Crabapple timeline

[sandbur]

Nice looking trees. Are they semi or full size rootstock?

Both are on their own root. Buckman Crab is a dolgo seedling.

I am not sure how to rate them.

 

[RGrizzzz]

Both are on their own root. Buckman Crab is a dolgo seedling.

I am not sure how to rate them.

I forgot you have the originals.

 

[bigboreblr]

Seeing any dieback on your trees yet? Only one I have noticed is a mulberry I propogating. Everything I have is at least zone 4 at my zone 5/6 home. Even granny Smith which is at least group 5 due to long time to ripe, that's been good.

At camp looks like -18 has been the coldest recorded where there's a weather station. Usually at camp it's another 4 or 5 degrees colder when it's bad out.

Any nurseries bite on clowns nose yet?

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Seeing any dieback on your trees yet? Only one I have noticed is a mulberry I propogating. Everything I have is at least zone 4 at my zone 5/6 home. Even granny Smith which is at least group 5 due to long time to ripe, that's been good.

At camp looks like -18 has been the coldest recorded where there's a weather station. Usually at camp it's another 4 or 5 degrees colder when it's bad out.

Any nurseries bite on clowns nose yet?

Looks like it's gonna get even colder today and the next couple. Even here in SE Pa. they're calling for - 20, -25 wind chills. -5 to 3 above actual air temps. That'll test some trees!

 

[homerj]

Windchill temp means nothing to trees.

 

[Teeder]

Its 2 here now. I've seen -17 so far this year. Too much snow for my bad knee to go check on trees. Going through withdrawals not checking on my babies!

 

[Derek Reese 29]

Windchill temp means nothing to trees.

hope so...almost -30 windchill here with real temps around 0...us PA fellas arent used to that...I worry enough about voles, drought, rabbits and the 18000 other things I cant control to protect those trees....

 

[sandbur]

Seeing any dieback on your trees yet? Only one I have noticed is a mulberry I propogating. Everything I have is at least zone 4 at my zone 5/6 home. Even granny Smith which is at least group 5 due to long time to ripe, that's been good.

At camp looks like -18 has been the coldest recorded where there's a weather station. Usually at camp it's another 4 or 5 degrees colder when it's bad out.

Any nurseries bite on clowns nose yet?

It is too early to detect winter kill from this year.

My St. Edmund’s Russet was suffering last fall and I suspect it will be the next to come down.

It was one of our favorites for eating.

 

[sandbur]

Seeing any dieback on your trees yet? Only one I have noticed is a mulberry I propogating. Everything I have is at least zone 4 at my zone 5/6 home. Even granny Smith which is at least group 5 due to long time to ripe, that's been good.

At camp looks like -18 has been the coldest recorded where there's a weather station. Usually at camp it's another 4 or 5 degrees colder when it's bad out.

Any nurseries bite on clowns nose yet?

About -32 or 33 for a brief period at daybreak is the coldest I have seen.

No one has Clowns Nose that I can remember.

 

[sandbur]

Deer are eating any crab that hits the ground. I shook some more limbs today.

I also started pruning a few dolgo seedlings. Then the snow drifts got too deep.

 

[Rubee]

Great photos Sandbur. My gosh! Looks like you’re feeding a herd of deer with your crabs. You’re definitely helping many get through this rough winter.

 

[sandbur]

Great photos Sandbur. My gosh! Looks like you’re feeding a herd of deer with your crabs. You’re definitely helping many get through this rough winter.

My neighbors brought two bales of hay and that has helped

 

[sandbur]

The way my wife marked our frozen applesauce is a good record of ripening times.

 

[bigboreblr]

Out of the trees you have, what would be your ideal ratios. Like 3 big dogs to 2 chestnut to 1 yellow dog for example.

Anything new you would be interested in trying if you would be planting more.