The Sandbox

[sandbur]

Some made it, some didn't!

 

[Bowsnbucks]

I think I read you and Stu talking about a " Pillsbury Crab ". What is that, Bur ?? Is it any of the above grafts ?? ^^^^

 

[sandbur]

One of my Pillsbury crabs did not take after all. I need to look at both of them.

Stu found it in a ditch over near his house and it holds crab apples into spring time -if my memory is correct.

 

[sandbur]

^^^Pillsbury crab is just what I call a wild crab that I found down the road aways. It has bloomed and been loaded with fruit every year since I've been here. Fruit is nearly ping pong ball sized, yellow/green most of the year and turning orange in the fall. Fruit hangs on the tree well into spring, zero idea how it tastes (I should pick a couple and try them this year). Its relatively close to a couple homes, so I grabbed scion wood and took off :oops:

I had to bail Stu out for that one.

Just kidding.....
I have found another rootstock crab that was holding fruit up until April Fool's day. I think I have one of these grafts that took. (called Fool's Dog).

These trees might be a little late at holding fruit to be of much value for deer, except during a late winter. If they shed a few apples all winter, that is great.

 

[foggy]

^ you apple tree guys are possessed. ;)

 

[sandbur]

^ you apple tree guys are possessed. ;)

Can't argue about that.

I think we need to name a crabapple after foggy. Maybe call it Rain Dance Deluge.

 

[sandbur]

^^^Pillsbury crab is just what I call a wild crab that I found down the road aways. It has bloomed and been loaded with fruit every year since I've been here. Fruit is nearly ping pong ball sized, yellow/green most of the year and turning orange in the fall. Fruit hangs on the tree well into spring, zero idea how it tastes (I should pick a couple and try them this year). Its relatively close to a couple homes, so I grabbed scion wood and took off :oops:

I was slitting the rubber band/grafting tape and broke the new growth off of the Pillsbury crab. I hope the Pillsbury graft on the back corner is doing OK.

 

[sandbur]

View from the stand. I'm not sure if the corn will be mature enough or not. There are a few rows of beans in there, also.

 

[sandbur]

I clipped the small area to the left of the corn. Maybe a place for some rye?

 

[sandbur]

Bur is getting lazy and used the riding lawn mower for this deer trail.

 

[sandbur]

Tag alder clearcut from a few years ago.

That is a flowering crab on the right.

 

[sandbur]

 

[sandbur]

Maybe some success, here.

 

[SD51555]

Bur is getting lazy and used the riding lawn mower for this deer trail.

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I say practical. There are no points for working hard.

 

[sandbur]

I say practical. There are no points for working hard.

I liked the narrow trails for keeping 4 wheelers off of the land, but have not really had any problems with them on the place where I live.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

You have some nice thick cover there, Bur. I like the spruce along your trail, too. The deer around where I hunt LOVE spruce for cover. View from the stand is real nice.

 

[sandbur]

I was slitting the rubber band/grafting tape and broke the new growth off of the Pillsbury crab. I hope the Pillsbury graft on the back corner is doing OK.

The Pillsbury crab graft on the back corner is nearly shoulder high!
Whitney grafts are probably second fastest growing.

 

[Rally1148]

The Chestnut Crab scion that you sent me has about 18 inches of growth! Out of all of the bark grafts, it is the tallest! I cut off all of the nurse branches, so it should really start flying now!

 

[sandbur]

Glad to hear the Pillsbury is growing well for you :) I haven't checked on mine for quite awhile, I need to do so. Whitney has grown quickly for me

I even have a tiny bit of green on the broken off Pillsbury crab. One other native crab is growing well. It is a 2 inch crab that drops late. October to mid Nov.

 

[sandbur]

Luscious pear planted 2010.



I took it out and should have taken this one out also.



Maybe Dipper getting dead pear rootstock is a godsend!