Recent content by Jeff Crawford

Those prices look pretty high: have you looked at Ernst Conservation Seeds in Pennsylvania?

It's been a lousy fall! First I had a bear in the apples, now we just had 12" plus of snow along with 50 mph winds on the coast of Maine. A number of my apples (most are 3-4 years) sustained damage ranging from broken limbs to complete loss. I know how to deal with the limbs, but I have...

Not sure where you're located, but it sounds like a species of apple borers. There are several types, and all can be a big problem. Spraying bottom 3' of trunks every two weeks or so with permethrin seeems to work for me; there may be other more effective approaches. Commercial guys use (or...

I'm in mid-coast Maine and I have two Goldrush (one on B118 and one on MM106); both survived -20 and a lot of -10+ nights last winter.