Thread: wildlife trees this year

I've got some orders placed with a few different nurseries for wildlife pears, apples and crab apples. I have one with Hallman Farm, one with Cummins Nursery, and I took a chance and placed small orders with tyty and willis. Has any one ever ordered from any of these nurseries?

I haven't ordered from these nurseries, but I have planted fruit trees and sawtooth oaks for deer on my property. Be sure to protect your fruit trees with a fence or use grow tubes. Something about young fruit trees makes bucks just absolutely shred them. I got mine from "The Wildlife Group" nursery just south of Auburn, Alabama.

Check out the wildlife group website. They have excellent prices and are running
some good sales.

Originally Posted by TUCK

I haven't ordered from these nurseries, but I have planted fruit trees and sawtooth oaks for deer on my property. Be sure to protect your fruit trees with a fence or use grow tubes. Something about young fruit trees makes bucks just absolutely shred them. I got mine from "The Wildlife Group" nursery just south of Auburn, Alabama.

lol. thanks for the advice, but it's not my first rodeo with fruit trees. I've been growing my own apples and crab apples from seed for years, and you're right, without cages the deer will eat them down to the ground, and rabbits, mice and voles will take care of anything that's left. I've experimenting with chestnuts this year too. bought half a dozen 4-6' tall trees last fall (chinese) and I stratified a few pounds of dunstan chestnuts (most still in the fridge but 6 or so have sprouted and are now potted on the kitchen counter). Ill have a bunch left over if they all sprout, but better too many than too few I guess. I don't know how many of the chestnuts will make it here in Oklahoma. I have some slopes to plant on, but most of my soil is clay.

Originally Posted by mgeorge222222

Check out the wildlife group website. They have excellent prices and are running
some good sales.

Sales? i've been looking at their site, but haven't seen anything about a sale. Also nothing about shipping cost on their site(unless you buy a package) and no way to buy quick online (again unless you buy a package, and i'm primarily interested in late dropping fruit but it has to be disease-read fireblight- resistant) unless something has changed. I had been looking at the Ms. Laneene and Becton pears specifically.