I haven't updated about the fruit and nut trees that were planted this spring. Since the winter is fast approaching, now would be a good time.
This is one of the dwarf peaches. The one which took a really long time to leaf out. I thought it wasn't going to come out of dormancy because it wasn't until about July the leaves started. It is the best looking one, now.
This is the other dwarf peach tree. It looks really great, too. Unfortunately I noticed something that I'm crossing my fingers on. It got damaged in the last string of strong winds we had.
This is where it was damaged. The outer layer of bark was rubbed off when the tree was blown around and into the wooden stake. The picture was taken a few days after the first frost. There are a few tiny places of tree sap the size of a pimple. I'm hoping it can heal over to form a good scab before it is freezing. So far the tree doesn't look like it's dying but this wound isn't good.
One of the paw paw trees going dormant. The stake was made with an old Choke Cherry tree branch which has started growing shrooms. I probably have to change that out.
Second paw paw getting ready for bed.
While there is only one leaf left on this hazelnut and it is not quite dormant yet, there are new buds all over it, which is a good sign. Both hazelnuts look about the same so I'm just including the picture of the one.
This is dwarf sweet red cherry. It had quite a bit more leaves but they were nibbled off by deer and devoured by japanese beetles.
This is the semi dwarf 2n1 sweet yellow and red cherry. It was also hit hard by the japanese beetles. You might be able to see that in the photo. The other dwarf cherry was filled out like this tree for a while.
Here is the 2n1 semi dwarf yellow and red delicious. Well, it was munched on by the deer also, so most of the leaves were gone, save for the ones at the top. It was horribly infested with cedar apple rust spots, too. Not dead, though.
All but the dwarf asian pear tree survived. A couple of weeks after this dward asian pear was planted, the top 5 inches was black. I pruned it off hoping the tree wouldn't continue to die. As the summer went on, it struggled. It grew few leaves but the black did not continue.
About 2 months ago I noticed most of the upper leaves had falled off and the remaining leaves were of a different type and coming out of the root stock. As you can see in the picture. About a month ago I noticed the black starting again. I pruned it off once more. A few days later it was back. I
I called Stark Brothers, where I bought the trees, and let them know it failed. They really are a great company so far. They refunded me because they have a one year guarantee. It sounded as if the graft had failed.
All in all, the trees hung in there. They struggled about as hard as I did this summer, but hopefully in the spring when they come out of dormancy they will be alive and ready to start the new growing season.
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Nice post! Thanks for sharing. I've purchased from Starks before as well. One time everything was great....another time I had some issues but they immediately refunded me. Great customer service. This year we need to replace a peach tree due to similar issues as what your's showed, but ours got worse and worse and was an oozing open sore. This was not a tree from Starks but rather a bare root tree at the end of the season (so a sad little stick) from Tractor Supply. I think we will give Fast Growing Trees a try for our replacement. I've heard good things about them. :)
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Glad your trees did so well! I hope the wind damaged one makes it.
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