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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 20, 2018 14:21:52 GMT -6
I planted a bunch of crabs back in 2000-2003 as part of a CRP plan. The crabapple were small berries, cannot remember what they were for sure, guess...is Red Splendor and Sargent.
Anyway, what do you guys plant for birds, songbirds, pheasants, or even grouse?
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Dec 20, 2018 14:24:32 GMT -6
Zumi crabs
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Post by sd51555 on Dec 20, 2018 16:52:31 GMT -6
When I was planting apples for hardy rootstocks, I was planting manchurian crabs and siberian crabs. I think those are both tiny ornamentals that will hold their fruit till it's pulled off. They haven't fruited yet, so I'm not sure what to expect. I really need to get the details of the grafting competition finalized for this spring.
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Post by Sandbur on Dec 20, 2018 17:31:20 GMT -6
Red Spendor has been full of waxwings this week.
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Post by batman on Dec 20, 2018 18:38:56 GMT -6
I plant Nothing for birds.
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Post by kabic on Dec 20, 2018 18:47:41 GMT -6
I plant Nothing for birds. What do you plant for the bats to help them through the stress of white nose syndrome. I mean you gotta like bats right |
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Post by batman on Dec 20, 2018 18:50:53 GMT -6
I plant Nothing for birds. What do you plant for the bats to help them through the stress of white nose syndrome. I mean you gotta like bats right I plant the trees they make tennis racquets out of for bats. I used to plant hickory for baseball bats but could never hit the little fuckers. |
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Post by kabic on Dec 20, 2018 18:56:36 GMT -6
What do you plant for the bats to help them through the stress of white nose syndrome. I mean you gotta like bats right I plant the trees they make tennis racquets out of for bats. I used to plant hickory for baseball bats but could never hit the little fuckers. I see. Well we can always hope for a genetic resistance strain to develop and repopulate. Edit: how long before we se bat and racket resistance in bats |
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Post by batman on Dec 20, 2018 18:58:01 GMT -6
I plant the trees they make tennis racquets out of for bats. I used to plant hickory for baseball bats but could never hit the little fuckers. I see. Well we can always hope for a genetic resistance strain to develop and repopulate. You ever bear hugged Serena Williams? |
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Post by kabic on Dec 20, 2018 18:59:17 GMT -6
I see. Well we can always hope for a genetic resistance strain to develop and repopulate. You ever bear hugged Serena Williams? Nope... |
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Post by Freeborn on Dec 20, 2018 19:31:44 GMT -6
I planted a bunch of crabs back in 2000-2003 as part of a CRP plan. The crabapple were small berries, cannot remember what they were for sure, guess...is Red Splendor and Sargent.
Anyway, what do you guys plant for birds, songbirds, pheasants, or even grouse?
As part of my CRP planting they planted Red Splendor Crab. Tons of small red berries. |
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 20, 2018 20:33:47 GMT -6
A guy I know claims red splendor crabapples are the variety of choice for grouse.
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 21, 2018 7:03:59 GMT -6
Can you even plant enough crabs to feed birds? My experience with birds is that when they hit a food source it's in flocks of hundreds and they stay perched there for 12hrs a day. Even giant mulberry trees get stripped in short order. I can't imagine a crab apple tree bearing bird fruit for more than a day once they decided they liked it.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 21, 2018 8:17:23 GMT -6
Manchurian Crab was one the plantings. Pheasants eat the berries! Another plus is these small berry crabs will throw off a large berry tree every so often.  |
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Post by Freeborn on Dec 21, 2018 17:38:33 GMT -6
Manchurian Crab was one the plantings. Pheasants eat the berries! Another plus is these small berry crabs will throw off a large berry tree every so often. I have a number of red Splendor crabs that have 1" or better apples that hold late into the season. Nice trees and zero maintenance. |
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