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    Hurricane Ian Let-Down

    Same here in parts of VA but we SURE need the rain!
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    Native helps a Novice

    Heck yeah!
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    Sprayer battery

    Thanks guys, ended up going w/ an external battery, works great so far! Another question... I've only got a 15' hose on it (Chapin 97500 25 gal sprayer) & was wondering if I could add another 10' of hose & if it would still spray well? I'm guessing I'm going to lose some distance/velocity since...
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    Water Trees How Long?

    Ditto on watering mostly the 1st year but have been watering the last 2 years trees this Summer since it's been so hot & dry in VA!
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    Covid-19 Fruit

    Holy cow, it's been a minute since we did landscape planting. I do know there are a few different Cornus kousa cultivated varieties but I don't recall if they all produce fruit or not.
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    2022 Fruit (and nut) Tree Orders thread

    Ain't that the truth! The reasonable me: I've only got space for another couple dozen inside my fence so I'm pretty close to capacity... The other side of me: Well... maybe I'll plant some outside the electric fence for the bears to destroy
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    2022 Fruit (and nut) Tree Orders thread

    Thicket forming / spreading / invasive?
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    Covid-19 Fruit

    Kousas are nice, we used to plant a lot of them in the urban city areas when we did landscaping. Absolutely gorgeous blossoms on them!
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    Sprayer battery

    I've got a 25 gal. sprayer for my orchard trees mounted on my Grizzly & realized the battery is under the front rack (which I have a basket mounted to) so hooking up to the battery is going to be a pain. Was thinking of just purchasing another small battery & putting that in the basket when I...
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    Fertilizer prices

    I like it
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    Good Pear Year

    Great looking pears Native!
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    Bees on peaches

    Couldn't find anything that wasn't harmful but the bee #s died down over the last week & a half. Started picking a day or two early & that seems to have really helped. Been dehydrating, canning, & making preserves plus a lot of fresh eating, think I've put on 5 lbs haha!
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    Bees on peaches

    I spray most of my orchard trees with Sevin in early summer for Japanese Beetles but it has a 14 day pre-harvest warning so that won't work since we've been harvesting peaches for almost a week now & have roughly 3 weeks left in the season.
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    Bees on peaches

    I've got what look like small Bumble bees boring into & eating some of my peaches. Anything I can spray on the trees/peaches to deter w/o hurting the bees & making the peaches inedible?
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    Question for Native & any other serious fruit tree growers

    Yep - got a couple dozen from David a few years back, he's a wealth of knowledge! Have been recommending him to friends since :)
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    Question for Native & any other serious fruit tree growers

    Thanks guys, appreciate it!
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    Question for Native & any other serious fruit tree growers

    I've got a small orchard here in the mountains of VA & am looking at hitting capacity pretty soon (all the cleared / fenced land I have). I've got room for maybe another 20 or so trees. What are your favorite apples, peaches, pears, plums, nectarines, &/or cherries? I'm mainly interested in some...
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    1st Year Crab apples

    What Native said. I don't use mulch b/c of voles/mice but the window screens are a good idea. We've got a heck of a vole problem here. They kill a few of my young trees every winter. I've heard you can mix gravel in w/ the soil when planting to deter them but I've seen them (or moles) literally...
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