Recent content by DouglasCorrell

Wide open sun. I opened up the canopy shortly after I bought the property before planting grafted females nearby.

Southwest Indiana here. How common is it for native persimmon trees to skip one or even two years between fruit crops? Most of the trees on my property seem to be very irregular. Is there anything I can do to promote annual fruiting?

That surprises me. I received 2 pears, 3 crabs and 2 grafted 'simmons that all had large root systems. I had to dig substantially bigger holes than anticipated. FYI: Pears and crabs seem to be booming despite two heavy frosts right at bud break. Fulldraw Persimmons have yet to break bud...

That's impressive fruiting. Any concerns that so much fruiting will retard tree growth if nascent pears aren't thinned early? I'm still very new to the pear game.

I'm too inexperienced to say if it was drought, aphids, disease or a combination. I improved my irrigation setup to eliminate watering as a factor going forward. So far, they seem to be bouncing back. The learning curve has been steep, but I'm slowly making progress.

Kieffer pear and Gram's Gift crab planted March 2024 are neck and neck for most growth after one year in the ground. Both have budded nicely over the last week. I'm thinking GG is going to live up to its hype. Neither Rifle Deer nor Winter Deer pears put on any appreciable growth in 2024. Both...

Both as dead as dead can be. One has already been replaced by a thriving BH Kieffer. BH Advent should be arriving next week to fill the other vacancy. I'll not buy from Morse again.

What was the final outcome, Gmule82?

In late February I picked up two 3yr old Hybrid pears from Morse's West Lafayette facility. I was very disappointed by the root systems of both trees., Both were planted the next day. One has since started to bud and seems to be progressing. The other has remained dormant. It looks...

I see more Blue Hill crabs in my future.

How old are the Winter Crabarina and Primetime in your posts? I'm really psyched to plant my first Blue Hill trees come March.

Any trees not already fenced will be fenced to stop browsing once tubes are removed. I can certainly trim the tubes lower and re-stake. Are there any downfalls to leaving pears and/or persimmons in 5' tubes for 2-4 years?

Early last October I planted a variety of Chestnut Hills 1.5 yr old pear and persimmon trees on a property in W Central Indiana. I installed 5' tree tubes and weed mats when they were planted. The pear trees have exceeded all my expectation this growing season. Half are over 7' tall while all...

Hi. I’m Doug. 50+ and in the process of moving permanently to my 36 acre retirement property in SW Indiana. This site has already been very informative.