Recent content by Matt Casto

Put me down for 20 also

Thanks everyone ordered 150 Norway spuce from mdc found access to 2 Chinese chestnut trees down the road n also found a chickapin oak at my grandparents home place that’s maybe 16ft tall and loaded never seen one around here before.

Looking for good online source or member for the following Seed/nut willing to pay Chinese chestnut- reforestation Dunstan chestnut- reforestation Hazelnut- reforestation Concordia oak- reforestation Sawtooth oak- reforestation Burgamble oak- reforestation Also good recommendation for...

Got my shipping notice today

I’m in the same boat have apple scions coming from burnt ridge and also 100 antonovka and 50 OHxF97 coming from williamnette and haven’t heard a thing in a week. Already got large order of apple scions in from queener farm out of Oregon but looks like might all be a bust with Washington state...

Thanks didn’t know if smaller growth this year would be very good since been in drought even persimmon fruit is smaller than normal this year

Would it be best to take some of this years small growth to graft on to a male tree or should I prune female back harsh in hopes of better grafting material the next year?

Place in bucket add water mix with drill and drywall mix paddle pour out seeds will sink to bottom pulp floats repeat til you just have water and seeds at bottom of bucket seeds that float usually aren’t viable same as acorn and float test

Looking for Sawtooth Burr oak Concordia oak Should end up with Persimmon White oak Chestnut oak Red oak Black oak Scionwood from an old pear that is huge cropped but drops in late July here in West Virginia

I’ve collected 1/2 cup of pokeweed seeds from a pokeweed that grew close to my house hope to toss out in spring after I clear out some stubborn autumn olive this winter as pokeweed is few and far between on the farm.

I’m new to grafting apple trees has anyone had issues with grafting Arkansas black onto m111? They have took but this far have only grew 3-6inches where other variety’s have grown anywhere from 9 inches to 2 feet.

Are you interested in selling any of those Concordia acorns come fall

I have 39 growing on m111 in a nursery bed behind house was just a though bc Lowe’s has a couple yellow delicious semi dawf in my area for 6.25 a tree thought I might take a chance buy a few and give it a shot. I have a few wild crabapples on my small 43 acre hunting area and was just thinking...

Could a man buy a big box store apple tree that isn’t disassociate resistant and graft say a blight resistant apple varieties to it and the tree become resistant or would I need to cut all the way off and cleft and bark graft to achieve this

Would the water absorbing crystals or polymers added to the soil and potting mix help with survival for locations that you simply can’t get to but a few times in the summer hunting camp and house 4 hours apart and with toddlers hard to get out and water on routine basis.