Blue hill

[KSQ2]

One question crew, would all of you recommend pruning after getting the trees in the ground? I’m assuming they will still be dormant. I plan to prune our established trees tomorrow and also gather some pear scions for callery pear grafting next month; so I’ll have the necessary tools with me.

 

[Native Hunter]

I got our blue hill order today. 4 trees will be going in the ground tomorrow. I don’t have any granular phosphorus and potassium fertilizer to add to the soil. I thought about adding some wood ash, which is high in both, but I don’t want to take a chance of harming the trees. So, I’ll probably wait until next year to put some ash around them. I’ve had good luck doing so with our other fruit and nut trees, I do keep the ash to a minimum though.

I have 6 of the 90 chromosome Hoosier persimmon seedlings coming from Blue Hill this spring. I can topwork them in a few years or keep them original. I’m planting these in my frost pocket where apples and pears struggle. However, persimmons do well in that area.

 

[Native Hunter]

One question crew, would all of you recommend pruning after getting the trees in the ground? I’m assuming they will still be dormant. I plan to prune our established trees tomorrow and also gather some pear scions for callery pear grafting next month; so I’ll have the necessary tools with me.

I would let them grow a year or two before pruning much. They need the sunlight on as many leaves as possible when first planted. You will have Plenty of time to shape them later.