I do it for less maintenance, keeping in mind all of the things Native listed as well. So far so good on the less maintenance part. I’ve hardly touched my crabs.
How did you get Blue Hill’s trees in a tube? Mine struggled to get into 3-4’ dia. cages.
Not sure I’d use a tube on an apple/crab. Seems like havens for critters.
And I’ve got issues with coons in our river bottom property. Damn things! They haven’t been a problem in our hills property but my trees there are just starting to produce so we’ll see what happens going forward.
If you’re down south and have no winter I can’t imagine mice/voles being a problem. They aren’t a problem during non snow months if you keep the weeds away from the trunks up here. It’s a winter issue.
That seems lite. I just look at welters and use their amounts.
50 lbs /acre WR. 3-6 lbs white clovers. 8-10 lbs reds. 5 lbs radish. It’s basically LC’s method and rates.