potted up.....

[growalot]

3 nice young apple trees today..would have a pic but the Cannons on the blink...I do not know what they will be. They were suckers off a wild apple tree I trans planted to the garden a few years ago that was also a sucker...be it regular apple or crab apple I will trans plant them this fall...I got a really good root system on the 2 bigger ones and the smaller one had 6 in length of stem in new roots.I'll know what I'll have once the parent tree produces...

[growalot]

Fixed the camera and took the pics...the one has a pretty good caliber to it and the others I'm sure will do great considering amount of roots I was able to save in there removal from the main tree...I have gotten many plants to add to the property this way ....cheap,cheap,cheap...

Edited June 1, 2015 by growalot

[landtracdeerhunter]

I did the same thing this spring with some white oak. See how they do.

[nyslowhand]

Definitely can appreciate your minimumalistic ($$) project, but....

 

Out of curiosity, have you ever had any luck in the past with these wild apple trees bearing any fruit? IMHO, seems like a lot of time, effort and anticipation invested in something that at best will give meager & sporatic results. Am I wrong?

[growalot]

I have wild apples that produce fruit in as little as 3 yrs and I have ones that produce heavy every single year not every other like many wild stock...I pick the young trees and root suckers from the best trees I have...I do the same with grape vines...and the wild plum...This year the plums are so heavily ladened that the branches are snapping off...Those trees are suckers I planted from the main tree..wild plum tend to sucker..

 

 

Ps ..I have posted pics here of some of those wild apple producing...I'd repost but no time now and pics aren't labled..though later I'll get some of this years crops on both apple and plum...need to go disc now...

Edited June 25, 2015 by growalot

[growalot]

pics wild apples...1 produces every year, another has  half producing every year(2 trunks and they alternate),small one is 4 and started producing last year and has a few this(sucker transplant). I have well over a dozen wild apples on the place,all producing well and several thorn apples. The plums are a hedge along garden wild plums and they are suckers from main tree/bush...the currents are divided wild ones I transplanted to the garden and the kiwi were two bought ones(male female ) but I rooted clippings and now have 3 females and a male( each female vine can produce up to 100#'s of fruit. Most of my grape vines that are producing from rooted cuttings...So yes, Well worth my time and the little effort I put into it...BTW current and goose berry remain small in wooded areas...but put the transplants into a garden setting and you get 4ftx4ft bushes

Edited June 26, 2015 by growalot

[Doc]

When I read the title of this thread, I thought it was some drug related jargon....lol. I know I have seen one of my Brother-in-laws all "potted up".

[landtracdeerhunter]

I have some older varieties like Baldwin, Spy, Dutches, Golden Russet ( Could be a yellow Newton or Greenville) that I'd like to do this with. I can't seem to dig deep enough to get enough root. They never live.

( I have a very old book dated 1905 titled The Apples of New York, J B. Lyons Company, printers that I use for identification.

[growalot]

I Sometimes use a rooting hormone..also potting them. Allows me to minister their environment...I keep them. In filtered Sun light and cool...this year keeping them moist hasn't been a problem

[growalot]

for cripes sake  that is monitor their environment not minister...Someone explain how to turn of this Kindles auto correct ...I just don't seem to be able to figure that out...

[growalot]

Up date...sorry no pics but the young potted trees are doing great...they went through the leaf drop and dead look to putting on 4 inches of new growth and new leafs. I mention this because when doing such a project after they have broken dormancy this is to be expected..NO your trees haven't died they just need to reboot...that is if you've done it right. They will be in very good shape for transplanting this fall.

On another note I have my persimmon all wild save one Meader that I got from Millers nursery years ago...Well the Meader looks great as usual but I walked by it the other day and noticed a huge split in the trunk...I grabbed the bark and it fell away. Went to check the rest and the entire tree has the bark slip away...and weevils of some sort fall out...the tree is still green and healthy looking but dead for all intensive purposes. So to my biggest wild persimmon it never leafed out this spring...the severe cold just wiped out the bud growth on it and there it stood a 20ft tall leafless skeleton...until a couple of weeks ago a branch came to life...then little green buds started appearing all around it. now only time will tell if it will be able to grow enough to store enough energy for this winter. The thing is many would have seen this and cut the tree down just as many would have thrown the lifeless looking transplants away. Trees have to be given enough time to reboot after any shock to their system so be mindful and patient before getting out the saws or heading toward the compost pile...