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Post by Sandbur on Apr 22, 2021 16:59:39 GMT -6
Last year, Ryan from Blue Hill Wildlife Nursery mentioned that some of his dolgo rootstock had some red in the heartwood. This year, he saved some for me.  He said he would find one in about every 250 seedling rootstock. Last year, he seemed to see more. He sent me 20 of them and I put them on my best soil.  Then added some root gel and got it done.   |
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 22, 2021 17:05:17 GMT -6
I only had 16 cages back there, so I doubled four cages with two rootstock.  (Stu, you might remember this location where we jumped a big bodied deer) I don’t know what type of 🍎 I will end up with. Maybe only red splendor type crabs, maybe a dolgo sized fruit with more intense berry or cherry flavor. Maybe even a nice apple crab with pink to red flesh. This should be a good testing ground for CAR. Those with CAR will be topworked in another year. |
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Post by smsmith on Apr 22, 2021 18:18:17 GMT -6
That should be a fun experiment Art
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Post by Sandbur on May 29, 2021 17:26:06 GMT -6
  All of the seedlings are alive and showing bronze leaf color. I thumb pruned them to a single leader. |
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Post by kooch on May 29, 2021 18:56:58 GMT -6
That’s one fancy cage contraption you have there Dr. I think you should introduce yourself as Dr Sandbur all the time. And you should insist that people call you Dr.  |
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Post by Sandbur on May 29, 2021 20:07:09 GMT -6
That’s one fancy cage contraption you have there Dr. I think you should introduce yourself as Dr Sandbur all the time. And you should insist that people call you Dr. Not me, that’s not my style. |
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Post by kooch on May 29, 2021 20:35:29 GMT -6
That’s one fancy cage contraption you have there Dr. I think you should introduce yourself as Dr Sandbur all the time. And you should insist that people call you Dr. Not me, that’s not my style. If I thought it was I wouldn’t joke about it. |
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Post by kooch on May 29, 2021 20:46:15 GMT -6
I am impressed with the cage though. It looks meticulously prepared.
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Post by Sandbur on May 29, 2021 20:54:52 GMT -6
I am impressed with the cage though. It looks meticulously prepared. JPS contraption is the best name for them. They work for me until I get enough growth to use the window screen. |
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 7, 2021 10:50:44 GMT -6
  i noticed that one of my top works from 2015 has bronze leaves. I need to try and get a piece of scion off of it and see if I can get fruit. |
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 9, 2021 11:48:15 GMT -6
I got over to check on these trees and to water them. All are alive.  There are miles of ditch that drain into this pond. The pond is so low that I dug a hole in the bottom, so I could dip water for the trees. i did this in another pond yesterday. Deer and coons are all ready using my two square foot dug out.  |
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 16, 2021 14:55:53 GMT -6
 I got over there today and gave each tree about 1.5 gallons of water. I have to haul it in and can only access it at certain times because of the neighbors irrigation rig. I can no longer reach any water from the pond. |
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 30, 2021 11:35:28 GMT -6
  I watered these for the third time today. Some have reached 36 inches or more in height. |
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Post by Sandbur on Jul 6, 2021 19:18:41 GMT -6
  These are two, open pollinated Kinderkrisp seedlings where I selected for bronze leaves. I hope I am around long enough to see and taste the apples. |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jul 6, 2021 21:38:40 GMT -6
I like your tube & cage set up!
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