Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Question for anyone:
I'm considering ordering some of the NWC trees despite not knowing the rootstock. Maybe I'm just being taken in by the marketing, but the drop times and hardiness without special care or spraying fill a niche in terms of apples and crabapples where I currently fall short. I do have no spray pears and persimmons that will fill that time slot, but finding the perfect (or near perfect apple or crabapple) covering most of November here is tough.
I'm in Zone 6b and would be planting these in good, well drained soils. My question is this: Other than not knowing the rootstock, what other concerns would you have about these for my particular situation? And, would you have a better recommendation? I do have two other varieties of young crabs already coming on which I think will work for me, but I would like to add some more varieties as a backup.
Thanks!
I'm considering ordering some of the NWC trees despite not knowing the rootstock. Maybe I'm just being taken in by the marketing, but the drop times and hardiness without special care or spraying fill a niche in terms of apples and crabapples where I currently fall short. I do have no spray pears and persimmons that will fill that time slot, but finding the perfect (or near perfect apple or crabapple) covering most of November here is tough.
I'm in Zone 6b and would be planting these in good, well drained soils. My question is this: Other than not knowing the rootstock, what other concerns would you have about these for my particular situation? And, would you have a better recommendation? I do have two other varieties of young crabs already coming on which I think will work for me, but I would like to add some more varieties as a backup.
Thanks!