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Post by benmnwi on Nov 22, 2022 12:10:32 GMT -6
Rusk county soils tend to be slightly acidic around 6 While driving around this weekend looking at some random deer camp deer poles I saw numerous new apple trees I have never noticed before. A few still had apples hanging and all were full sized. Any commercial orchards around that area? I've wondered if some areas with more wild apples had/have large orchards around. I know over by wife's old place (Opole area) there is an old private orchard of around 40 acres. It is in the middle of a section and you'd never know it was there if you didn't know the history of the area. Probably not coincidentally, there are a few wild ditch apples in that area. I'm not aware of any commercial orchards in the Ladysmith area. I have a nice wild apple growing in my highway visual screen. That specific row was planted in 2008 and it appears that the apple tree must have started growing about the same time. It will be interesting to see what kind of apple or crabapple that turns into. Now that I think of it, I probably should start saving apple seeds and plums and randomly plant them around my visual screens that are not near the highway. My pine/spruce plantings are doing great and serving their intended purpose of a visual screen, but I could use some diversity in the areas away from the highway. The red pines are starting to block the sun out and self prune on the bottom, so they won't be as attractive to small game shortly
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