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!

 

[bigboreblr]

The B118 tree, how big did they grow to? Got a clue when the fruit drops? Would you plant a B118 seedling again for wildlife?

Treedaddy,

Any other good southern fruit other than dolgo? Looked at my arkansas black scions on the dolgo tree, thinking they took. Bud swell is pretty even between the grafts and the mother tree.

Kinda wished I had some frostbite at home. Would be a good zone 3 cross for a few varieties.

 

[sandbur]

The B118 tree, how big did they grow to? Got a clue when the fruit drops? Would you plant a B118 seedling again for wildlife?

Treedaddy,

Any other good southern fruit other than dolgo? Looked at my arkansas black scions on the dolgo tree, thinking they took. Bud swell is pretty even between the grafts and the mother tree.

Kinda wished I had some frostbite at home. Would be a good zone 3 cross for a few varieties.

I have some trees at 15 plus feet. I would not plant them again for wildlife.

I need to see if I have notes on time to ripen.

 

[sandbur]

This has to be one of our favorite apple sauces. Chestnut crab sauce may be a bit better.

Dessert consists of applesauce with a bit of Stevia and a handful of walnuts.

Those of you who don’t make applecrab sauce or dolgo jelly are missing out.

 

[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.

Screwed up my neck with this job and haven’t been able to do much since. I have a few trees and stumps in the orchard to cut off and a couple of small trees in a shooting lane.

The biggest cause of injury in old men is trying to do what you did 5 or more years ago.

I was considering planting one Prairie Sensation. That might not get done either.

 

[Telemark]

View attachment 91113This has to be one of our favorite apple sauces. Chestnut crab sauce may be a bit better.

Dessert consists of applesauce with a bit of Stevia and a handful of walnuts.

Those of you who don’t make applecrab sauce or dolgo jelly are missing out.

Throw a dollop of fresh whipped cream on there, and it's almost a keto version of my favorite Norwegian dessert: tilslørte bondepiker.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Sorry to hear about your injury, Bur. Go easy for a bit to let it heal. I know the "older guy" pains too.

 

[BuckSnort]

Screwed up my neck with this job and haven’t been able to do much since. I have a few trees and stumps in the orchard to cut off and a couple of small trees in a shooting lane.

The biggest cause of injury in old men is trying to do what you did 5 or more years ago.

I was considering planting one Prairie Sensation. That might not get done either.

I tore my ACL late last fall and then had to get my family to help plant trees. It’s terrible having a big list and no way to cross things off!

 

[sandbur]

I went for a walk between our April snowstorms to see what the deer ate overnight. The deer were feeding heavily under this flowering crab of an unknown variety. Our neighbor gave it to us over 30 years ago. The deer also liked the ginnala maple next to it.

 

[sandbur]

Outback, the Buckman crab recently dropped the remainder of its fruit. They have cleaned that up. It was loaded this year.

 

[sandbur]

Near the Buckman crab is a seedling from a wild crab. Its fruit is bird sized, like a flowering crab. It had lots of action.

 

[sandbur]

An adjacent Yellow Dog had some action under it. Nearly all of the apples have dropped.

 

[bigboreblr]

Been walking by my young orchard everyday. Noticing Violi's is a bit slower to wake up than other crabapples like kerr n dolgo.

Would you plant Violi's again? I think I have 3 at camp and 1 at home. Unfortunately, no scion to graft this year. Would of threw on a B118 to try out.

 

[TenPoint]

My Violi’s took 7 years to fruit but it has been loaded every year since. It’s too bad it’s leaning at a 45 degree angle these days. Damn B118.

 

[KY wild]

View attachment 91186View attachment 91187Outback, the Buckman crab recently dropped the remainder of its fruit. They have cleaned that up. It was loaded this year.

Great info Sandbur