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Native Hunter
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Fish
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Great! That seed grown apple tree sure looks like a winner. How late did they hold last year?
Maya
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dogdoc
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I have a HC on M111 and it is the slowest growing apple tree I have. Planted in same site of other varieties on M111 but with 1/2 the vigor. This year was it's 3rd leaf for me and not much larger then when I planted it. Is that normal for HC?
Turkey Creek
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Slowest growing trees I grow in the nursery. The variety is know for low vigor.
Maya
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DD, yes slightly slower, but they are also biennial bearing, so do not overcro
They are slightly slower DD, but not that bad, you have something way off in soil or something. I get 2-3' of growth per year easy. These are some in 09 2nd leaf............
Turkey Creek
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I wonder if it isnt the hot dry summers, eventhough mine are watered in the nursery they are in general the smallest trees in the bunch every year.
Maya
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Ya, that could be. It's not the variety.
Maya
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Maybe somewhat smaller, but he's talking hardly any growth in three years. Maybe it is your warmer climate down there w/ them. We are getting a heck of a good soaking rain right now. How's your weather been lately?
Turkey Creek
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.40 hundreds in the last 3 weeks! I would love a good soaking 2" rain. Sept and Oct are more promising for that kind of rain though.Unless you are lucky and get a good thunderstorm over you during July and Aug chances are pretty slim. Thunderstorms bring their own problems so sometimes its better just to turn on the irrigation.
Another thing that seems to really cause a lag with say the HC and Goldrush is that if you dont get them sprayed the CAR really seems to keep them from pushing much growth until late in the season. I have noticed that the last 2 years. My problem is I dont tend to group my trees solely by variety in the nursery so I have not sprayed for CAR. This next year I have told myself that I will group those 2 so that I can spray for CAR, everything else I grow is CAR resistant or is barely affected.
Another thing that seems to really cause a lag with say the HC and Goldrush is that if you dont get them sprayed the CAR really seems to keep them from pushing much growth until late in the season. I have noticed that the last 2 years. My problem is I dont tend to group my trees solely by variety in the nursery so I have not sprayed for CAR. This next year I have told myself that I will group those 2 so that I can spray for CAR, everything else I grow is CAR resistant or is barely affected.
buckvelvet
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I have a HC on M7 that was grafted in 2015. It is now about 5-6 inches tall. I'm uprooting that sob and replacing it w/ something else next year. LOL!
catscratch
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I know what the pawpaw are (nevery seen one in real life though), but I've got ask; what are the little spiky things?
