The Massey

[catscratch]

I walked by a persimmon seedling I planted a couple of yrs ago this afternoon. Gave it a bend and it broke. Dry as a bone. Probably should replace most of my persimmons with pears as they just don't seem to do well this far west. Of course my pear trees were snowed on last week while in bloom, probably won't get a fruit this yr from them.

 

[KSQ2]

I walked by a persimmon seedling I planted a couple of yrs ago this afternoon. Gave it a bend and it broke. Dry as a bone. Probably should replace most of my persimmons with pears as they just don't seem to do well this far west. Of course my pear trees were snowed on last week while in bloom, probably won't get a fruit this yr from them.

Seems like there’s more selection of late blooming crabapples than pears. But pears are just about as tough as they get, that’s for sure.

 

[buckdeer1]

I have lots of native persimmions and a couple grafted ones but none heavy producers

 

[buckdeer1]

I have pear tree that is probably 8 years old and it's dead as a door nail.

 

[KSQ2]

I have pear tree that is probably 8 years old and it's dead as a door nail.

Just died recently?

 

[buckdeer1]

Yep I had 1 limb of the four that came up off trunk that had 2 buds on it.I probably could have grafted but cut it off and planted a wolf river apple.

 

[KSQ2]

Yep I had 1 limb of the four that came up off trunk that had 2 buds on it.I probably could have grafted but cut it off and planted a wolf river apple.

Wonder what happened, anybody spray close by?

 

[buckdeer1]

No and it was in the middle of a row of 6 other trees.I tried to pull it over and it was solid so wasn't gophers.Trees leaning have been an issue but I don't know that it's gophers.As there aren't any signs and if there was I can trap them. I have had issues planting oaks on farmland before that appeared to have hard pan.Tree just wouldn't grow and a tree 50 ft away was growing twice the size.I put my smallest bit on auger and drilled a couple holes a ft away from tree and it caught up in a few years.

 

[KSQ2]

Here’s a few pics from the rootstock grafting yesterday. It includes scions from our best apple tree behind the house, enterprise, and liberty. 12 grafts total.



Here’s a couple not-so-fun pics. An acre or so of our alfalfa got sprayed accidentally by a local ag company. The repercussion details are to be worked out.

 

[buckdeer1]

What did they spray it with

 

[catscratch]

Good luck getting reimbursement. We ended up getting a lawyer and doing a ton of legwork ourselves. Luckily we had video documentation, had contacted the state for testing (the sprayers had lots of previous complaints), and had a good negotiator.

 

[KSQ2]

What did they spray it with

Can’t remember the exact names. But it was for corn planting with a 6 month residual.

 

[KSQ2]

Good luck getting reimbursement. We ended up getting a lawyer and doing a ton of legwork ourselves. Luckily we had video documentation, had contacted the state for testing (the sprayers had lots of previous complaints), and had a good negotiator.

The farm operator, even though it wasn’t his fault, said he’d make it right.

 

[Native Hunter]

Put 3 apple trees from Century Farms in the ground today. I also got a baker’s dozen rootstock, scions will be going on them next week and into rootmakers. I’m hoping this works, but I’m not really optimistic. I’ll document that journey.
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