SD51555
5 year old buck +
On my last leg around MN, I stopped at the family place and snapped some pics of my early habitat work. From all of it, it seems I have some much needed pruning to do this fall.
This first is an apple tree I planted in 2008. It has finally outgrown it's cage, so I took it off today. Our deer pop is low if not extinct out here. I'm not too worried about browse damage.
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Another apple. I'm not sure what variety this is. It's either a snowsweet or a chestnut crab. I tried to plant a chestnut on each end of this project to ensure pollination. To this point, they haven't pollinated.
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I tube pretty much everything except conifers. I'm not 100% certain all is going to work out well, but I try many species in small quantities to test them. The pic below is of an american plum in a 6' tube. This one looks like it's getting crowded in the tube. Should I take the tube off and prune down to a single stem?
![22.JPG 22.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/311-4605544f20f1f7b271d3770b4de7412a.jpg)
This is a mammoth wild apple tree I found last year. I got the chainsaw out today to cut down brush around it. After it hardens off this fall, I want to get started pruning it.
![28.JPG 28.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/312-ea91d20ab998c35cb8ae1a3f8e6a0954.jpg)
This is one of my uglier 6' tubed cranberry bushes.
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This is one of many tubed cranberries that looks to be taking the tubing very well. That being said, I'm confused as to whether or not this is successful. Should I try to get into the tube and prune off the extra limbs on the crowded ones?
![photo 4.JPG photo 4.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/314-74491ed295b51ca1dd9c0bcc6c1fbf5a.jpg)
This first is an apple tree I planted in 2008. It has finally outgrown it's cage, so I took it off today. Our deer pop is low if not extinct out here. I'm not too worried about browse damage.
![19.JPG 19.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/309-383ffd23ea0d241ce57d4a7189eb68aa.jpg)
Another apple. I'm not sure what variety this is. It's either a snowsweet or a chestnut crab. I tried to plant a chestnut on each end of this project to ensure pollination. To this point, they haven't pollinated.
![20.JPG 20.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/310-9734298f0459b2882d8139c1e46ceeaa.jpg)
I tube pretty much everything except conifers. I'm not 100% certain all is going to work out well, but I try many species in small quantities to test them. The pic below is of an american plum in a 6' tube. This one looks like it's getting crowded in the tube. Should I take the tube off and prune down to a single stem?
![22.JPG 22.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/311-4605544f20f1f7b271d3770b4de7412a.jpg)
This is a mammoth wild apple tree I found last year. I got the chainsaw out today to cut down brush around it. After it hardens off this fall, I want to get started pruning it.
![28.JPG 28.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/312-ea91d20ab998c35cb8ae1a3f8e6a0954.jpg)
This is one of my uglier 6' tubed cranberry bushes.
![photo 2.JPG photo 2.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/313-8a433d09250f23f23a442fa323ff87a7.jpg)
This is one of many tubed cranberries that looks to be taking the tubing very well. That being said, I'm confused as to whether or not this is successful. Should I try to get into the tube and prune off the extra limbs on the crowded ones?
![photo 4.JPG photo 4.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/314-74491ed295b51ca1dd9c0bcc6c1fbf5a.jpg)