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Post by broomebuck on May 16, 2009 12:08:59 GMT -5
anyone else plant fruit trees ive been doing mostly apples my wife thinks im nuts i started 50 apples from seed they are about five inches tall,and the ocassonal good deal i find at lowes home depot usally end up bringing a tree home
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Post by ozark on May 16, 2009 12:31:17 GMT -5
Fruit trees are great when they start bearing. The problem is that bucks loves to us them as rubs and kills many unless they are pretected by wire until the get to large to interest the deer as rub trees.
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Post by broomebuck on May 16, 2009 12:44:37 GMT -5
i have tree tubes on some small ones and use window screen to keep the rabbits off the trunks of the bigger ones
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Post by ET on May 16, 2009 15:37:36 GMT -5
Broomebuck
I know a little about fruit trees and am wondering if you plan on any grafting?
Ed
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Post by broomebuck on May 16, 2009 18:23:02 GMT -5
ed the ones i started from seed i will graft, my father taught me how when i was like eight years old in Italy they had olive orchards and were farmers. i had bought a old farm house with ten acres three years ago now i have the inside all redone its time to make the land a whitetail haven
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Post by ET on May 16, 2009 19:39:02 GMT -5
ed the ones i started from seed i will graft, my father taught me how when i was like eight years old in Italy they had olive orchards and were farmers. i had bought a old farm house with ten acres three years ago now i have the inside all redone its time to make the land a whitetail haven Sounds like a good plan and hope you save a little room for Turkeys. I used to help a friend with spraying some trees in the spring with a fungicide and pesticide. Then about 4-5 sprayings of pesticide through out the season. Here amount of rainfall dictated amount of spray required. Of course the pruning was done near the end of Feb. before actually starting to spray around the begining of April. It was educational to say the least about caring for fruit trees. More than meets the eye for sure. Ed
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Post by ozark on May 16, 2009 19:47:19 GMT -5
Deer love pears and they don't require all the attention that apples require. But the ultimate is the persimmon if you can get a persommon group of trees started. All wildlife love persimmon and deer visits daily picking up thos which have dropped.
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Post by broomebuck on May 16, 2009 20:03:30 GMT -5
thanks ozark i will look into the persimmons tree if they will live up here i will throw a few in
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Post by petev on May 16, 2009 22:50:07 GMT -5
I don't know of any other fruit trees that grow here in N.Y. other than apples. A number of different berry bushes grow here, and I plan to plant some next year. Nut trees such as walnut also grow here.
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Post by DHinMN on May 16, 2009 23:59:42 GMT -5
Don't brush off the idea of pear trees in New York. I'm in Minnesota and have two pear trees that will produce the best pears you ever tasted. They are past their prime and I don't take very good care of them any more but they still produce some every year. Look in some of the garden and seed catalogs and you will probably find some that are hardy for northern climates. The only advice I would give is find good stock and dont' plant them too close together. They need sun and room to grow. 50 apple trees sounds like a lot of apple pie. Good Luck. DH
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Post by broomebuck on May 17, 2009 6:51:22 GMT -5
petev pear trees do well in ny and they are a little hardier than apples but they take a little longer to grow
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Post by petev on May 17, 2009 9:43:26 GMT -5
DH, brbuck thanks for the pear tip!
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Post by broomebuck on May 18, 2009 6:12:24 GMT -5
petev to correct myself some of the kiefer pears from what i have read recently will grow pretty quick
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Post by 12ptdroptine on May 18, 2009 20:31:07 GMT -5
at 53 i dont think I will have time to see them mature.... But I wonder what one of them already bearing would cost to have one of them big old spade truck's drop in a hole for me? Drop
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Post by jims on May 18, 2009 21:48:42 GMT -5
To 12ptdroptine: I think you would but in any event they would be there for your kids. Somebody has to plant. Go ahead and do it. I had planted about 9000 hardwoods, I may not enjoy them but someone will.
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Post by broomebuck on May 19, 2009 6:07:00 GMT -5
12ptdrop some dwarf trees will produce fruit in 2 years and get 6to 10 feet tall semi dwarf range from 10 to 25 depends on what root stock they are on and with in five years with a little tlc they should produce fruit in five, around here you can get semi dwarf in a 7 gallon pot for like 90 to 110 bucks good luck. Rocco
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Post by DHinMN on May 19, 2009 6:58:47 GMT -5
12point, You're never too old to plant trees. No one is. Take a tip from broombuck and jims. You would have apples way before retirement. Pears too. Live long and prosper. DH
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