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[sandbur]

Ours at camp has been a slow-go too. For our purposes at camp, I wish I'd have planted a Sundance or Galarina where the Violi's is. Maybe it'll kick into gear one of these years.

I have pruned hard these last two springs. The old timers said to take a baseball bat to the trunk to stress it. Maybe that will be the next step.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Bur -
One of your Buckman seedlings put on its first couple blossoms this spring. I'll nip those off to put more energy into tree growth - but it's exciting!!!

 

[bigboreblr]

Sanbur,

You gave me some scions last year. Still got plenty. Just wondering if you're sharing that tree with the world. Not sure if I ever checked out midwest deer trees. Trailman scions you gave me were 1st to wake up, right behind the kerr. Did save 2 for myself out of the 6 or so. One's at home, the other at farmland. Parked any extra on a mautre tree, so I always got some scion material for years to come. Probably around 12 varieties on my mature trees. Definitely any tree I only got 1 of is on there, even if I have to whack a top of an ordered tree.

Bowsnbucks,

IF you need some sundance or galarina scions, should have some next year. Bought a sundance on M7 and whacked off the top 8 inches to make 3 more on m111's. Scooped up 3 galarina's on m111 for a living experiment. Pruning well, pruning ok, and barely touching the 3rd one. Maybe let her go for 5 years if I can help myself.

 

[bigboreblr]

Trailman was slow to grow last year, but kwafed out well this spting. Will dig her up this fall. Might stsy home might go to camp see how the nusery trees do this year
oaknut's signsl fire. Behund the garage but getd ok light there.

 

[sandbur]

Sanbur,

You gave me some scions last year. Still got plenty. Just wondering if you're sharing that tree with the world. Not sure if I ever checked out midwest deer trees. Trailman scions you gave me were 1st to wake up, right behind the kerr. Did save 2 for myself out of the 6 or so. One's at home, the other at farmland. Parked any extra on a mautre tree, so I always got some scion material for years to come. Probably around 12 varieties on my mature trees. Definitely any tree I only got 1 of is on there, even if I have to whack a top of an ordered tree.

Bowsnbucks,

IF you need some sundance or galarina scions, should have some next year. Bought a sundance on M7 and whacked off the top 8 inches to make 3 more on m111's. Scooped up 3 galarina's on m111 for a living experiment. Pruning well, pruning ok, and barely touching the 3rd one. Maybe let her go for 5 years if I can help myself.

I don’t blind anyone planting the courthouse crab. It is just getting hard to reach any scion due to the maintenance man removing the lower limbs. At least 4 of us have grabbed scion from the mother tree.

15 months ago, the snow was piled high and it was easier to reach scion. No snow banks this year.

 

[BuckSnort]

My Buckman Crab bud grafts are just starting to wake up in NW WI.

 

[gunfun13]

A couple Big Dogs about to bloom, grafted from scions Sandbur sent me back around 2020 I think. On B118

 

[sandbur]

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A couple Big Dogs about to bloom, grafted from scions Sandbur sent me back around 2020 I think. On B118

None of my trees have leafed out like that. I had frost in some locations and couldn’t pull all of the posts on a project.

 

[sandbur]

I pulled fence from one of my 4 seedling exclosures, today. Trees on the south side grew the best. Trees in Reed Canary did very poorly. I should have used weed barrier and controlled weeds before planting.

More pictures to follow if I can get them to post.

 

[sandbur]

 

[sandbur]

Slowest grower.

 

[sandbur]

It got a separate cage. Dang Reed canary grass. I did put a fabric barrier around it two years ago.

 

[sandbur]

It got a separate cage. Dang Reed canary grass. I did put a fabric barrier around it two years ago.View attachment 63938

Seed was gathered in the late summer of 2008 from a wild crab with fruit of about 1 inch size. Trees were planted in this location in 2010 after growing in containers. They received very minimal care after that.

Seventy percent of the seedlings(15-20 total) resemble the mother tree with 3/4-1 inch fruit. 15% are bird sized crabs. Another 15% are more interesting. There is one tree with a larger apple crab that works for deer, but is nothing spectacular in taste. Another seedling is the crab we call ABC and we use it for jelly and apple sauce. It resembles a slightly elongated dolgo. Who knows if I got any seeds mixed up!

 

[sandbur]

I reused the cement wire to block some paths where deer were crossing behind our box stand. Added brush adds depth to the fence and deer are less likely to jump the 5 foot fence.