Pear Trees, Plots, and New Clearings/Trials

[BowGuy84]

Well, after a week in Grand Cayman, I got back to Nashville around 9:00 Friday night.

Saturday I hit the road and got to the land by 8:30 and did some chainsawing, sweetened my mineral licks with a little dried molasses, and scouted for turkeys. There were more tracks than I've ever had and I attribute that to the improved road/trail system and larger wildlife openings.

Here are some pics:

My new plot that I started this summer...mostly oats and looking better than it has all year. Im putting buckwheat down in May and then annuals again this fall.

Here is a close up of my 6 pear trees I planted...ordering better tree tubes today. The plan is to develope a line of fruit trees, then come back and plant plumb thicket between them to screen the main trail/road from the plot.

Here is a close up of one of my trees...they seem to be doing pretty well. I got them in the gound a little over a month ago.

Here is a new clearing that will have an oil well in it, but I also plan to plant it in perenial clover. I also found a solid trail this winter 40 yards off the edge of this which will make a great pinch point for an northernly wind.

 

[Football Hunter]

looks great

 

[Bayou Buck]

Nice!

You may want to take out those cedars that are close to your fruit trees.

 

[BowGuy84]

Yeah, why is that?

My thinking was hoping they would continue to take any rub abuse although Im going to keep tubes on them I'd assume a deer not even sniff the trees until they are dropping fruit.

I guess they may be a little close for roots and such, but I figured that wouldn't matter for a few years.

 

[jmb4wd]

Looks great BowGuy!! Looks like those pear trees are going awesome!!

 

[TS_13]

What kind of pears did you put in?
BTW it does look good!!!

 

[BowGuy84]

Three types from ed fort that are suppose to drop spread from beginning of september through late nov/early dec. I know two are trophy pears I forget the other two right now...

I still have the tags on them so I can write it down next time I'm out there working, but when I was planting it was thundering so I was in a hurry.

The pictured pear is a trophy pear. They by far are the biggest and straightest I got, not sure if that is just coincidence or how the trees grow.

 

[Bayou Buck]

Yeah, why is that?

My thinking was hoping they would continue to take any rub abuse although Im going to keep tubes on them I'd assume a deer not even sniff the trees until they are dropping fruit.

I guess they may be a little close for roots and such, but I figured that wouldn't matter for a few years.

I was just thinking of soil moisture. If you have a dry spell the cedars will be alot of competition for the fruit trees. They absorb alot of water.

 

[BowGuy84]

Good pont Bayou...I will probably do that.