Trees to plant mn
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: Bowhuntingboy
28-Apr-17
Hi, I am in central mn and have planted 4 Apple trees. I am looking for two more species of fruit and/or but tree that near fast and grow a in mn that deer love. I am looking to plant 2 more trees.
From: t-roy
28-Apr-17
Some type of crabapple and some pears.
From: 35-Acre
28-Apr-17
35-Acre's Link
Pears. They drop the fruit later in the season than apples. You should check out the thread on here about planting a pear orchard. Lots of useful stuff there from a lot of members.
From: CAS_HNTR
28-Apr-17
Pears in MN are a little more difficult I believe.....and I am not sure I would say they generally drop later than apples. I would say in general the opposite is true.
I have a pretty good list I have posted before and I will dig it up and double check it for your zone....the cold winters cant preclude some trees due to their lack of winter-hardiness.
From: Bowhuntingboy
28-Apr-17
Also . Looking for trees that take 1-3 years to grow. Not 4+
From: CAS_HNTR
28-Apr-17
You will be battling the cold.....not sure if you are in Zone 3 or 4 but I would likely ditch the pear idea totally. I looked up some cold hardy varieties and looks like you may want to focus on crabapples.....Dolgo, Chestnut, and Whitney are good ones that I have planted in our place. I would suggest you contact St Lawrence Nursery and ask what they recommend for your Zone.....they deal specifically in cold hardy trees.
Also.....I think you likely can get fruit at year 3 but I wouldn't expect a "good" amount until 5+.....that's the reality.
From: BullBuster
07-May-17
You are dreaming if you think a new tree is going to produce a lot of mast in 1-3 years, unless you buy some really big starters. In MN, you may also have issues with bears and moose, like i do in Idaho. I have to fence them with hot wires. Won't be able to tolerate those critters until they are over 8 year old, i would guess. And even then.....
From: Kodiak
07-May-17
Deer love my apple trees in MN.
From: Bowhuntingboy
07-May-17
Yeah, my area never has had moose any less any part of mn these days. The closest moose to my area is 250 miles away. We have bears, but not in very large amounts, we dont have them often. Only deer and varmints.
From: Norseman
07-May-17
http://www.myminnesotawoods.umn.edu/2008/11/recommended-trees-for-minnesota-by-region/
From: Norseman
07-May-17
Have you looked for Torres that may draw in deer other than fruit bearing. Like cedar or Spruce ... create a bedding habitat ?
From: Kodiak
08-May-17
Agree, Haralsons are tops. What a great apple.
From: Bowhuntingboy
08-May-17
We already have plenty of nautral cedars, we planted red pines, white pines. tHERE IS ALREADY MAPLES, OAKS, POPLAR, BIRCH. Last year, we planted 2 honeycrisps,one haralson, and one sweet 16 and they are 6-8 feet talland budding inside snowfence. The entire poperty is bedding habitat. I am just wondering what nut or trees other than apple that work. Thanks for all the advice though.
From: Grubby
08-May-17
I have some flowering crabs....not sure on variety but they have apples with no taste maybe as big as a penny. The deer love them and they will hang on to fruit until very late. Birds love them too. I'm up by lake of the woods and they produce every year. I have a bunch of dolgo crabs to plant tonight.
From: Bowhuntingboy
08-May-17
Thanks guys
From: r-man
14-May-17
pears !
