dogdoc Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Decided to add some variety to my clover field. Plot is doing great. Right now mainly wheat but lots of small jumbo ladino clover popping up. I decided to add some fruit trees this fall. So far I have planted two apples (gala and a yellow delicious) and two keiffer pears. Picked up another pear tree (orient) to have a cross pollinator--even though they are self fertile pears. Everything I read said another variety will help. I've got 5 more trees ordered that are bare root that I will plant in 5 gallon rootmaker pots and keep at the house and plant next fall. An Arkansas Black Apple, Granny Smith Apple, HoneyCrisp Apple, Dolgo Crabapple, and a Moonglow Pear. Here are my two pear trees and a little of the plot todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 deer sure love apples here....I planted a couple more this year too, I've planted four total now ....the 'ol orchard is showing its age, and have lost two trees the last couple years. They all "took" too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Something I have been wanting to do in my back field for a while, had a few trees planted back there that the deer killed before they ever got started. Deer sure like the keiffer pears Todd, they used to eat them in our yard. We had keiffers and bartletts, unfortunately fireblight took out our trees probably 8 or so years ago. Considered buying some bare root trees online, skeptical of how they might do, but would sure beat the insane local nursery prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Dang Todd it's gonna be a fruit salad back there in a few years! Wish I had a place to do that. Actually I suppose I do but bc of my brother...... Well I better not get started on that lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted November 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Something I have been wanting to do in my back field for a while, had a few trees planted back there that the deer killed before they ever got started. Deer sure like the keiffer pears Todd, they used to eat them in our yard. We had keiffers and bartletts, unfortunately fireblight took out our trees probably 8 or so years ago. Considered buying some bare root trees online, skeptical of how they might do, but would sure beat the insane local nursery prices. Picked up a couple pears in pots--about 6ft tall for 12 bucks at Home Depot (50% off). I ordered my bare roots from Willis Orchard--very reasonable and shipping wasn't too bad for 5 trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 deer love both pear and apple trees that's for sure. my parents have a pear tree in their back yard. someday I plan on getting 10 or so apple trees and pear trees to have an orchard behind the house in the adjacent field. honey crisp will be one of them as it can cross with macouns. love macouns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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