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2:06 pm
September 11, 2011
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I got an email from a local farm stand/nursery and they have "select" fruit trees on sale for $5. We were planning on getting 3-4 apple trees and maybe a peach tree in the spring. When are apple trees supposed to be planted? I was thinking the spring… we're in Zone 5.
3:01 pm
December 14, 2010
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They are best planted while still dormant. My experience has been that fall planting can result in frost heaving and damage to the root ball. The farm stand making the sale can advise for your area. Most people that plant fruit trees don't prune enough or properly. Fruit trees are not ornamentals and must be pruned to be strong enough to support the fruit and the fruit must be thinned to get good size.
10:22 pm
February 8, 2009
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I think every body will tell you different…Ross says spring…they told me fall.
Because juices stop, it is easier to plant and when they take off in spring…they can put all their stringht to growing instead of setteling in new soil.
But for 5 dollar the tree…I would just go ahead…you can't go wrong..ask the nursery for plant advice.
they won't sell you trees who die..that is bad advertisement..
Lucky you wish I could find trees for 5 dollars..I would buy 10…if I needed them or not ;-)
2:36 am
June 1, 2010
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SunwoodF: Get em' Plant them, prune them hard and mulch mulch mulch. (Do not build a volcano around the trunk, just make sure to mulch 2 to 3" deep out to the drip line.) If they're going to get considerable southwest sun, consider a paper wrap for the bark to avoid SW bark split. Worked for all our fruit and ornamentals here in Zone 5.
7:27 am
February 10, 2009
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I'm agreeing with bonita and astrid Sunwood! Go for it!
9:11 am
September 11, 2011
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Thanks everyone! I will go tomorrow (weather is really crappy today to take my 2 yr old out in) and see what they have!
1:33 pm
September 26, 2010
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I am also zone five, and last fall I planted a peach tree (from the clearance section at Lowes, some black raspberries (Meijers) and a whole bunch of blueberries.(all different places) ) They are all doing amazing!
This Spring I planted some apple trees (3) from different places. The apples are all doing okay, but they aren't doing great like the fall planted items did… so, I say the Fall seems to be a good thing for our zone. I planted them EXTRA deep, with fertilizer/compost and mulched heavily on all plantings.
Have fun shopping when you go, and don't get blown away if you are having the same winds that we are!
Blyss
SW Michigan
2:44 pm
December 14, 2010
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I have always planted when I received the trees. But if I am moving a tree I either do it in the fall as soon as the leaves are down and before the ground freezes or in the spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Spring starts long before the calender says .
4:42 pm
September 11, 2011
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Well, apple trees were a bust. They had Honey Crisps on sale for $20, but the others needed to cross polinate started at $55…. so I got a $5 Bing Cherry and $5 Red Haven Peach. I'll definitely can/use both of those!
5:55 pm
December 14, 2010
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Take a look at these people. http://www.tytyga.com/category…..pple+Trees
8:27 pm
September 11, 2011
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Thanks! I'll have to look at them a bit more tomorrow. Awesome prices, but looks like they have a minimum order of $80… We have enough room for more, just need to talk hubby into it!
9:08 pm
December 14, 2010
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co-op with some of your neighbors.
8:50 am
February 6, 2011
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I got a wonderful jonathan apple tree for $10 from my local DNR. They sell local/ native trees very inexpensively. My apple tree started producing apples in just a year or two.. This is year five and we had a beautiful and large harvest. Anyway, might be worth looking into.
12:03 pm
July 29, 2009
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Just an FYI…Bings are not self-pollinating. Does someone in your near vicinity have cherries?
5:51 pm
September 11, 2011
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MrsFuzz said:
Just an FYI…Bings are not self-pollinating. Does someone in your near vicinity have cherries?
Um…. not that I'm aware of… I briefly spoke with the owner of the nursery yesterday and he just told me that the apples need to cross-polinate, which I already knew. The Bing just had a tag on it saying Cherry Tree 1/2" Bing – Sweet Cherry. I know my great-grandpa had just one and had cherries, but no clue what kind of cherry it was…
I'll wait and see if he has another sale, or look around elsewhere… :(
5:55 pm
September 11, 2011
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langela said:
I got a wonderful jonathan apple tree for $10 from my local DNR. They sell local/ native trees very inexpensively. My apple tree started producing apples in just a year or two.. This is year five and we had a beautiful and large harvest. Anyway, might be worth looking into.
I just checked on our DNR site, they only offer trees for reforestation.
5:55 pm
July 29, 2009
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Yeah….And Bings won't pollinate other Bings. Montmorency (a popular tart cherry) is self-pollinating, and will pollinate Bing. You may want to check and see if your peach tree needs a pollinator, too. Here's a good website that talks a bit about what fruit trees pollinate what. You'll probably need to do more research than what this website shows, though. I know I had to!
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/p…..07002.html
8:03 pm
September 11, 2011
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Thanks, I'll check it out!
Now I know the Red Haven doesn't need a pollinator, I already knew I wanted one of those and the tag says self polinates. I was going to grab the other Reliance (I think?) peach, but it said it needed a pollinator and I didn't know if the Red Haven would do it. I've never had fruit trees, so this is all new to me :)
12:59 am
July 29, 2009
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I just had some (my first) put in during a major landscaping project, so I'm not really an expert either. :) I'm really nervous about pruning….No idea what that entails. lol
4:39 pm
February 20, 2011
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advice on pruning …from a patient of mine that owns/operates a family orchard in NY State.
Apple trees like an open center, and they bare fruit on the horizontal branches.
Once your trees are mature and shaped away you like there is no need to wait to prune in January, you can do mini pruning all summer long. Once you start to see vertical new growth you can prune it back to where you had it . This sends the energy into the fruit instead of new growth.
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