Crabapple timeline

[SwampCat]

starting my own crabapple timeline

yesterday I grafted 8 southern crabapple trees with dolgo scion from my own dolgo stock

Sandbur, here I come!!!!!!!

bill

Did the southern crab apple not do well?

 

[Telemark]

Went for another walk this weekend. Dug up 3 more rootsuckers. Two of them didnt have much for roots, but the third should definitely live. All three went into the nursery. Also found a new crabapple tree. Right next to our walking trail but tucked up into an Autumn Olive which is why I never noticed it before. It's about 5ft tall but spindly. I will try to transplant it up north but will depend on how the root ball comes out.

Did you cut the two with minimal roots back to just a couple buds?

 

[sandbur]

I spent the morning cutting up tag alders and a few other odds and ends that were growing inside and around the outside of an apple tree exclosure. This is my last group exclosure and I was going to remove it this spring.

I think I will give the trees another year or two.

These are seedlings from a wild crap and nothing spectacular. One tree has fruit at about one inch.

 

[TreeDaddy]

Did the southern crab apple not do well?

They grew well and bloomed but never really fruited well. I still have around 20 southern crabapples grown from bare root seedlings

My dolgo is a fruiting mule

bill

 

[Dantana]

Did you cut the two with minimal roots back to just a couple buds?

I did trim them back, but I don’t think cut them that far. I’ll try to check tomorrow.

 

[sandbur]

View attachment 90771View attachment 90772View attachment 90773I spent the morning cutting up tag alders and a few other odds and ends that were growing inside and around the outside of an apple tree exclosure. This is my last group exclosure and I was going to remove it this spring.

I think I will give the trees another year or two.

These are seedlings from a wild crap and nothing spectacular. One tree has fruit at about one inch.

Wild crab, not crap. Dang spell check or fat fingers!