sandbur
5 year old buck +
Both are on their own root. Buckman Crab is a dolgo seedling.
I am not sure how to rate them.
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I am not sure how to rate them.
RGrizzzz
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I forgot you have the originals.
bigboreblr
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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?
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
5 year old buck +
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!
Derek Reese 29
5 year old buck +
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
5 year old buck +
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
5 year old buck +
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
5 year old buck +
My neighbors brought two bales of hay and that has helpedGreat 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.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
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.
Anything new you would be interested in trying if you would be planting more.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
That is hard for me to answer.
It would depend on if I am planting for an early season bow hunt, for a rut season hunt, or for winter survival.
Be more specific in your question if you can.
I saw a picture of the original Swamp Donkey and it looks interesting. I might try some of the whitetail crabs if I were younger. Maybe grow some more Kerr seedlings and I would like to see how big of a tree I would get with Kerr on dolgo.
Last year, I had scion from Prairie Sensation and Dearburns Unknown.
All of my topworks failed mid summer.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Just if you were redoing your trees at your place. Would have more of this than that.
At camp, the deer left this winter. They're at the lake nearby in the thick spruce. Get a cold snap when there's about 18 inches of snow. They come back like clockwork, first week in April. Its even more important to have early spring food than winter. Want more deer on my lease.
At camp, the deer left this winter. They're at the lake nearby in the thick spruce. Get a cold snap when there's about 18 inches of snow. They come back like clockwork, first week in April. Its even more important to have early spring food than winter. Want more deer on my lease.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
I wouldn’t have planted as many mercurial crabs or else would have topworked them.
Some trees would be planted in different places.
There are also so many more varieties available and more widespread knowledge than when I started planting 36 or more years ago.
And we seem to have less test winters.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Bought a lot of trees fast over here. Only have as many as you can take care of.
I got a response from Saint Lawrence Nursery. They say they've always used Siberian crab for their crabapples. They were worried they couldn't get antonovka for their regular apple varieties last year. They ended up finding some.
