Recent content by tullybonnie11

Just picked up my order from them today. 85 apple rootstock. Mix of anty and m111. Looks like good stuff—grafting tomorrow. Surik was great to do business with. Highly recommend.

Iowa DNR has ROD for a buck apiece in bundles of 25 (25 for $25). Gotta pay shipping; just throwing another option out there. I’m looking at them and some conifers for spring planting season. Their stuff was great when I bought from them in 2020.

I ordered from SLN two years ago and half of the apple trees (Kerr, Keepsake, Liberty, and Honeycrisp) I received had an existing canker (not sure what, but it was fiddle-string style) on them. I needed to prune them way back to remove the canker. They have rebounded and canker has not...

He posted on Facebook yesterday saying the third week of September.

After having had several frosts already, I am thinking about my next steps for where to store my oak and apple seedlings for planting next year. I have them in pots and am looking to overwinter them in my raised beds in my garden. My question is: will they be insulated enough planted in...

I went and checked some source trees a half hour from my house today. Does anyone have advice as to when I can comfortably pick them off of the tree and not have picked them prematurely? The acorns look like they are sized appropriately but have not been dropping from the tree yet from what I...

I found a few patches of wild clematis at my property, as well. I thought it was poison ivy for sure until further analysis. I had declared war on it for a while but now I am okay with it after confirming what it is. I do have ivy on my property and it takes on so many forms that it's easy to...

I don't recall seeing this posted on this forum yet, but here is the link to submit a comment (due by October 19th, 2020) on your thoughts on the approval of the transgenic American chestnut tree that SUNY ESF in New York has created: Public Comment for Transgenic American Chestnut Consider...

I bought SWO seedlings from the Iowa DNR this spring and they were of great quality (2-3 foot tall). Tent caterpillars set some of them back, but I am sure they're focusing on root establishment this year anyway. Some are tubed, some are caged. I also have several from Nativ Nurseries that I...

I fall-planted some bare-root seedling burgambels from Twisted Tree Farm here in NY in the fall of 2018. They didn't do much last year, but most are putting up good top growth now, approaching 2' after being planted around 10". Hopefully they'll take off next year in their leap year. Most of...

Has the one Kerr on Antonovka set fruit yet? If so, how many years out from planting? I bought a couple over the winter from SLN and I know he grafts on Antonovka. I'm looking to get a Goldrush and a Liberty on Bud118 for next year. I'm tired of dealing with apple issues organically by...

The past two weeks have been pretty rough for my young oaks and apples with these tent caterpillars. I've sprayed with neem oil a couple of times and manually removed them, but I still get a couple off each day. They're frustrating. They partially defoliated a couple of my SWO seedlings in...

Scored a couple of half-off 7' SWOs with ~1-inch calipers from Home Depot today. $17.50 apiece here in CNY. Hopefully they'll give me some acorns sooner than my other trees planted as seedlings.

Has it always been caged or was it previously tubed? I'm debating on how to handle the trees emerging from the tubes. Keep the tube on or take it off and cage with welded wire?

I planted 15 SWOs from the Iowa DNR seedling sale this year (gave the rest of the 25 to my brother). They've all leafed out and are pushing out good growth in the past week here in Central NY. All are tubed or caged (mainly tubed). I also have three SWOs from Nativ Nurseries that I planted in...