Ordering some trees

[tn droptine]

Well, I decided since I will be back home for a few months this fall that it would be a good time to get some trees in the ground. Thinking of ordering 10 Dunstan Chestnuts, 3 each of Arkansas Black apple and grafted Persimmon, and 5 American Crabapple.

 

[TS_13]

Cool! Let us know how they look and end up doing.

 

[diamond hunter]

wHO ARE YOU ORDERING FROM ?Id like some dunstans as well..

 

[Hunter 257W]

If they are to be out in a field where you can't water every week, I highly recommend "Moisture Mizer" granules in the dirt around the roots. I have planted with and without it and I lost nearly every tree without the stuff and nearly 100 survived with it.

You can get it from various places but here's where I got mine:
http://www.wildlifegroup.com/growsupplies

I would also not plant a tree without the tree tubes. It forces them to reach for the light at the top of the tube and they grow a lot faster up to that point.

 

[tn droptine]

wHO ARE YOU ORDERING FROM ?Id like some dunstans as well..

I ordered my trees from www.realtreenursery.com

Also ended up getting some of the Blue-X tree tubes, heard good things about them.

 

[Football Hunter]

Tree tubes,T post,and fence them,trust me

 

[tn droptine]

Tree tubes,T post,and fence them,trust me

Yeah, I learned the hard way the first time I planted a tree out at the property - it was only a weeping willow I planted by my pond, so I didn't think I needed to protect it any. Boy was I wrong! Buck decided to use it as a rubbing post that fall and killed the tree, lol.

I was thinking of just using the tree tubes this fall since it will be late Oct when I get them planted, then t-post and chicken wire next summer - or do you think I should go ahead and fence them this winter as well?

 

[Hunter 257W]

So far I have only had one rub made on a tree with the tubes on it. I think deer see the larger diameter of the tube and don't recognize there being a tree inside. Of course a wire cage around each tree is even more protection against deer. It's a matter of how much risk you are willing to take. If you have a couple dozen identical trees, the loss of one doesn't matter much.

 

[Jarred525]

Out of about 75 trees with tubes on them, I had about 5 that the deer rubbed on. I found one tube about 100 yards away up in a thicket Put it back on the tree

Another great tip is to use pvc or conduit for your stakes.

 

[Football Hunter]

So far I have only had one rub made on a tree with the tubes on it. I think deer see the larger diameter of the tube and don't recognize there being a tree inside. Of course a wire cage around each tree is even more protection against deer. It's a matter of how much risk you are willing to take. If you have a couple dozen identical trees, the loss of one doesn't matter much.

Its all about the investment to me,if you've watered a young tree,sprayed for bugs/disease etc,weeded fert etc,well if a buck destroyed a tree,you can by another tree,but you cant get the years back .

 

[Hunter 257W]

So far I have only had one rub made on a tree with the tubes on it. I think deer see the larger diameter of the tube and don't recognize there being a tree inside. Of course a wire cage around each tree is even more protection against deer. It's a matter of how much risk you are willing to take. If you have a couple dozen identical trees, the loss of one doesn't matter much.

Its all about the investment to me,if you've watered a young tree,sprayed for bugs/disease etc,weeded fert etc,well if a buck destroyed a tree,you can by another tree,but you cant get the years back .

Yeah, I need to put cages around my fruit trees. I have about 15 in one field with only one of each type. (Approximately 5 appl, 5 crab apple, 5 pear) If one of those gets destroyed by a buck, I lose that variety of fruit. On the other hand, all the oaks I have have many duplicates so it's not worth putting cages on them. You are right that the cost of the tree is insignificant to the time to "grow" it back to what you had before a deer breaks it off.

 

[Boone 58]

 

[Boone 58]