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Post by smsmith on May 23, 2019 6:16:03 GMT -6
Wild plum rootstock is in full Bloom. Flowering crabs are close to bloom as well as farmstead plums. We are probably two weeks behind.I'd say we are all of 2 weeks behind, if not more. I have noticed that Little Falls is ahead of Long Prairie in flowering crab and lilac blooming. I'm guessing due to lighter soil? My Court Pendu Plat trees barely have their first leaves. Last year they blossomed Memorial Day weekend. |
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Post by Sandbur on May 23, 2019 16:48:15 GMT -6
Wild plum rootstock is in full Bloom. Flowering crabs are close to bloom as well as farmstead plums. We are probably two weeks behind.I'd say we are all of 2 weeks behind, if not more. I have noticed that Little Falls is ahead of Long Prairie in flowering crab and lilac blooming. I'm guessing due to lighter soil? My Court Pendu Plat trees barely have their first leaves. Last year they blossomed Memorial Day weekend. I see some corn is up on the sand plain north of Rice. The sand heats up faster. |
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Post by smsmith on May 23, 2019 18:30:23 GMT -6
Not in my orchard, but nearby. I saw some trees blooming today and they weren't there previous years. It's in an area that I hinged/dropped a bunch of trees winter '17. Opening the canopy released a few wild crabs. Nice to see trees like those popping up.
I spent a few hours tying trees today. I've learned that when you train the first set of limbs at 5' or higher, you can end up with some pretty whippy young trees. In strong winds, they'll bang around on the wire cages and damage the bark/limbs. I tie two pieces of jute twine per tree, coming off opposite sides. I tie the twine to the wire cages. This allows the young trees to wiggle around a bit, but not enough to get beat up on the cages.
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Post by Sandbur on May 23, 2019 20:51:03 GMT -6
I will try and get a picture in the next few days, but I like a piece of conduit next to the tree and then I tie the tree to it with some old nylons from my wife.
Some of you guys still wearing nylons? Batman will make some comment so I brought it up first.
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Post by Reagan on May 24, 2019 4:30:49 GMT -6
Only one dude on this website definitely wears nylons.  |
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Post by smsmith on May 24, 2019 6:28:37 GMT -6
I will try and get a picture in the next few days, but I like a piece of conduit next to the tree and then I tie the tree to it with some old nylons from my wife. Yup, that is pretty much the "industry standard". I did find that some trees tied tightly to conduit can end up similar to trees grown in tubes...weak trunks and tops that like to flop over. Letting the trunks sway in the wind helps build caliper/strength. It could have been a variety issue too I suppose. The main reason I haven't gone that route is money. Adding a 10' conduit for 75+ trees is a fair chunk of change. Jute twine is cheap |
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Post by buckvelvet on May 24, 2019 7:00:19 GMT -6
My gala is in full bloom and my chestnut crab has enough clusters to get me some more fruits as well. This is the Orchard at my house, my big orchard just aint old enough yet. These trees are 50 feet apart, i did 25 feet spacing between trees at my house, all are M7 or G30. These 2 are on M7 and by far my biggest tree. Cortland had flowers & fruit last year on M7 but none this year.   |
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Post by Sandbur on May 24, 2019 7:18:36 GMT -6
Only one dude on this website definitely wears nylons. He was a bit weird even before he started hanging out with a guy named Robin. |
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Post by chummer16 on May 24, 2019 18:29:02 GMT -6
Good news on two fronts, I have cell service this year which is a bonus! I also have blossoms on some first timers or near first time. I have dolgo, Kerr, on 5th leaf with a good amount of blossoms. I have a pear on 7th leaf with blossoms. A trailman crab 5th leaf first blossoms. Most surprisingly some my 4th leaf crab seedlings have blossoms. I think it is the Midwest crabs might be the Siberian crabs. I never labeled them because they were 1’ seedlings and I never thought they would amount to anything. They are thick 8-9’ trees and a couple of them have a bunch of blossoms. I don’t want to jinx it but it looks like all my grafts on the rootstock are still alive and a couple have popped. It has been two weeks. Doesn’t look like any of my top works are going to make it. Maybe it is the difference of tubing them or not. I should get some good pics tomorrow. A couple native trees are full bloom but most have not opened yet.
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Post by Sandbur on May 24, 2019 18:44:29 GMT -6
Good news on two fronts, I have cell service this year which is a bonus! I also have blossoms on some first timers or near first time. I have dolgo, Kerr, on 5th leaf with a good amount of blossoms. I have a pear on 7th leaf with blossoms. A trailman crab 5th leaf first blossoms. Most surprisingly some my 4th leaf crab seedlings have blossoms. I think it is the Midwest crabs might be the Siberian crabs. I never labeled them because they were 1’ seedlings and I never thought they would amount to anything. They are thick 8-9’ trees and a couple of them have a bunch of blossoms. I don’t want to jinx it but it looks like all my grafts on the rootstock are still alive and a couple have popped. It has been two weeks. Doesn’t look like any of my top works are going to make it. Maybe it is the difference of tubing them or not. I should get some good pics tomorrow. A couple native trees are full bloom but most have not opened yet. It looks like my khazik apple on a flowering crab will have some blossoms. Also my winter redflesh might produce it’s first apples and Almata might have more than one apple this year. Norland may have it’s first blossoms. |
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Post by nhmountains on May 24, 2019 19:19:36 GMT -6
I noticed two trees in my nursery at home had blossoms. I’ll let them go and pinch off after they finish blooming. These are under 3’ tall so they can’t support any apples 2017 Williams Pride on B118  2017 Dabinett on B118  |
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Post by Sandbur on May 25, 2019 7:11:26 GMT -6
Only one dude on this website definitely wears nylons. He was a bit weird even before he started hanging out with a guy named Robin. Batman ignores the fruit threads. I hear he is concerned as he has a run in his nylons. He was chasing Robin through the brambles. |
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Post by nhmountains on May 26, 2019 1:35:42 GMT -6
Here’s a Wickson that was planted in 2013. It really took off last year. It’s got quite a few apple blossoms this year that were being worked by pollinators yesterday morning. If the bear leave it alone the lower branches under 5’ will be cut off it next pruning season. If it sets fruit the upper branches will be pulled down by fruit to set some horizontals.  |
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Post by Freeborn on May 26, 2019 5:57:18 GMT -6
Here’s a Wickson that was planted in 2013. It really took off last year. It’s got quite a few apple blossoms this year that were being worked by pollinators yesterday morning. If the bear leave it alone the lower branches under 5’ will be cut off it next pruning season. If it sets fruit the upper branches will be pulled down by fruit to set some horizontals. I have a wickson at my place and it is one of the best growing trees I have. As a wildlife tree I think they are a great tree. |
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Post by nhmountains on May 26, 2019 6:11:00 GMT -6
Here’s a Wickson that was planted in 2013. It really took off last year. It’s got quite a few apple blossoms this year that were being worked by pollinators yesterday morning. If the bear leave it alone the lower branches under 5’ will be cut off it next pruning season. If it sets fruit the upper branches will be pulled down by fruit to set some horizontals. I have a wickson at my place and it is one of the best growing trees I have. As a wildlife tree I think they are a great tree. There’s a large orchard south of me that makes a cider from them. They’ve won quite a few awards. |
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