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I ate a zestar yesterday in Wayne county NY. They are getting pretty close to ready. All of mine were grafted over to Honeycrisp last year but a few didn't take so I have about 10 zestar mixed in with almost 3000 honeycrisp

When I used to plant clover/oats in the southern tier mid August was ideal. I now am plotting in Wayne county with different soils and deer populations and that date is way too early. For my current location early/mid September is better.

The writings of Charlie Alsheimer got me on the path to practicing QDM. I had been hunting on my uncle's place since I was old enough too. We hunted hard and we shot a lot of little bucks over the years. As I got into my early to mid 20's I started thinking about what would happen if we passed...

Looks like possibly downy mildew damage

I found the QDMA by doing a search on the internet that first led me to the forum 12-13 years ago. After that I joined the organization and started contributing to the forum. As life goes (wife,kids,job) my time to dedicate to deer has shrunk and I had let my membership lapse a few years ago...