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    Your best fall mix?

    Another trick is to spread some no till seed, thrn spread some more a few weekd later. Deer like ypunger rye, like 4 to 8 inch ramge Are you planting in oat stubble?
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    What is this and how do i handle it?

    I was noticing the birds last week. The birds were on thr mature trees eating bugs. Think young trees dont offer perxh or predayor protection. Thinking thatd why young ones get hit harder. Look ibyo tsnglefoot. Atleast they cant hit another tree. If youre organic. I dont think that...
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    What is this and how do i handle it?

    Malathion works good. Soak it i have a wand extension for my spayer. Probably could use a atv sprayer.
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    Later to Leaf out / later to bloom Apples.

    Poorsand, Next years project is adding bees. Dont want another hobby though. Just setup their habitat, maybe mason bees. Need to do homework.
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    Stark Bros Sale

    Bought arkansas black from them ladt year. Its doing well. Had a saturn peach die, thry gave me a refund. Bought a macoun with the refund.
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    Another DR apple

    Was temptedto order from them. They also have local variants of several trees. They calk them sports. They have 2 or 3 different empire sports, thunk they had different macouns too. Also have saturn donut peaches. Blue hill does sell rubyrush.
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    Perennial Plot Questions

    onlybrowning, You do anything to your plots yet? It's not too late to get a summer plot in. Could buy buckwehat, or spread oats and a few different clovers. Those clovers make nitrogen, which the excess nitrogen is liked by grasses n weeds. The trick is to introduce plants you want to...
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    RIP to the biggest POS

    Actually that POS 15 gallon you could stuff underneath or make a hanger off the front. Got a 2nd chemical you can spray while youre out there. Like triclopyr for brushy edges or apple tree sprays.
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    Crabapple timeline

    I got a franklin at home. IT's still yuong, but cummins calls it a bloom group 4. It didn't bloom yet, but it seemed the buds broke maybe a little bit before my liberty did. My liberty was drowning in buds when I planted it in 2023, no flowers on it this year. I did prune both agressively...
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    Later to Leaf out / later to bloom Apples.

    Seeing the thread / comments recently about frosts ruining our trees. Anybody have some good recommendations for late blooming trees? Also, I tried to keep most of my home orchard bloom group 3 and 4. However, does bloom group relate to how late the buds start waking up. Or are there...
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    RIP to the biggest POS

    howboutthemdawgs, Got any pics of the sprayer spraying? Also, for the orchard guys, would be nice to see how high that thing can spray with the wand. Also, folks would appreciate extra tanks for their side by sides, if your done with those tanks. turkey creek, I saw your post in march...
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    Crimson Clover tips

    I've had food plot seed mixes over the years that had some crimson clover. PRetty much doesn't come back the next year here in the hudson valley NY. Pretty much always wanted a field of it. Nitrogen would be nice though. I bought a monster 13hp walk behind rototiller last fall, will...
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    Fruit Tree Spray Frequency

    Peeps. I do plan on using the powder, bought the liquid for 1st run to learn amounts. I am using a new to me backpack sprayer. Was going to do a trail run with just water to see what it does far as concentrations needed. I do have a 15 gallon sprayer. I only have 3 mature trees left. But...
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    Crimping Crimson % of Success

    Far as mature goes, do you wait for the seed heads to go brown/black?
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    Anything I can do to help new trees survive being chewed on by caterpillars?

    ID give them a 2nd dose of sevin when you can get a break in the rain. I had a bad spell of catepillars here, used the bonide fruit tree spray and it worked ok, used 1.5oz/gal. Sevin is the main insecticide in that one. I just got some imidan, but need to setup my supplied air respirator...
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