1st rd done of grafting complete.

[buckvelvet]

Have you been pruning those ancient apple trees? If so, has there been any change in the volume or quality of fruit they are producing?

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No I'm scared to tough them, there aint much of the trunks left on 2 of them.

 

[buckvelvet]

Update on the trees i planted for my mom in spring 2016, i grafted myself (except 1).

Pink Pearl (G30)

Pinova (G30)

Zestar (G30) - had to plant a new one this spring, original died.

Homestead Crabapple (B118) from Turkey Creek 'scion i sent'

Gonna train the limbs here pretty soon. Fyi that cut the buds trick does work to creat branches!


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[Turkey Creek]

That Homestead is taking off! In disease issues on the Pink Pearl?

 

[buckvelvet]

No disease whatsoever on any of those 4 trees.

 

[buckvelvet]

Put the bamboo support on the one graft with garden rope & aglok.

Unwrapped the grafts as parafilm was coming off, they healed great.

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[buckvelvet]

Got some trees trained & staked with 10 ft conduit (5ft mistake to start).

Gala (M7)

Pink Pearl (G30)

Pinova (G30)

Homestead Crab (B118, grafted by @turkeycreek)

Used patio blocks, ag-lok, & garden string to train the more stout branches.

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[buckvelvet]

Had found this apple tree this past spring turkey hunting. Its in my grandpas old horse pasture. It must be a seedling of an apple we threw to the horses so many years ago.

Only 4 apples on the tree that i could see but there is no pollination partner around it as there is no other apple tree other than what I've planted on our property.

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[buckvelvet]

Well a black bear broke my majestic peach tree and took all 8 of my big peaches at my house!

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[greyphase]

I feel your pain. :emoji_sob:

 

[buckvelvet]

Any ideas how i should retrain this tree or should i replace it?


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[buckvelvet]

Well a thief in the night took my one Chestnut Crab this past friday but i harvested my Gala's, here are my best lookin 4.

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[Merle Hawggard]

BV, the peach orchards around here train peaches to grow open and by that I mean not a central leader like an apple, but usually a short trunk with several limbs growing away from each other.
I'd trim back from where it's been broke a little then train it that way.

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[Merle Hawggard]

Here's an example of a semi dwarf I found to give you an idea.

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[buckvelvet]

I think i'll do my best to get it to do that for the future.


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[Charman03]

Nice trees buck

 

[buckvelvet]

Been really busy, sorry about the absence, I will get caught up eventually! Finally got my GRIN order completed.

 

[greyphase]

Been really busy, sorry about the absence, I will get caught up eventually! Finally got my GRIN order completed.

Good selection Dan. I have Lord Lamborne , Shafer, Kidds Orange Red, and Court Pendu Plat. I've only fruited the Shafer crab(tasty) and the Kidd's Orange Red (too much bug-bird damage to really taste it). Sadly I'm running out of good planting spots and won't be ordering from GRIN this year. Will probably be limiting myself to 20-30 grafts this year instead of the usual 100+ I've been doing the past several years.

 

[buckvelvet]

@greyphase, what did you decide on plantings this spring i have 50+ trees to remove from my nursery and plant out in my orchard. I have about 40 roostocks coming in to be grafted and then put into my nursery. What all varieties are you grafting?

What about you @aerospacefarmer, you still around here? How things going for you? What sort of plans do you have? Same would go for you @CrazyEd, whats up that wild sleeve of yours?

 

[aerospacefarmer]

Been on vacation in the Caribbean for two weeks haven’t even thought about the apples I think I ordered 20 root stocks and will be doing them with varieties I already have

 

[buckvelvet]

Been on vacation in the Caribbean for two weeks haven’t even thought about the apples I think I ordered 20 root stocks and will be doing them with varieties I already have

My how times have changed Paul. :)

Are sort of running an upstart commercial endeavor at this point?