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Post by smsmith on Mar 21, 2017 10:50:39 GMT -6
I bet it'll be at least 2 weeks til I see a blue bird here Once again, I'm wrong. Saw a couple bluebirds this morning.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 21, 2017 11:06:29 GMT -6
Snow geese were flying over on Sunday.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 6, 2020 15:55:50 GMT -6
I can't pass up ordering these trees...had my first apple on one this year. Just one, but they are almost all surviving. They grow fast. I buy the plugs from U of Idaho Nursery
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Post by smsmith on Jan 7, 2020 8:47:44 GMT -6
I can't pass up ordering these trees...had my first apple on one this year. Just one, but they are almost all surviving. They grow fast. I buy the plugs from U of Idaho Nursery Your boy could do some whip/tongue, cleft, and/or bark grafting on those trees. Make some Frankentrees
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 7, 2020 9:26:37 GMT -6
I can't pass up ordering these trees...had my first apple on one this year. Just one, but they are almost all surviving. They grow fast. I buy the plugs from U of Idaho Nursery Your boy could do some whip/tongue, cleft, and/or bark grafting on those trees. Make some Frankentrees That would be interesting. Who knows what kind of apples they will have?
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Post by smsmith on Jan 7, 2020 11:40:27 GMT -6
Your boy could do some whip/tongue, cleft, and/or bark grafting on those trees. Make some Frankentrees That would be interesting. Who knows what kind of apples they will have? Nobody knows until they produce fruit. If you get some with fruit that aren't all that great, those would be good ones for grafting over to known varieties. One of the tastiest apples I ever had was a wild apple that grew on the fence line when I was a kid. I still regret not knowing how to graft back then. That unnamed apple could have been preserved.
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Post by Sandbur on Jan 7, 2020 12:31:14 GMT -6
Are those common wild apples listed as zone 3 or 4?
It seems like years back they were zone 4.
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Post by smsmith on Jan 7, 2020 12:40:15 GMT -6
They're rated to zone 3. I'd guess zone ratings on seedlings is a pure crap shoot (any seedlings). I wouldn't hesitate to plant them here. I had planned to add a few to my conifer order from U of ID but decided to leave those spots open for future wild seedlings from my place.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 9, 2020 14:49:57 GMT -6
Are those common wild apples listed as zone 3 or 4? It seems like years back they were zone 4. Yeah 3 ... I can only think of one dying ? They are tough. I planted a few up on my 230 acres in Kittson County (which I sold) that guy is gonna have some awesome cover in next few years. I planted 4000/5000 trees up there. It was good already. The Common Wild Apples survived up there by the Canada border.
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Post by Sandbur on Jan 10, 2020 5:02:39 GMT -6
Are those common wild apples listed as zone 3 or 4? It seems like years back they were zone 4. Yeah 3 ... I can only think of one dying ? They are tough. I planted a few up on my 230 acres in Kittson County (which I sold) that guy is gonna have some awesome cover in next few years. I planted 4000/5000 trees up there. It was good already. The Common Wild Apples survived up there by the Canada border. Like everything, it must vary with seed source. I received a Chief River Nursery catalog yesterday, and the rate them as zone 4.
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Post by smsmith on Jan 10, 2020 9:25:22 GMT -6
Yeah 3 ... I can only think of one dying ? They are tough. I planted a few up on my 230 acres in Kittson County (which I sold) that guy is gonna have some awesome cover in next few years. I planted 4000/5000 trees up there. It was good already. The Common Wild Apples survived up there by the Canada border. Like everything, it must vary with seed source. I received a Chief River Nursery catalog yesterday, and the rate them as zone 4. Something about Chief River has always turned me off, I've never ordered from them. Provenance of seed is a huge factor in winter hardiness. That's a big part of why I'm saving some spots here for future seedlings from my trees. I figure if two of my trees pollinate each other, their progeny should have a high likelihood of being able to survive winters. Whether they're tasty or not though...who knows.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 10, 2020 9:38:43 GMT -6
How many more spots do you have Stu?
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Post by smsmith on Jan 10, 2020 9:41:16 GMT -6
How many more spots do you have Stu? Well...that's debatable As my orchards currently stand I could fit another 8-10 trees in (after this and next year's grafts). I could expand relatively easily if I decide to turn food or flower plots into orchards (probably not)
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jan 10, 2020 10:57:24 GMT -6
At $2.50 each, I cannot resist.
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Post by benmnwi on Jan 10, 2020 11:51:43 GMT -6
I've purchased seedling dolgo's from Chief River Nursery and they have done great for me. I believe they were also in the $3 range since I purchased 25 or so.
I've also purchased some of the generic wild seedling apples from SLN and they have also done well.
Those small, cheap seedlings sure start out small and pathetic looking compared to the grafted varieties normally purchased. They really seem to make up ground 2 years later though.
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