Recent content by gunfun13

I refuse to participate in the propagation of this god awful apple nor will I ever accept that it has any redeeming qualities. May it suffer the same fate as the passenger pigeon, sabre tooth tiger, T Rex, etc.

I have Williams Pride on m111, seems to be doing just fine without any spraying. I ate my first apple off it a week ago, seeds were slightly white still. Decent flavor, but kind of mealy and thick skinned. Reminded me of eating a red delicious but better tasting.

Harvested some Trailman and Centennial today (along with a nice peach crop and a couple Pristines). First time trying Centennial, tasty little treat, but Trailman is still my favorite. Not many made it past the car ride home.

Frost could have been the culprit last year, but not this year. It gets a fair amount of blossoms, but not much fruit. Pollination shouldn't be an issue at all, several other varieties close by and they're carrying decent fruit loads. My hope is that in a year or two it'll flip a switch and...

I have one planted in 2019 on P18. Out of 200ish trees it's definitely in top 5 for growth rate and very possibly the top. Poor producer so far though. Just a handful of apples each year. Not sure if it's the rootstock or what.

It is such a missed marketing opportunity that Allen doesn't start his own nursery and name it Deese Nuts.

Mine has 2 pears on it for first time this year. About 5 years old...been a slow grower. Maybe an 8' tree right now

Yes, Charlie sold out a few years back. I had similar experience as you. Though I do have 1 seedling Double Red crab I received out of 8 that shows a lot of promise. Racquetball sized fruit, starting to produce good crops. Haven't pinned down exact drop time yet, but it's later in the season it...

I was just wondering the same thing about insuring timber value. A huge ice storm went through Northern Michigan this spring destroying millions of acres of forest. I've often thought about supplementing retirement with timber harvest income and have to imagine there are many in this area doing...

I heard that too, I thought hot, wet weather was worse for fireblight and the fungal diseases though? I know he's been spraying with Mike's Mighty Micros, wonder if the accelerated growth would have made the trees more susceptible?

Which is older? The tree or the buck?

Sandbur, Does Big Dog tend to me biennial for you? I have 2 I grafted 5-6 years ago from scions you sent me. They had their first decent crops last year, this year both are bare despite pretty good blossom loads. Surprised as Ryan lists it as annually productive and I've seen him mention...

I'm in S Michigan, my sweet advent has fruit the size of marbles and has put on 8-10" of growth already. I have a Sundance apple that is about 5 years old and every year it wakes up weeks later than the rest of my apples/crabs. No idea why. From the charts it's not a particularly late...

Anyone know the fruiting characteristics of a grown out M111 rootstock? Several years ago I grafted 100 of them. Had a few tops die back after moving to their permanent location and the rootstock resprout. Figured I'd let them get a little size then regraft. Fast forward to now...I let them...

I think it is debatable lol. Likely very dependent on variety of crab or apple as we know there can be a lot of variation in productivity. Also level of care, as crabs are likely to maintain productivity under neglect. My trees are relatively young, my first fruit tree planting in 2017...