Recent content by gunfun13

I'd like to think the aluminum window screen I install as a rodent guard offers some protection from sunscald, but I have experienced minor cases on a couple trees over the years.

When I was first getting into fruit tree plantings B118 was the go to recommendation for wildlife plantings...well M111 for heavier soils and clay, B118 for light or sandy soils. I have sand. A couple years later I started grafting, and went to purchase 100 rootstocks. I was later in the year...

I don't think there is a wrong answer here but I think the less moving of a freshly grafted tree the better. I have a few hundred rootstocks sitting in a garden. Some I'll topwork this spring, and move to permanent location next spring. Others I'll move this spring to permanent location and...

I bought a circa 1911 LC Smith SxS two years ago. Had it reblued and case hardened and intended to refinish the stock myself. It was in much worse shape than I realized and decided to restock it. Not willing to spend $2500+ to have it done professionally, I thought I'd try my hand at doing it...

That's not it. I read an article in our local outdoor magazine about the 250 savage when I was probably around 12 years old. I've wanted one ever since. Then decided a couple years ago I enjoy hunting with vintage firearms way more than modern guns and the model 99 in 250 Savage went near the...

Solid price for that gun. I'd be interested if it was a .250

When I had the local PF chapter drill in my CRP, the drill operator had me run to the local co-op to get either rolled or steal cut oats (can't remember which specifically now) to mix with the NWSG seed and get it to flow better through the drill. Whichever it was, Napoleon Feed Mill had it...

Not interested in growing out Club apples, but see myself growing out seeds from my own trees in the near future. I have all good disease resistant varieties and I would think any random resulting cross would have a high probability of being at least a great wildlife tree. Maybe even try some...

Early Gold is reportedly self pollinating. You might have other factors in play here like late frost.

What varieties? I'd reference a pollination chart https://www.grandpasorchard.com/page/_ccLib/attachments/about/GOWeb-Pollination-Pear-EUROPEAN+(2013).pdf

I have around 10 Liberty trees, 3 of which are mature and producing well. They fall into the extended drop category for me, late September through late November with a handful of mummies still hanging. Mostly concerned with late September through early December. I have a lot of trees...

As my fruit tree journey is nearing a decade and starting to have dozens and dozens of trees producing abundant crops, I've noticed that most of them trickle down fruit over at least a couple month period (I'm crabapple heavy). While this trait may be good for feeding deer over a long period...

This is what I have grafted up in the garden to transplant: Ed's Crazy Crab x 3 Florina x 3 Golden Russett x 2 Goldrush x 3 Hardy Cumberland Jonafree x 5 October Crab x 2 Roadkill Crab x 2 Sweet November Crab Turning Point x 2 Wolverine Crab x 5 (my own find that I named) Korean Giant Pear...

I have a FC from Stark on B118. It's doing well.

I remain optimistic on it. Since my experience with Morse has been not everything is/was on the up and up..I semi suspect they gave me a Nova Scotia Seedling instead of the grafted tree I purchased. If it doesn't seem right after the next couple years, will likely be a candidate for a...