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Post by kooch on Aug 28, 2022 16:34:25 GMT -6
I’ve decided to put in five crabapple trees next Spring. The mini-orchard is on the South side of my cattail creek on some high ground with row crops to the South. Someday, this section of row crops will be turned into a foodplot with screens around it. But that’s a project for future years. Based on advice from Sandbur, I’ll try to get the following five trees this Spring. Grafted Dolgo Chestnut Big Dog Trail man And one more TBD. Maybe a Red Splendor for the pheasants. I paced 10 steps from the edge of the bean field and mowed a strip. Then I paced 8 steps between planting spots, big long daddy paces, and put marker flags in a row. They are about 25’ apart. Soon, I’ll spray the planting spots with a mixture of glyphosate and 2,4-d. Next Spring I’ll plant and do the mat/mulch/cage thing then drag buckets of water out to them once or twice a week. Maybe I’ll dig the holes yet this fall. Here it is. It doesn’t look like much right now, but I’ve got plans. One step at a time.  |
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 29, 2022 2:59:06 GMT -6
Some of my fruit trees are about ten paces from the crop land. So far I have had no problems with herbicide drift but I worry about it. My renter is very careful.
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 29, 2022 3:00:43 GMT -6
I’ve decided to put in five crabapple trees next Spring. The mini-orchard is on the South side of my cattail creek on some high ground with row crops to the South. Someday, this section of row crops will be turned into a foodplot with screens around it. But that’s a project for future years. Based on advice from Sandbur, I’ll try to get the following five trees this Spring. Grafted Dolgo Chestnut Big Dog Trail man And one more TBD. Maybe a Red Splendor for the pheasants. I paced 10 steps from the edge of the bean field and mowed a strip. Then I paced 8 steps between planting spots, big long daddy paces, and put marker flags in a row. They are about 25’ apart. Soon, I’ll spray the planting spots with a mixture of glyphosate and 2,4-d. Next Spring I’ll plant and do the mat/mulch/cage thing then drag buckets of water out to them once or twice a week. Maybe I’ll dig the holes yet this fall. Here it is. It doesn’t look like much right now, but I’ve got plans. One step at a time. Is that a gopher mound in the lower left? I would keep working on them. |
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Post by kooch on Aug 29, 2022 6:53:04 GMT -6
I’ve decided to put in five crabapple trees next Spring. The mini-orchard is on the South side of my cattail creek on some high ground with row crops to the South. Someday, this section of row crops will be turned into a foodplot with screens around it. But that’s a project for future years. Based on advice from Sandbur, I’ll try to get the following five trees this Spring. Grafted Dolgo Chestnut Big Dog Trail man And one more TBD. Maybe a Red Splendor for the pheasants. I paced 10 steps from the edge of the bean field and mowed a strip. Then I paced 8 steps between planting spots, big long daddy paces, and put marker flags in a row. They are about 25’ apart. Soon, I’ll spray the planting spots with a mixture of glyphosate and 2,4-d. Next Spring I’ll plant and do the mat/mulch/cage thing then drag buckets of water out to them once or twice a week. Maybe I’ll dig the holes yet this fall. Here it is. It doesn’t look like much right now, but I’ve got plans. One step at a time. Is that a gopher mound in the lower left? I would keep working on them. It’s an old one. Nothing fresh there right now. |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 29, 2022 7:23:04 GMT -6
I think your choice of apples sounds pretty good. Are you planting any in your yard?
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 29, 2022 7:29:57 GMT -6
I think your choice of apples sounds pretty good. Are you planting any in your yard? If Curtis ends up like Stu and me, he will soon be out of room!  |
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Post by kooch on Aug 29, 2022 7:39:08 GMT -6
I think your choice of apples sounds pretty good. Are you planting any in your yard? We've got enough apples in the yard already. But, If I did, it'd probably be a Chestnut Crab in the same vicinity of the gnarly old homestead apple trees. |
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Post by badgerfowl on Aug 29, 2022 8:48:47 GMT -6
I thought I'd save time and pre-dig holes one year. I only did them the week before planting. It froze hard the night before planting and I couldn't use any of the frozen soil I dug out. Won't make that mistake ever again. Just an fyi.
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 29, 2022 11:17:23 GMT -6
I thought I'd save time and pre-dig holes one year. I only did them the week before planting. It froze hard the night before planting and I couldn't use any of the frozen soil I dug out. Won't make that mistake ever again. Just an fyi. I would not dig the holes this fall, but I would get deer fencing and fence posts hauled in and cut the fence to length. |
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Post by badgerfowl on Aug 29, 2022 12:33:13 GMT -6
I thought I'd save time and pre-dig holes one year. I only did them the week before planting. It froze hard the night before planting and I couldn't use any of the frozen soil I dug out. Won't make that mistake ever again. Just an fyi. I would not dig the holes this fall, but I would get deer fencing and fence posts hauled in and cut the fence to length. Yup, I'd pass on the holes but all the other protection/matting/supplies could be staged. |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 29, 2022 14:50:24 GMT -6
I think your choice of apples sounds pretty good. Are you planting any in your yard? We've got enough apples in the yard already. But, If I did, it'd probably be a Chestnut Crab in the same vicinity of the gnarly old homestead apple trees. [br I’ll bet you will be buying more in the future. It is kind of addicting! |
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Post by kooch on Aug 29, 2022 14:58:50 GMT -6
Probably right.
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Post by badgerfowl on Aug 29, 2022 15:28:38 GMT -6
I started with 5 apple trees my first year. I'm over 70 now and not half as crazy as some on here. Good luck.
There might be an AA (Appleholics Anonymous) meeting near Pequot Lakes...Look for the dot.
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Post by biglakebass on Aug 29, 2022 15:53:41 GMT -6
Plenty of space to start a custom cider operation!
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 29, 2022 16:28:54 GMT -6
Plenty of space to start a custom cider operation! And plenty of us volunteer taste testor’s! |
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