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Post by buckvelvet on Feb 19, 2017 17:39:47 GMT -6
Pruned some trees in the orchard today. Scored & pruned these 2. Jonagold (Antonovka)
Brushy Mountain Limbertwig (Antonovka)
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Post by buckvelvet on Feb 19, 2017 17:41:26 GMT -6
Will have to transplant soon, ground is getting soft and 50% in the nursery are silvertip & awfully fuzzy.   |
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Post by nhmountains on Feb 19, 2017 17:59:35 GMT -6
Think back to how far you've in just a couple years grasshopper. You're doing fine.
Sucks that things warmed up that quick for you. Hopefully you'll be able to dig them up. I've still got 15" of snow.
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Post by buckvelvet on Feb 19, 2017 18:04:34 GMT -6
Look how much these 2 limb on their own. Winter Lane Crab (b118). Notice the worm corpse i sprayer and killed earlier last year, a reminder for his friends.  Winter Wildlife Crab (b118)  Im letting these 2 go as they are extremely vigorous. |
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Post by buckvelvet on Feb 19, 2017 18:06:36 GMT -6
Think back to how far you've in just a couple years grasshopper. You're doing fine. Sucks that things warmed up that quick for you. Hopefully you'll be able to dig them up. I've still got 15" of snow. Thanks! Yes the weather this year is crazy! |
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Post by nhmountains on Feb 19, 2017 19:06:29 GMT -6
So I see you got crickets on your scaffold question at HT.
I'd go 18"-24".
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Post by buckvelvet on Feb 19, 2017 19:43:06 GMT -6
So I see you got crickets on your scaffold question at HT. I'd go 18"-24". Yeah I saw try to keep some of the main guys there engaged, not so much this round. lol. |
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Post by Freeborn on Feb 20, 2017 6:39:09 GMT -6
Looks great BV, I see your using larger rocks as mulch. What are your thoughts on using the larger rock?
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Post by buckvelvet on Feb 20, 2017 8:10:54 GMT -6
Looks great BV, I see your using larger rocks as mulch. What are your thoughts on using the larger rock? That is limestone, they the cement company filled my entire truck for $5 and I limped home because it was so heavy. Thats pretty much why, its free lime when it rains (though minuscule) and its a ton of rock for cheap. |
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Post by buckvelvet on Feb 20, 2017 8:20:34 GMT -6
I mean walmart has bags of river rock for $6-7 that are 40 lbs, the local landscape place has small stones for $30 a scoop in a tea cup kabota. I thought, I wonder what the cement company does, I pulled in, walked in the office and said can I get a scoop of that crushed limestone out there. They said sure how much do you need, I said a pickup load. They looked at my truck, 2001 F150 super cab, ya know the real tiny bed one, he grinned, ahh how bout $5, sold!
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Post by smsmith on Feb 20, 2017 8:28:23 GMT -6
I used to be able to get cheap crushed limestone near my old place, also from a concrete company. I also got cheap wash stone from them, when mixed with more expensive river rock from a landscape place it looked nice and I stretched the coverage quite a bit.
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Post by buckvelvet on Feb 21, 2017 18:07:10 GMT -6
This tree is at my in laws, its a september dropper. Fruit is shaped much like Calville 'Da Hiver. It is somewhat yellow green in color. I will take pics of the fruit this year.  Here is a pic the dormant homestead crab. Its slowly fading into history.  |
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Post by nhmountains on Feb 21, 2017 19:09:40 GMT -6
This tree is at my in laws, its a september dropper. Fruit is shaped much like Calville 'Da Hiver. It is somewhat yellow green in color. I will take pics of the fruit this year. Here is a pic the dormant homestead crab. Its slowly fading into history. BV, lots of good scion wood on that early apple. Those would be a good deer apple to get them hitting your deer orchard early. Then keep them going there thru December. That other tree can live many more years. I've got many like it that are going to be pruned this year to stimulate new growth. Apples have a will to live that is powerful. Your tree seems to be getting sunlight so it's healthier than a lot out there. Unless its diseased I'd bet it could live another 50 years. Try pruning and see what happens. |
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Post by buckvelvet on Feb 21, 2017 19:56:17 GMT -6
This tree is at my in laws, its a september dropper. Fruit is shaped much like Calville 'Da Hiver. It is somewhat yellow green in color. I will take pics of the fruit this year. Here is a pic the dormant homestead crab. Its slowly fading into history. BV, lots of good scion wood on that early apple. Those would be a good deer apple to get them hitting your deer orchard early. Then keep them going there thru December. That other tree can live many more years. I've got many like it that are going to be pruned this year to stimulate new growth. Apples have a will to live that is powerful. Your tree seems to be getting sunlight so it's healthier than a lot out there. Unless its diseased I'd bet it could live another 50 years. Try pruning and see what happens. I have a few homestead, i will make a graft of the early dropper. I have so many varieties to work with i will have to say no at some point, right? Lol... I may want to get some pruning done on those trees. However the right side of that homestead is deader than a mackeral. |
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Post by buckvelvet on Mar 31, 2017 22:30:34 GMT -6
I've received my 40 b118 rootstocks today! Thanks to all those that shared scion this year, the adventure begins sunday afternoon!
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