Some cute baby pictures
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Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
Nice! You are definitely 3 weeks or better ahead of our development here.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Chris, for some reason I don't understand, everything seems much earlier here this year. This is about the time I generally mow native grass fields, and new growth is usually just beginning to emerge. This year many of the grasses are already knee high. Our blooming and fruit set seemed earlier too.
buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
Yeah my peaches are petal fall and my apples are 10% bloom.
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Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Thanks guys. I would call our fruit set on apples this year "about average." At blooming time I was expecting it to be above average, but now I can see that it has leveled out pretty normal.
Most of my cultivars are highly disease resistant, but I do grow 3 or 4 varieties that are either prone to CAR and/or FB. I see some minor issues with those tree already, but it looks like neither is going to be a big problem this time. At my farm, I planted one Southern Crabapple just for experimentation. That variety is known for CAR problems, but I wanted to see how it would handle it here. That tree is showing more CAR than any other variety I have, but it has a nice fruit set this year, and I'm anxious to see how it fares this season.
The DR varieties that I grow are pretty much spotless right now and looking great.
I planted some new (to me) varieties of pears and apples this spring, and they have taken off well - Sundance Apple, Becton Pear, William's Pride Apple, and a few others.
We have gone back into a cold, rainy spell right now. Yesterday we had small hail about the size of a pea or less. I couldn't believe it - parts of my yard were white looking, and on my deck it piled up as high as the water hose in some places. But, everything seems to be fine this morning.
As I said recently, "With as many problems as we can have, I sometimes wonder how we are ever able to grow anything."
Best wishes as your crops develop this year.
Most of my cultivars are highly disease resistant, but I do grow 3 or 4 varieties that are either prone to CAR and/or FB. I see some minor issues with those tree already, but it looks like neither is going to be a big problem this time. At my farm, I planted one Southern Crabapple just for experimentation. That variety is known for CAR problems, but I wanted to see how it would handle it here. That tree is showing more CAR than any other variety I have, but it has a nice fruit set this year, and I'm anxious to see how it fares this season.
The DR varieties that I grow are pretty much spotless right now and looking great.
I planted some new (to me) varieties of pears and apples this spring, and they have taken off well - Sundance Apple, Becton Pear, William's Pride Apple, and a few others.
We have gone back into a cold, rainy spell right now. Yesterday we had small hail about the size of a pea or less. I couldn't believe it - parts of my yard were white looking, and on my deck it piled up as high as the water hose in some places. But, everything seems to be fine this morning.
As I said recently, "With as many problems as we can have, I sometimes wonder how we are ever able to grow anything."
Best wishes as your crops develop this year.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Way ahead of us here, Native. Everything looks really good there though !!
Our Sundance trees are doing really well so far. No signs of any problems. I hope yours do as well there. Thanks for posting the pix.
How's Dad doing ??
Our Sundance trees are doing really well so far. No signs of any problems. I hope yours do as well there. Thanks for posting the pix.
How's Dad doing ??
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Thanks for the report about Sundance, Bowsnbucks. It seems like a winner from everything I can find.
Dad is doing well considering his age, and at 82 he seems pretty amazing to me. He is looking forward to fields being mowed soon so that he can get after the coyotes again. He cut up and hauled off a big tree that fell in his yard recently, so he still has a lot of spunk left in him.
