buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
Come a long ways since that Archery Talk thread Matt. Really need to see this tree 6 years down the road, can't wait to follow my trees lives like you have.Goldrush MM.111 6th leaf, my oldest tree
Flemish Beauty, also a late moving tree
I have 2 of these planted spring '14 from Cummins. I think you've mentioned problems for these before in your bit colder climate than mine. Do they seem to be fighting back for you? Mine are probably actually 2-3 leafed trees I would assume even though I've only had them for a year.
buckvelvet
5 year old buck +
Good question, i'm not sure. Here are some pictures from 2011.
Prunus americana are normally globular shaped fruit with a about 1 inch diameter size & they are yellow when mature. Prunus nigra (canadian plum) is a bit rounder and red when ripe, both are considered to be the most widely recognized 'wild plum'.
CrazyEd
5 year old buck +
I think it is sandbur or some of the more northern guys who have claimed issues due to cold. So far my 2 pears (flemish beauty and summercrisp) have done excellent. The summercrisp is growing like a weed, thriving in my sandy soil.
CrazyEd
5 year old buck +
I could be far enough south I could be in the "boarderline" area from a zone/hardiness type thing. I don't know. I planted these trees in the spring of 2013, so they've gone through 2 harsh central wisconsin winters, so far so good?
the only thing i've lost to the cold in my 5 years of growing fruit trees has been a single Roxbury Russet tree on B.118, I believe it was 3rd going on 4th leaf. Lost it winter of 2013 which was awful. I'm still a bit surprised as I thought that tree had decent hardiness (stark calls it zone 4).
the only thing i've lost to the cold in my 5 years of growing fruit trees has been a single Roxbury Russet tree on B.118, I believe it was 3rd going on 4th leaf. Lost it winter of 2013 which was awful. I'm still a bit surprised as I thought that tree had decent hardiness (stark calls it zone 4).
Ed - That's something that your pears are doing well. My pears in NW WI and SE MN both looked good right away, then they appear to get some type of winterkill and they die back about every other year. They don't die completely, but it sure gets old watching them do well every summer and die back in the winter. I think I'm done planting pears since they don't seem to be too hardy.
But on a side note, there's a giant pear tree in someone's yard near my workplace in SE MN. It drops an unbelievable number of pears every year, so maybe they can take the cold winters better once they get a little older.
But on a side note, there's a giant pear tree in someone's yard near my workplace in SE MN. It drops an unbelievable number of pears every year, so maybe they can take the cold winters better once they get a little older.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
I have been asking about pear trees with some people at work. It seems like the northern portions of zone 4 have more problems than further south.
Most of the success stories for a crop of pears are from south of highway 55 across Minnesota.
chummer
5 year old buck +
I planted mine spring 13 last winter they died back to the graft. They made all that growth back last summer. They did much better this winter. They have not woke up yet but it appears only a couple inches on the ends of the branch have died back. I am not sure but the ends are black so I am guessing it is die off
CrazyEd
5 year old buck +
It's been a little over a month since i last made it up to the farm. This was a nice sight.
This 4th leaf wolf river however was not a good site. 2 years ago i had a little spraying incident. This tree looked ok last year but just never really grew. So i'm not sure if the chemical incident had a negative impact or this was another one lost to winter. It was breaking out some leaves and obviously the caterpillars had a feast too. So we'll see the jury is still out I guess.
Back to a positive note. Lots of apples in my orchard this year.
6th Leaf MM.111 Goldrush was loaded with fruit. When I say loaded, i'd say 50+. This is the first year the tree has produced anything.
4th leaf centennial b118 also has a ton of fruit. This tree put out it's first fruit last year, about 8 nice apples.
4th leaf galarina M111 has a single fruit. It's first.
4th leaf honeygold b118 also had it's first fruit.
Frostbite 4th leaf b.118 is also loaded. It put out it's first fruit last year (about 6 apples)
I think this one is Liberty 5th leaf MM111, it's first fruit.
Another liberty
This 4th leaf wolf river however was not a good site. 2 years ago i had a little spraying incident. This tree looked ok last year but just never really grew. So i'm not sure if the chemical incident had a negative impact or this was another one lost to winter. It was breaking out some leaves and obviously the caterpillars had a feast too. So we'll see the jury is still out I guess.
Back to a positive note. Lots of apples in my orchard this year.
6th Leaf MM.111 Goldrush was loaded with fruit. When I say loaded, i'd say 50+. This is the first year the tree has produced anything.
4th leaf centennial b118 also has a ton of fruit. This tree put out it's first fruit last year, about 8 nice apples.
4th leaf galarina M111 has a single fruit. It's first.
4th leaf honeygold b118 also had it's first fruit.
Frostbite 4th leaf b.118 is also loaded. It put out it's first fruit last year (about 6 apples)
I think this one is Liberty 5th leaf MM111, it's first fruit.
Another liberty
CrazyEd
5 year old buck +
Sweet 16 4th leaf b118, it's first fruit.
Black Oxford 4th leaf b118 fruited for the first time last year, and this year it's got a pretty good crop.
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4th leaf kerr b.118 fruiting again.
Honeycrisp b.118 4th leaf with it's first fruit (about 4)
Other trees also fruiting for the first time this year was my 4th leaf chestnut crab on B118. It probably had 20 fruit on it. I also have a 4th leaf Sansa on M111 that had a single fruit on it.
Black Oxford 4th leaf b118 fruited for the first time last year, and this year it's got a pretty good crop.
4th leaf kerr b.118 fruiting again.
Honeycrisp b.118 4th leaf with it's first fruit (about 4)
Other trees also fruiting for the first time this year was my 4th leaf chestnut crab on B118. It probably had 20 fruit on it. I also have a 4th leaf Sansa on M111 that had a single fruit on it.
CrazyEd
5 year old buck +
The only real maintenance I did this trip was I did spray all my trees with Bonide + Malathion + spreader/sticker as it was supposed to rain sunday the day after we were up. I did see a few tent caterpillars. They were obviously on that rough looking wolf river, they also did a little work on one of my pristine trees, another wolf river and another black oxford. But all those trees should be fine. For good measure i also defruited all of the leaders on all of my trees. If you dont remove the fruit from the central leader it will bend your tree over and possible snap the leader off. I also checked all of my aglok / conduit connections. Some of them the trees had grown a lot so i moved my aglok right to the top of the conduit to try and keep the tree anchored to the conduit and growing straight up.
I also forgot to mention I did find one arkansas black I grafted 2 years ago that got girdled late last fall. I thought it may have made it but it was officially toast.
Excited for the potential for my first decent crop of apples this year. I'm not worried about the 2 trees that I lost. You win some you loose some. My garden has about 200 young fruit trees just waiting to move onto my farm so finding a replacement wasnt a problem, the problem is i'm having a hard time deciding what gets planted first with so many trees to choose from. But I guess thats a good problem to have.
I also forgot to mention I did find one arkansas black I grafted 2 years ago that got girdled late last fall. I thought it may have made it but it was officially toast.
Excited for the potential for my first decent crop of apples this year. I'm not worried about the 2 trees that I lost. You win some you loose some. My garden has about 200 young fruit trees just waiting to move onto my farm so finding a replacement wasnt a problem, the problem is i'm having a hard time deciding what gets planted first with so many trees to choose from. But I guess thats a good problem to have.
Jordan Selsor
5 year old buck +
Very cool! Can't wait to get some apples!
CrazyEd
5 year old buck +
I hope so I am looking forward to the smell of fermenting apples on the ground in late fall. With how many trees I plan to put in it will be interesting to see what gets eaten and what doesnt. We have high deer numbers but once these trees mature they should be able to put out some good crops if conditions are right.
CrazyEd
5 year old buck +
Yeah, my grandpa said he had a bear knock over all of his bird feeders a month or so ago. Someone else reported a bear with 4 cubs in the area too.
CrazyEd
5 year old buck +
Last up to the farm on 6/6. Anytime I find this much rain in my gauge especially during middle of July it makes me happy.
Gracie was excited to come along and she planted some columbine seed for me that i picked at home.
Really lucked out on the weather, it was warm but cooler than expected. Beautiful day.
Lot of deer beds on an oak ridge The whole place is also a black cherry hinge cut mess, the deer love it up there. This bed is 5' from the base of a large red oak where i have a stand.
Gracie was excited to come along and she planted some columbine seed for me that i picked at home.
Really lucked out on the weather, it was warm but cooler than expected. Beautiful day.
Lot of deer beds on an oak ridge The whole place is also a black cherry hinge cut mess, the deer love it up there. This bed is 5' from the base of a large red oak where i have a stand.
