mixing it up
05-09-2009, 08:15 PM
#1
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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mixing it up
Well decided to try something a little different .
Went to the lot and planted a couple cherry shrubs ( trees ) a dwarf apple tre and some berry bushes .
Hope I have better luck then the last trees I planted .
I also planted abought an ace of a chickory mix made by whitetail instatute .
Getting plenty of rain now ..
Went to the lot and planted a couple cherry shrubs ( trees ) a dwarf apple tre and some berry bushes .
Hope I have better luck then the last trees I planted .
I also planted abought an ace of a chickory mix made by whitetail instatute .
Getting plenty of rain now ..
05-10-2009, 03:49 AM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: MN
Posts: 342
RE: mixing it up
The rain will certainly help. Do you know what caused your last trees to die? Lack of water? Maybe a water tank on an atv or truck for 2-3 years will really help the trees to get established.
You should consider protecting the tree trunk from chewing rodents, and the branches from deer browsing. Look into plastic trunk protectors, and use fencing or chemical repellants to keep deer browsing down. Placing mulch or landscape fabric 2-3 ft around the tree trunk will also help keep grass and weeds from using the tree's water. Apple trees all require a pollinator of another variety, and some cherries do as well. Consider planting another apple tree of a different variety for best yields. What kind of berry bushes did you plant? Blueberries, for example, require a very low pH (4-5). The needs of some berries and apples (apples need good soil and a lot of calcium) can be very different.
Good luck! I am sure you can be successful. There are other guys here with great ideas as well.
You should consider protecting the tree trunk from chewing rodents, and the branches from deer browsing. Look into plastic trunk protectors, and use fencing or chemical repellants to keep deer browsing down. Placing mulch or landscape fabric 2-3 ft around the tree trunk will also help keep grass and weeds from using the tree's water. Apple trees all require a pollinator of another variety, and some cherries do as well. Consider planting another apple tree of a different variety for best yields. What kind of berry bushes did you plant? Blueberries, for example, require a very low pH (4-5). The needs of some berries and apples (apples need good soil and a lot of calcium) can be very different.
Good luck! I am sure you can be successful. There are other guys here with great ideas as well.
05-10-2009, 08:31 PM
#3
Typical Buck
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RE: mixing it up
Ive planted other apple trees , usualy 2 or 3 per year .
I do keep them watered on a regular basis .
They dont seam to always yake and just dry out ?
I try to keep them from getting to manny weads and usw a light coat of fertilizer in the fall .
The berrie bush is called service berry regent.
I was looking for one to get some berries going to attracted the deer more .
I have a salt block put and a mineral rock out and the deer seam to prefer the mieral block as of now anyway .
I do keep them watered on a regular basis .
They dont seam to always yake and just dry out ?
I try to keep them from getting to manny weads and usw a light coat of fertilizer in the fall .
The berrie bush is called service berry regent.
I was looking for one to get some berries going to attracted the deer more .
I have a salt block put and a mineral rock out and the deer seam to prefer the mieral block as of now anyway .
05-11-2009, 04:16 PM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: MN
Posts: 342
RE: mixing it up
Serrviceberries are a tough and adaptable native. They are a good choice.
It sounds like the trees are making it into winter, and then dying? Are rodents girdling the trees in the winter? Check around the base of the trees for knaw marks from mice and rabbits. You may need to put on trunk protectors.
It sounds like the trees are making it into winter, and then dying? Are rodents girdling the trees in the winter? Check around the base of the trees for knaw marks from mice and rabbits. You may need to put on trunk protectors.
