Crabapple timeline

[sandbur]

I got the scion from a fellow deer/ apple maniac in 2015 or so. It is on dolgo and produced it’s first fruit last year. It looks like another crab for a winter food source.

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[sandbur]

Clowns Nose crab is the name for the dolgo seedling in my hand. It is shown next to Kerr.
I picked all I could reach for cider this fall, but it looks like a good winter feed source.

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[greyphase]

Clowns Nose crab is the name for the dolgo seedling in my hand. It is shown next to Kerr.
I picked all I could reach for cider this fall, but it looks like a good winter feed source.

Clown nose, great name. LOL
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[gunfun13]

I need to start growing dolgo seedlings to see if I get similar results to Sandbur. Another great looking wildlife tree Art!

 

[BuckSnort]

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I need to start growing dolgo seedlings to see if I get similar results to Sandbur. Another great looking wildlife tree Art!

My seeds are in the fridge right now, excited to begin the experiment this spring!

 

[Bowsnbucks]

^^^^ Me too, BuckSnort!!
I don't know what's in the water around Bur's place, but he's in a gold mine for crabs.

 

[sandbur]

Still action for trees in my yard.


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[Bowsnbucks]

Bur - One of these days you'll come up with a good plan to attract deer. What tree is that?

 

[sandbur]

Bur - One of these days you'll come up with a good plan to attract deer. What tree is that?

Big Dog =Garden Crab


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[Charles Clear]

Amazing Sandbur!

 

[letemgrow]

Your crabapples are impressive!

 

[sandbur]

The deer are hammering all of the crabs, even any flowering crabs that hit the ground.


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[woodduck]

Is your little Pillsbury Crab still holding any fruit Bur?
It looks like it could be a nice Crab for Grouse & Turkeys.

 

[sandbur]

Is your little Pillsbury Crab still holding any fruit Bur?
It looks like it could be a nice Crab for Grouse & Turkeys.

I have not been back there for awhile.


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[sandbur]

The deer have cleaned up almost every crab apple they can reach.

Three partridge(grouse) were in a flowering crab by our house this week.


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[Bowsnbucks]

Evidence shows your deer like what you have growing there. Tracks look like a parade.

 

[sandbur]

My apple tree pruning crew was out early, but then they packed up and left. Probably headed to church.

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[letemgrow]

My apple tree pruning crew was out early, but then they packed up and left. Probably headed to church.

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No freeloaders there!


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[KwebChestnut]

I assembled many of my crab apple pictures by date. These are from the center of Minnesota, except a few Whitney crabs pictures I added for comparison from other forum members. Small Chunks climate is similar to mine to ripening should be about the same time.

This might give a hint of ripening or drop timing as well as apple size.

In 2017, I left some Kerr on the tree to check drop times. I harvested all of them this year.

Morse bunches crabs are more of a bush type with much variation in size and only one or two were hardy here. Apple size was from 3/4 inch and down.




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Where are you growing all of these crab apples I had a lot of my trees winter kill last year I'm up in northern Minnesota I might have to plant more crabapple trees I think they are more Hardy. My Whitney crabapple had severe winter damage so I'd stay away from that one in Zone 3 was a five year old tree. Even my Norland apple trees had winter damage those are zone two trees.

 

[sandbur]

I assembled many of my crab apple pictures by date. These are from the center of Minnesota, except a few Whitney crabs pictures I added for comparison from other forum members. Small Chunks climate is similar to mine to ripening should be about the same time.

This might give a hint of ripening or drop timing as well as apple size.

In 2017, I left some Kerr on the tree to check drop times. I harvested all of them this year.

Morse bunches crabs are more of a bush type with much variation in size and only one or two were hardy here. Apple size was from 3/4 inch and down.




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Where are you growing all of these crab apples I had a lot of my trees winter kill last year I'm up in northern Minnesota I might have to plant more crabapple trees I think they are more Hardy. My Whitney crabapple had severe winter damage so I'd stay away from that one in Zone 3 was a five year old tree. Even my Norland apple trees had winter damage those are zone two trees.

Zone 3-4 junction. I had -41 for a brief period last winter. -38 for several hours.

Pm sent


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