yates 1 Sweet Dog 1 Candy crab 1 Golden Delicious I have 7 grafts that failed. I will...