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Post by garrett on May 20, 2012 18:12:08 GMT -5
here's the 20 trees i bought fer half price friday. dug em in....kiddo and i mulched composted em all sat and sunday along with the other apple trees i got two weeks ago. had to drag 33 gallon trash can from the back of property to the front.25 times.lol
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Post by garrett on May 20, 2012 18:12:40 GMT -5
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Post by garrett on May 20, 2012 18:13:07 GMT -5
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Post by garrett on May 20, 2012 18:14:59 GMT -5
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Post by garrett on May 20, 2012 18:16:37 GMT -5
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Post by garrett on May 20, 2012 18:17:04 GMT -5
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Post by garrett on May 20, 2012 18:20:11 GMT -5
the big brush pile is all the 'ganics i been raiding.homegrown baby crabs in there.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2012 18:47:39 GMT -5
How many feet between trees Red?
Mind, how big you let your standard trees grow is a bit more variable than some orchardists will tell ya' *snicker*
It looks lovely. and a day will come when your grandkids will play in your orchard...
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Post by garrett on May 20, 2012 18:51:42 GMT -5
thanks tom. gotta measure it out.at least 10 by 8.maybe more. werking my hiney off. i wondered what you thought of the brush pile? lil crabs likes it.grins. ahhhhhhhhh dreams to come........ i am listening....smiles and there's more to come! onward and upward my friends!
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2012 20:07:16 GMT -5
Ten by ten, works more or less for grafted trees on some kinda dwarfing rootstock.
A traditional yankee apple orchard with standard (meaning mostly on full sized or their own feet) was planted on on 20' by 20'.
You can keep a standard tree smaller and keep it in bounds. It just won't make as many apples.
I like my crabs under 30" tall. So 'smaller' is pretty darned subjective. Were old Zeko Nakamura still living he'd say his trees should be under 5" tall.
Yes, thats five inches tall. Like I said its all pretty subjective...
IMO it all looks real pretty. Just wait till everything is in bloom.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on May 20, 2012 21:29:42 GMT -5
Yes, in bloom will be lovely. You're doing a fine job there Redperson
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Post by marielouise on May 20, 2012 23:18:44 GMT -5
Aahhhhhh you doing good there !!! Nice trees !!!
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Post by vblack on May 21, 2012 16:25:27 GMT -5
Looking Great, Red!
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Post by garrett on May 27, 2012 9:26:42 GMT -5
thanks ya'lls. mulch really helped. smiles
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Post by marielouise on May 27, 2012 21:01:25 GMT -5
Ya know that be a purdy wavey mowing pattern ya got going dere, shoot most folks does boring ole straight lines crisscrossing each other. checker board style .
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Post by LinFL on May 28, 2012 10:06:20 GMT -5
Beer + mower = wavy lines. Just sayin'...
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Post by garrett on May 28, 2012 12:10:21 GMT -5
lol no beer.i am a teetotaler.smiles jest can't cut straight.lol
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Post by LinFL on May 29, 2012 8:18:25 GMT -5
That's okay, I can't plant straight. That's why I have curved flower beds in the front yard - so people will think the snaky plant arrangements are intentional.
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Post by garrett on Jun 1, 2012 21:03:45 GMT -5
smiles
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Post by marielouise on Jun 1, 2012 23:32:31 GMT -5
hahahaha
I like those curvy lines --- Jimbo will straighten out any curvy lines with da mower!!!
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Post by garrett on Jun 2, 2012 21:20:56 GMT -5
grins.
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Post by directsunlight on Jun 10, 2012 0:19:11 GMT -5
Digging holes for those 5 or 10 gallon root balls is no small job. Good work-- if I was in the humidity of Houston I think I'd drink my weight in koolaid and water before I finished the job!
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Post by zinniagirl on Jun 10, 2012 5:44:35 GMT -5
Looks great. Sheesh that was a whole lotta work!!!
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Post by garrett on Jun 10, 2012 9:25:57 GMT -5
thanks ya'lls. still got more to backfill.slowwwwwwwww process.lol
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 9:42:08 GMT -5
Drouth is your worst enemy. But I think your new nurseey looks swell.
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Post by garrett on Jun 12, 2012 13:43:26 GMT -5
drought is one bad motha copp.agreed..... that's one reason i'm pushing myself so hard to get it all backfilled. i have started putting the manure in the last major rows between the citrus trees.some is hot some is aged. will be using large coarse organics around and inbetween the trees and the manure line. kind of a heavy carbon buffer against all that fresh nitrogen.as we have been scarce of rain [for the most part] i don't expect a lot of drift or leaching of the nutrients into the tree drip/rootline . and frying them. trying to let the alleged nitrogen depletion robbing sink work in my favor.rotfl dunno if an original idear? but we'll see iffin it werks. backfilled a third of a row with corn detritus today.
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Post by garrett on Jun 12, 2012 13:45:47 GMT -5
i figure another 2-3 weeks to get the basic layout i want completed for the instant orchard. then i will start backfilling persimmon alley and my other trees with manure and large coarse organics and covering the limbs and coarse organics already there with manure. then backfilling that in the fall with the leaf bonanza. wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.lol
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Post by marielouise on Jun 12, 2012 13:52:35 GMT -5
Ya have to keep newly planted trees watered for the first 3 years even in winter---make sure they get plenty--- mulch helps but keep close watch on the ground under the mulch---don't drown em but they need the moisture. We built earth dams in a ring around the trees to hold water and soak in then mulch the tops ... But my soil is soooo sandy, needs more than what little rain we been receiving the last couple years..
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Post by directsunlight on Jun 13, 2012 22:48:17 GMT -5
Ya have to keep newly planted trees watered for the first 3 years even in winter---make sure they get plenty--- mulch helps but keep close watch on the ground under the mulch---don't drown em but they need the moisture. We built earth dams in a ring around the trees to hold water and soak in then mulch the tops ... But my soil is soooo sandy, needs more than what little rain we been receiving the last couple years.. How do you know when a tree doesn't need watering anymore. Is three years the rule or does it vary by plant. Some trees, like peaches, I bet you'll always have to water.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2012 11:20:40 GMT -5
I agree fruit trees need supplimental water when ever it gets drouthy *if* you want a crop from them.
Nut trees are so-o-o big its hard to give them the water they need to crop them, in drouth. Keep 'em alive yes. Get nuts in a drouth year, maybe not so much.
Other than nut trees, just about every thing else deciduous can support a companion planting.
*Hint hint*
Like ginseng.
I expect Red will have companion plantings to do in upcoming years...
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