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Same here. Apple trees had tons of flowers. Now we just need some rain....it doesn't look too good for the forecast. Damn lawn is drying out already, and it's only May.
Good luck with the turkeys.
Apple trees and my pear tree loaded as well.
sounds good I have two spots with apples but some time the deer don't eat them till later in the season .
I got something eating the small twigs on my apple tree, no idea what it is. Wonder if it's the same thing eating the small apples that first appear. Any ideas?
twig eating apple elves..dont worry,they only appear every 16 yrs or so..lol
none of my apple trees are flowering.... Oh wait, I don't have apple trees. I'll have to plant some.
Squirrels do a lot of damage on my peaches and apples early they start when the fruit is about half dollar size.I hate them but the more I shoot the more that come to replace the onles I shot.
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I had the same thing last winter, it appears to be only at the snow line, not the top. I should explain. My friend gave me a grafted apple bush, it has 3 different apple and is trained on a trellis with a single vertical leg, and 3 horizontal arms for each apple type. Something eats the twigs at the bottom.
I have lots of blossoms on the top row, a few on the 2nd and none on the bottom.
I haven't seen any elves or deer.
Thanks CTCrow we,ve tried them before and they taste alright now we have alot more ways to cook them.
ahhhhhh,you shouldve elaberated further on your predicament..you have a tree trained in the fancy french fashion...these guys are the culprits,common dwarfs..because of their girth they can only reach the lower branches sometimes beating them with shovels thus the chewed off effect..id go straight to your local ace hardware and ask for gnome traps..seriously........the other day i put cow munore in a flower bed,my nephew tells me he smells poop at night..and he hears noise under his bed..i told him its from the poop dwarfs,they come at night and sprinkle poop over people to help them sleep..he doesnt realize the flower bed is under his window and its the dog under the bed..so gullabull
notme
but your stories are just so believable, why wouldn't your nephew believe you? The details you provide lead me to believe that you have a clear picture in your head of what exactly what you see. It's a scary picture to some, but non-the-less a clear one. :)
Just thought of something - maybe we should turn this thread into an apple "PIE" thread and talk about 2 topics at the same time????
I like it. Pie I mean.
too funny notme.. thanks for the laugh! Reminds me of the times I've told my immigrant (legal) wife the words were duh-fo-dil and asss-pra-gus....
bbb , tis a scary place in me noggin...the voices tell me so....
bowhunter , I worked for a roofing/siding contractor . he would sponsor guys from Poland them give them to me to train . a bucket of steam and a can of elbow grease was doodle squat compared to the crap I pulled . they learned quick not to ever ever take me serious...lol
Got lots of blossoms on all the fruit trees right now, but that don't mean crap, lots can happen, I had a frost this morning, I hope everything will pull through. We need some rain!