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Current Tree Plan
Jan. 30th, 2019 07:12 amIt's mostly, aughh I don't want to spend the money right now but also I just want to get some trees in the ground.
So here's what I picked out. They're from Burnt Ridge Nursery who wasn't my first choice but they had all the different types of trees I wanted.
For the chestnuts I picked two that are selfpollinators and are European/Chinese chestnut crosses so they're blight resistant. My uncle is actually working with the chestnut restoration project where they're getting chestnuts that are 99% american except for the blight resistance genes and he said he might be able to get me some trees. I'm pretty excited.
The hazelnuts, I got Bush, which is an american hazelnut and self pollinates and then I needed to get two different ones of the European hazelnuts because they need crosspollination
Apricot, why not because stone fruits grow well where I am
the pawpaws, I only wanted one but you need genetically different trees for cross pollination so I got two
And I got an american persimmon because the asian persimmons are hardy to my area. they sound awesome though.
The main expense is going to be the fencing. I'm going to buy some eight foot deer fencing and it tends to run about a dollar a foot for large orders. Which. Ugh. So I need to figure out how much I really need spacing wise and all that jazz. Plus bark protectors to keep critters from girdling the trees.
These will be put up on the back hill where there's a little bit of a level out before rising up to the field. It's all woods the rest of the way up the mountain so I figured I might actually pay attention if they're on the lowest hill area.
So here's what I picked out. They're from Burnt Ridge Nursery who wasn't my first choice but they had all the different types of trees I wanted.
- Fig - Hardy Chicago
- Chestnut - Connecticut Early
- Chestnut - Silverleaf
- Hazelnut - Bush
- Hazelnut - Dorris
- Hazelnut - Wepster
- Apricot - Montrose
- Pawpaw - Allegheny
- Pawpaw - Campbell's NC-1
- Persimmon - Prairie Star
For the chestnuts I picked two that are selfpollinators and are European/Chinese chestnut crosses so they're blight resistant. My uncle is actually working with the chestnut restoration project where they're getting chestnuts that are 99% american except for the blight resistance genes and he said he might be able to get me some trees. I'm pretty excited.
The hazelnuts, I got Bush, which is an american hazelnut and self pollinates and then I needed to get two different ones of the European hazelnuts because they need crosspollination
Apricot, why not because stone fruits grow well where I am
the pawpaws, I only wanted one but you need genetically different trees for cross pollination so I got two
And I got an american persimmon because the asian persimmons are hardy to my area. they sound awesome though.
The main expense is going to be the fencing. I'm going to buy some eight foot deer fencing and it tends to run about a dollar a foot for large orders. Which. Ugh. So I need to figure out how much I really need spacing wise and all that jazz. Plus bark protectors to keep critters from girdling the trees.
These will be put up on the back hill where there's a little bit of a level out before rising up to the field. It's all woods the rest of the way up the mountain so I figured I might actually pay attention if they're on the lowest hill area.
