Posted by Rich_WI on September 29, 2011 at 16:40:01 from (50.50.123.216):
In Reply to: OT: Stark apple trees posted by Old beard on September 28, 2011 at 21:31:16:
The deer appreciate the dwarf trees the most, followed by semi-dwarf and then regular trees. I think their motto is "cant eat what we cant reach". If you plant dwarf trees its not a big deal during a heavy apple year because they eat mostly what falls to the ground. During a light apple year though, you may not get many apples for you and the family because the deer go up on hind legs and pick the tree almost clean.
Another thing to think about before commiting to an orchard is how your going to maintain it. I dont worry about mowing but you need to think about spraying the trees. If you plant semi-dwarf you should plan on a larger pull behind sprayer that has some power behind it. If you do dwarfs, you can spray with a hand held pump up sprayer. If you dont plan on spraying at all plan on massive losses and be happy if you only have heavy losses. Im not talking about just apple losses either, Im talking about the whole tree. Just last year I lost one of my big semi-dwarf trees to those tent caterpillars, I dont have a big sprayer so couldnt get the tops and the caterpillars took over and killed it.
As I replace trees and expand, Im putting in dwarf trees. I have enough trees that the deer can have whatever they want, I will eat whats left.
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