CedarSwamp
5 year old buck +
We're nearing the end of our apple tree planting (been near the end for a long time and miraculously always find another place to plant trees!) and I want to go heavy on crab apples.
My question is does anyone have issues with the early bloom time of Dolgo crab apples or does the fact that it has a long bloom period mean it isn't quite as susceptible to frost killing the blooms? I'm in Zone 4 in NE Wisconsin.
Also, I can't find data on bloom time for Whitney crab apple. Anyone know?
Thanks! I planted two Dolgo today and three Liberty near a field edge and want to add some later blooming apples since those are both early. I will for sure add two Enterprise in 2018 and I'm thinking two Whitney and two Goldrush. Then maybe some other type of trees for the rest of the area which would be about 30 - 50 yards. The field is on the South side so full sun and it borders a creek. Good topsoil for the area. Apple trees grow there so want to go heavy on the apple trees. This is a great early season set-up, decent during the rut, and action dies down in the late season as Deer move to the cedar swamps and bed less in the marsh about midway through December.
My question is does anyone have issues with the early bloom time of Dolgo crab apples or does the fact that it has a long bloom period mean it isn't quite as susceptible to frost killing the blooms? I'm in Zone 4 in NE Wisconsin.
Also, I can't find data on bloom time for Whitney crab apple. Anyone know?
Thanks! I planted two Dolgo today and three Liberty near a field edge and want to add some later blooming apples since those are both early. I will for sure add two Enterprise in 2018 and I'm thinking two Whitney and two Goldrush. Then maybe some other type of trees for the rest of the area which would be about 30 - 50 yards. The field is on the South side so full sun and it borders a creek. Good topsoil for the area. Apple trees grow there so want to go heavy on the apple trees. This is a great early season set-up, decent during the rut, and action dies down in the late season as Deer move to the cedar swamps and bed less in the marsh about midway through December.