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Posted: 1/17/2016 1:23:47 PM EDT
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Have you spoke with the county forester?
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Posted: 1/17/2016 2:32:04 PM EDT
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What county are you in?
Last year I bought 200 or so seedlings and transplants in February, and I picked them up in April at the local fairgrounds. I planted them all in one day by myself. I am going to buy less trees this year.  |
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Posted: 1/17/2016 3:17:37 PM EDT
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Look up your county extension office or land and conservation office.
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Posted: 1/18/2016 11:47:13 AM EDT
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or just order them from burpees or something. :D
We enjoy having apple trees on our suburban property, although it's been an ongoing battle with japanese beetles for the last few years. I'm pretty sure someone in the neighborhood is infested and they're finding their way to our trees, cause we treat for grubs. The dwarf and "superdwarf" varieties make it pretty easy to maintain. |
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Posted: 1/18/2016 10:35:56 PM EDT
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Look up your county extension office or land and conservation office. Good ideas. Thank you. |
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Posted: 1/18/2016 10:42:02 PM EDT
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What county are you in? Last year I bought 200 or so seedlings and transplants in February, and I picked them up in April at the local fairgrounds. I planted them all in one day by myself. I am going to buy less trees this year. Washington County. 200 trees would be ridiculous for us right now. I'm thinking in the two dozen range, and wondering if we shouldn't start with only a few, because we don't know what we're doing. The other side is that it takes fruit trees a while to get established, so I want to start them sooner than later. |
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Posted: 1/18/2016 10:49:31 PM EDT
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http://www.co.washington.wi.us/departments.iml?mdl=departments.mdl&ID=LCD
open the tree and prairie seed program tab |
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Posted: 1/18/2016 11:23:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Washington County. 200 trees would be ridiculous for us right now. I'm thinking in the two dozen range, and wondering if we shouldn't start with only a few, because we don't know what we're doing. The other side is that it takes fruit trees a while to get established, so I want to start them sooner than later. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What county are you in? Last year I bought 200 or so seedlings and transplants in February, and I picked them up in April at the local fairgrounds. I planted them all in one day by myself. I am going to buy less trees this year. Washington County. 200 trees would be ridiculous for us right now. I'm thinking in the two dozen range, and wondering if we shouldn't start with only a few, because we don't know what we're doing. The other side is that it takes fruit trees a while to get established, so I want to start them sooner than later. Figure out what type of trees will grow best on your property. Sandy soil, Marshy soil, shade tolerant/intolerant....etc. The DNR has tree planting tips on the website somewhere. Those tips helped me as most of my 200 trees made it to their first winter. |
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Posted: 1/19/2016 8:05:04 PM EDT
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The DNR sells hardwoods and wildlife plantings, I got some years ago from the Boscobel Nursery.
Check your county Ag Extension for varieties that work in your area, search the internet for deals. Cage each tree 100% for deer and rabbit and protect the lower trunk and shallow roots from rodents (gravel mulch garlic are options). Start small, get a few older trees in then learn how to graft your own stock. Good luck. ETA: I had an orchard of about 40 apple trees, scion wood I grafted on rootsock I ordered, grew in my garden for a year then planted in a field. Two years in the field and one winter mice had a run down the row of trees and root girdled 30 of them,m killing them. I had deer pull away chicken wire and kill a few... the five or six left gave us more apples than we can use. |
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Posted: 1/29/2016 12:06:38 PM EDT
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For only a couple dozen, I would check out Jung's in Randolph and buy the bare root trees in the spring. I had great success with those trees in both Ozaukee and Marquette County. They will be around $20-30 for 3-5 foot tree that is ready to produce fruit in as little as 4 years. Save your receipt and you can return any trees that died. I would strongly recommend wrapping the bottom 6" of any fruit tree to prevent mice/rodent damage and possibly even painting the trunk white to prevent winter damage.
https://www.jungseed.com/ On my family's 80 acres in Marquette County, we would buy 1000 short or long needle pine trees every year for probably 10 years. You wouldn't believe the amazing deer bedding we have now! |
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