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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Feb 24, 2019 14:55:14 GMT -5
Mumsey, do you grow Victoria rhubarb or another brand?
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Post by Mumsey on Feb 24, 2019 15:14:56 GMT -5
Canadian Red. Harvest all season til frost and used 1/3 less sugar
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Post by desertwoman on Feb 24, 2019 16:35:11 GMT -5
Hand raised binnylouWe have 7 trees: peach, cherry(2), apple, crab apple, pear and plum
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 26, 2019 9:49:41 GMT -5
binnylou, how is your peach tree looking? You mentioned early bud swelling in December. By the way- it's probably time for most of us to start thinking about feeding fruit trees. Just before bud break is the perfect time, but up to month before that is good too. And if you miss this window you can feed after they are blooming through May. Be sure to feed out to the drip line and about a foot away from the trunk.
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Post by binnylou on Mar 26, 2019 10:14:49 GMT -5
I checked it a few days ago. Buds look normal.
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Post by deckman22 on Mar 31, 2019 12:00:28 GMT -5
Not sure how it happened as my other apple trees did not bloom at the same time but, my 2 oldest gala trees have baby apples on them. They must have been able to self pollenate. The other 3 apple trees I have are just now budding/blooming. The trees are quite large for their age, planted 2 years ago, which must be because I planted them inside my best garden area and their roots go into that soil.
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Post by binnylou on Mar 31, 2019 12:48:01 GMT -5
I found a site that says they are partially self fertile, but that a white flowering crab would be a good pollinator.
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Post by deckman22 on Apr 3, 2019 7:14:50 GMT -5
I may have to try the crab apple. I read a list of pollenators for the gala to also be honey crisp and Jonathon so I may get one each of those next year cause the granny smith and red delicious don't seem to bloom at the same time. I never see honey crisp trees for sale around here other than some big place on the eastside of San Antonio which I'd rather not drive to.
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Post by deckman22 on Apr 13, 2019 10:19:09 GMT -5
So what do you all use to keep bugs off the apples? I bought some organic spray but, have held off spraying so far. I'm tempted to not spray & see what happens.
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Post by octave1 on Apr 13, 2019 11:37:55 GMT -5
deckman22, I have 3 apple trees and I don't spray them. Needless to say they get damaged by bugs, but worse yet, raccoons get them before I do--and before the apples are ready to be picked. So why spraying. One of the trees is a Honeycrisp. It blooms very early, and it's actually the first one to bloom. Not sure it gets properly pollinated, but by July is visibly loaded.
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Apr 13, 2019 11:43:01 GMT -5
I haven't checked this entire thread from the first page, so I apologize if this has been asked and answered. My question is whether anyone has any experience growing Northern Spies, including from a possible dwarf tree.
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Post by tom 🕊 on Apr 13, 2019 12:05:23 GMT -5
raccoons get them before I do I have used a collar of sheet metal around tree trunks to keep cats from getting to bird nests.
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Post by desertwoman on Apr 13, 2019 13:53:01 GMT -5
deckman22 , Coddling moths are the biggy for the apples BT can be used . The moths will still lay eggs, the eggs would hatch and the little worm would take a bite and die from the BT. But at least the blemish would be on the surface. And you wouldn't have the infamous worm in your apple. If you're not selling where apples need to be blemish free- this is a good solution Reminds me of an old joke: Q. What is worse than finding a worm in your apple? A. A half worm.
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Post by deckman22 on Apr 14, 2019 19:40:32 GMT -5
Thanks octave1 and desertwoman. I will spray cause we have lots of moths here. May have to make that trip to eastside of San Antonio next spring for a honeycrisp tree if they bloom early. My grandkids all love that kind of apple too.
I hope I'm not too late with the spray, apples are about the size of crab apples now.
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Post by binnylou on Apr 14, 2019 19:48:32 GMT -5
I'm going to use neem oil, if the wind ever calms down. That is all I've ever used on my Reliance peach tree and so far so good. Unfortunately, ground hogs are not to be deterred by neem oil.
I do hope to use surround this year, since I have some on hand. I think there was a thread about using Surround.
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