Native Hunter
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I love the looks of those apples.
Hawggardville
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Merle Hawggard
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Got our beans sprayed finally then checked on things. Other than a limb blown off my dayton apple all looked good. Got our cameras out finally too so may have a few pics in a couple of weeks.
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Merle Hawggard
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My biggest American Chestnut tree, pushing 30' and a few of last year's trees, the tallest is about 6'.
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Merle Hawggard
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Dogghr,
I ate a dayton and it wasn't bad. I wished I got that William's Pride too. It's supposed to be an Aug apple here, but I think it's a little ahead this year.
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I wish I could grow trees here even close to what you do. My upland ground is calcareous soil and high in lime. I have had some fruit trees live and hang on - but they flower very little and produce even less. Have three dunstan chestnuts in the ground for three years now. They bloomed their second year but did not this year. They are growing. My ground will grow the heck out of chinkapin oak, persimmon, and honey locust. Most of my ground is bottomland and subject to flooding.
Do you think it would be possible to graft a white oak onto an overcup oak?
Do you think it would be possible to graft a white oak onto an overcup oak?
Merle Hawggard
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I'd think so swamp. Overcup oak is in the white oak family. If a Aug t-bud doesn't take, you should be able to bark graft in the spring. I meant to do some swamp chestnut to white oak this past spring, but didnt.
If you like to read check out an older book, Tree Crops a Permanent Agriculture, by J Russell Smith.
It has a chapter on oak with examples of grafted trees plus tons on chestnut, mulberries, and persimmon.
It was written with feeding livestock in mind, but it applies to wildlife just as well.
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Merle Hawggard
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http://m.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/jul/30/apples-still-appealing-for-nostalgic-fe/
The Hawggard deer orchard has made the statewide newspaper! Wish they would have used my forum name though. Who ever heard of this Scott guy?
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The Hawggard deer orchard has made the statewide newspaper! Wish they would have used my forum name though. Who ever heard of this Scott guy?
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Merle Hawggard
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Thanks Lak! I'm hoping the article will turn up a few more lost varieties for us.
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I have probably planted 100 fruit trees at my place. I have a couple of peach trees in the front yard that actually make some fruit for the squirrels to eat and a couple of plum trees that make a few plums that fall off before they get ripe. The rest either die - probably from lack of water during summer or seem like they are doing okay the first couple of years blooming and putting on fruit - then quit blooming altogether. I have had horrible luck - even with pine trees. I am not a tree farmer.
Wish I could do some good with them - but yours look great!
Wish I could do some good with them - but yours look great!
Native Hunter
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Merle, you need to give Scott a raise. He is doing a fine job for you...
Merle Hawggard
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Got up to the farm today. The beans are doing pretty good and I got several gala apples and enough crabs to make jelly later.
Chuck has the cards from our cameras, but I'll post anything interesting. I've got to get at this 5 gallon bucket of tomatoes I just picked!
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Chuck has the cards from our cameras, but I'll post anything interesting. I've got to get at this 5 gallon bucket of tomatoes I just picked!
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Merle Hawggard
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Just getting around to the pictures. I think the buck in the left corner is our long tine buck from last year.
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Merle Hawggard
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Not had a chance to update much lately.
I've been slowly reclaiming an old 25 acre or so field that was becoming a sweet gum forest. Hogged down the brush and came back and h&s the trees to big to cut.
I did another field on our 80, this is the 71, last week and they're dropping leaves already.
Beans are looking great though I'd like a rain.
Plan on being in my stand next Wed & Thu!
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I've been slowly reclaiming an old 25 acre or so field that was becoming a sweet gum forest. Hogged down the brush and came back and h&s the trees to big to cut.
I did another field on our 80, this is the 71, last week and they're dropping leaves already.
Beans are looking great though I'd like a rain.
Plan on being in my stand next Wed & Thu!
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Merle Hawggard
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And we got our first winesap apples too. I told Chuck they would be our victory celebration meal if we connect with a deer next week. If not I'll just eat them since I'm sure he'll be to tore up.
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Merle Hawggard
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I hate that brush, but maybe it'll finally turn around. We're just starting to get pretty dry here, nothing like the dust bowl you've been in though.
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