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Hello experts, As some of you may remember, I found a group of about 20 native plum trees on my farm. I was pretty excited to say the least. This past weekend I picked 10 and decided to try and grow them from seed. Ambitious task? Maybe. I’ve never tried anything like this but I’ve...

I had found about 10 of these bushes/trees on my tree line. The fruit is variable shades of orange/yellow/red. Trees all look to be about 9-10’ tall. Any thoughts? I realized after I left that these are the best pics so I’ll update if nobody can help. Meanwhile this weed below is all over my...

I found a group of about 10 of these trees on the edge of my field. The fruit was in different shades of yellow/orange/red but all the trees were about 9-10 ft tall. What do you think? Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

Doesn’t look promising... what’s the prognosis? This tree was planted 2-3 years ago and hasn’t grown much. It was from Willis nursery and I will never buy from there again. Very small trees and 50/50 success. The trees I planted this spring are looking great! Northern whitetail crab nursery...

I feel silly asking such a simple question. Every site claims when each fruit "ripens"... Does this mean when the fruit will fall? I can imagine a fruit would ripen and still hang on the tree I noticed my Golden Delicious 4 yr tree held onto it's apples until November, even though most sites...

I have a few different small fruit tree plantings... Working on the start of a small 1/4 acre orchard. Let me tell you what I planted last year year. I am trying to vary the drop times starting in late September and hopefully into December. 2017 3 Kiefer Pears - never leafed out, must have...

I have some mixed feelings about these trees. The good news is 5 of them seem to be doing fairly well. These were 3-4 footers planted in the spring of 2014. Here they are. Admittedly, I forgot the species on 4 of the 5. The 10 footer I'm standing by is a Golden Delicious, and a few of the...

I just received the following 3-4 ft trees today... They will be planted on Saturday in West Central IL. 3 American Persimmon 3 Keifer Pears 3 Arkansas Black Apple 3 Liberty Apply 3 Goldrush Apple I currently have 2 areas on the East side of my farm that have 3 year old groups of 4 apple...

Very novice fruit orchard enthusiast here.... I see a lot of terminology on this forum that frankly I just don't understand. The first of many is... pollinators. What I know is that bees are necessary to cross pollinate the flowers on apple trees to produce fruit... Am I correct so far? Is...

Split Brow New Buck - Needs a name... and I know you won't be able to score TuTu

I figure it's about time to get a thread going to show my habitat work, trail cam pics, and hunting chronicles! I want to thank you for taking the time to look and welcome any comments, criticism, or ideas. My dad and I purchased this farm in 2013 and had an absolute ball working and hunting...

Any age guesses on this first one? Cant decide if he's 3 or 4. Pretty confident the second buck is 3

Just showing off how great my new sprayer works! Can't wait to get some seed in the ground next weekend. These will all be put into some type of LickCreeks Grain Mix. (Oats, Rye, Wheat, Clover, a little bit of brassica) 1/2 acre plot 1 acre plot... A strip of beans were planted by the Box...

I'm in Western IL and these trees 3 springs ago. They were about 4 ft that spring. Last year maybe 6 foot and we had a few apples. I picked them off so the tree would concentrate on roots. This year 2 of the trees are over 8 foot tall, but ZERO apples. I didnt expect for these to really be...

I am new to the fruit planting game... 2-3 years ago we planted 10 apple trees and 7 survived so I take that as a win. I am anxious to get more in the ground. Do you have success with fall planting of apple trees or is it wise for me to wait til spring? Thanks!

I am really excited to find this "new" buck shown up on our trail camera from mid July. We named him Sleven because at first we said "Big Seven Pt" and then we started noticing small little kickers and he might end up as an 11 pt... HA! He looks mature. Any guesses on age/score?