oh no, I hate that when that happens! Happens to our very large apricot trees EVERY year. They bloom, then it freezes. I think we have had a total of 5 apricots in the 9 years we have lived here...My blooming fruit trees got covered in snow today. I'm REALLY hoping it didn't mess up my fig grafts.
Peanut, you need to come here with your cultivator and till our garden LOL
our very old 1980s JD tractor still works, I just wished now in hindsight it had come with a loader and a tiller attachmentThe cultivators still need work. This coming fall I need to take them to a shop down the road. The guy can sandblast and paint them for me. They are made from US steel in the 60’s. Can’t buy equipment like this anymore so it’s worth my time to refurbish all the old farm equipment I have. It’ll last anther 60yrs for the price of paint and a few new bolts. I spent $100 on new bolts this week, only installed 24. But I have replacements for every bolt on it.
Something ate them???I planted 75 bare root strawberry plants last spring. They all lived and grew. This year, zero plants have shown. What are the odds of 75 not making it?
I just replanted 10 and have 50 more ordered. It is the normal bed where I always have berries so I know they grow there. They usually produce quite well.
Can't even find roots. Plus, they are inside a fence which is inside another fence.Something ate them???
I was thinking voles (and maybe a Caddyshack scene).Can't even find roots. Plus, they are inside a fence which is inside another fence.
maybe grubs , happened to my broccolie last year. Husband ended up getting some insecticide to put in the ground ( and it worked) but I don't want to do that, so I just ordered some beneficial bacteria spray and some milky spore granules that will kill them without having to put poison in the groundCan't even find roots. Plus, they are inside a fence which is inside another fence.
The only rose bushes we have are right next to the house a long way from where the trees are going. And, I looked for disease resistant stuff, so for I am thinking of ordering something called " dutches of Oldenburg" and Haralson ( they are what I want in flavor , disease resistance and grow in our zone)@sonya123 If you set out apple trees be aware they are susceptible to Fire Blight which is common in rose bushes. Roses and apples are in the same plant family.
People usually don't make that connection but it's something to keep an eye on. Especially in summer when roses usually get hit with this blight.
buy apples most resistant to cedar rust for sure.The only rose bushes we have are right next to the house a long way from where the trees are going. And, I looked for disease resistant stuff, so for I am thinking of ordering something called " dutches of Oldenburg" and Haralson ( they are what I want in flavor , disease resistance and grow in our zone)
ok, I have been searching for the perfect apple tree to plant....about ready to quit! This is the requirements: it needs to grow in Virginia and semi clay soil , there is no sand here. Here is a big one, it needs to ripen early NOT end of October ( market is over by then and we can't sell them). this is the big problem . I want what we had here that died, and the closest I am finding is something called "wealthy" , which needs a companion tree to pollinate . The companion tree needs to be some Macintosh variety which I personally don't like all that much for eating. They are cooking apples. But neither is particular disease resistant . I don't know what sort of apple trees we have , we only have a few left that are alive , don't know how old. Never thought it would be that hard to buy some apple trees LOLbuy apples most resistant to cedar rust for sure.
one apple tree that is on most old homesteads in south that produced year after year...and its not a storage apple..it a early apple used for apple sauce and fresh eating only...yellow transparent.
Anna Hess that wrote the weekend homesteader and lived in south west virginia ,she and husband both wrote the blog walden effect says the #1 tree looking at all the old homesteads around from way back in the day..original homesteads..is the yellow transparent.ok, I have been searching for the perfect apple tree to plant....about ready to quit! This is the requirements: it needs to grow in Virginia and semi clay soil , there is no sand here. Here is a big one, it needs to ripen early NOT end of October ( market is over by then and we can't sell them). this is the big problem . I want what we had here that died, and the closest I am finding is something called "wealthy" , which needs a companion tree to pollinate . The companion tree needs to be some Macintosh variety which I personally don't like all that much for eating. They are cooking apples. But neither is particular disease resistant . I don't know what sort of apple trees we have , we only have a few left that are alive , don't know how old. Never thought it would be that hard to buy some apple trees LOL
I don't like the yellow apples, don;t taste good ( like the yellow delicious that are sort of mealy you get in the store, those I don't want for sure)
So I listened to you and got 1 yellow transparent full size, I also got the semi dwarf ( only way it came) "wealthy" and a ruby red mac semi dwarf, plus a dwarf cherrybuy apples most resistant to cedar rust for sure.
one apple tree that is on most old homesteads in south that produced year after year...and its not a storage apple..it a early apple used for apple sauce and fresh eating only...yellow transparent.
He said NOT to get dwarf or semi dwarf!!So I listened to you and got 1 yellow transparent full size, I also got the semi dwarf ( only way it came) "wealthy" and a ruby red mac semi dwarf, plus a dwarf cherry
We will see . I hope I didn't waste all this money for something that won't work.....
I looked it up, it says people with orchards plant crab apple trees for pollination since they work well and grow well. We do have one of those and it will only be maybe 50 feet from where the other trees will go
the varieties I wanted only came in semi dwarf ...we'll see. The cherry I dont want a full size tree, we already have one and it's almost impossible to get most of the cherries off I don't want anyone falling off a ladder trying to somehow get to themHe said NOT to get dwarf or semi dwarf!!
He said NOT to get dwarf or semi dwarf!!
its ok if you can only get trees on smaller root stock...if you want that tree to be a standard size per dr. jim cummins who ran new york experimental station for years and years and founder of cummins nursery all you do is get the graft below soil level and it will send out roots.the varieties I wanted only came in semi dwarf ...we'll see. The cherry I dont want a full size tree, we already have one and it's almost impossible to get most of the cherries off I don't want anyone falling off a ladder trying to somehow get to them
PLus I would have to space the trees further apart and then they won;'t fit below the garden where there will be fencing ( and the sheep and goats will try to eat them) . If you put small fencing around them it is a really hassle to try to get the weeds out. Trust me, I have thought this through, either small tree or no tree, the one is the exception.
The neighbors have a bunch of dwarf trees and they all seem to be doing ok
You know, I just thought of this: there is an entire orchard of trees next to our property. I probably dont need to worry about cross pollination at all....
Doesn’t matter—it won’t stay dwarf. I’ve got a dwarf apple and haven’t been good about trimming it. Yesterday my cousin took 2-3 feet off the top and will still need a 10 foot ladder to prune again next year.He said NOT to get dwarf or semi dwarf!!