Trees fruit/nut

[fenceman]

Fenceman looks good

I beat the bears and got some

Bears ? Man I'm glad we don't have those things around here.
And I worry about birds pecking mine :lol2:

 

[cow pollinater]

If you prune those trees you'll get a lot better fruit.

 

[skyhightree1]

[Bears ? Man I'm glad we don't have those things around here.
And I worry about birds pecking mine :lol2:

I can send you a few bears if you want

If you prune those trees you'll get a lot better fruit.

I will probably do that this year.

 

[fenceman]

Piles got bigger


And another batch tonight
Top hand is starting to grip about the mess
I guess I better call it good with this

 

[greybeard]

You should make a youtube vid of your jam and jelly making--it might go viral and you'd make a fortune off the ads and hits. 8)

(How do you like the glass top oven range? I find mine does not seem to work well on the lower settings--low and simmer)

 

[fenceman]

You should make a youtube vid of your jam and jelly making--it might go viral and you'd make a fortune off the ads and hits. 8)



I hate the pos. I can't wait till it breaks. Your not supposed to put cast iron on it. How can you cook without cast iron.?
Every chance I get I use cast iron trying to duck it up.
The top hand wanted it and she gets what she wants. She's terrified of fire. Goes and stays at her mother's when we're burning brush. :lol2:

(How do you like the glass top oven range? I find mine does not seem to work well on the lower settings--low and simmer)

Got the quotes all twisted up somehow. I can screw up anything.Except that stove.

 

[Lucky_P]

I'll second the recommendation on grafting - it ain't rocket science, just simple carpentry.
The fruit trees are easy, easy, easy. Nut trees a bit tougher...but may be worth the effort.

Those pecans, if seedlings, will take 15-20 years to come into bearing (that's been my experience)... but if you graft them over to good named varieties that are proven to produce in your area, you'll cut the time to bearing in half - and nut size/quality will be predictable...with seedlings, it's a crapshoot.

 

[fenceman]

To many peaches

 

[skyhightree1]

To many peaches

I am sure I could round up a few bears and send them there they will fix that problem for you real quick.

 

[skyhightree1]

Looks like the bears nor will I get any peaches

 

[Fire Sweep Ranch]

Looks like the bears nor will I get any peaches

Same here Sky. My first year getting a crop from my white peach and nectarines and we got a horrible case of brown rot! Every stinking piece of fruit rotted on the branch.... I am super sad.
However, my Asian pear and Maxi pear looks great so far! The Hardi Asian pear tree is 5 years old, and this is the first year it has produced fruit. It looks great, along with the Maxi... First year for the Maxi also. The pears will not be ripe for another month, and I drool each night I walk by the trees and see the yummy fruit hanging...
Oh, and my HoneyCrisp apple tree has ONE Apple on it this year, that tree is just two years old!

 

[skyhightree1]

it stinks we do have a pear tree but havent checked that one i know we got enough black walnuts to last for years though.

 

[skyhightree1]

pear trees loaded hope I get some of them

 

[skyhightree1]

these pears were on the ground beneath the tree I figured they would be nice and ripe... WRONG there hard as a rock.. Any tips on how to get these things to ripen and get soft id like to make jelly out of them or something.

 

[HDRider]

these pears were on the ground beneath the tree I figured they would be nice and ripe... WRONG there hard as a rock.. Any tips on how to get these things to ripen and get soft id like to make jelly out of them or something.

Put them in a paper sack all together.

My mom makes a pear preserve, using hard pear chunks. Cooking them softens them up. It is great on a hot buttered biscuit.

 

[fenceman]

Some types of pears never start to get ripe until they hit the ground. Hdrider gave you the solution

 

[skyhightree1]

Thaks HD I will do that I may try the preserves like that. I may have to use a feed bag cause stores here use plastic. FM usually in previous years they were soft when hit the ground.

 

[1982vett]

Thaks HD I will do that I may try the preserves like that. I may have to use a feed bag cause stores here use plastic. FM usually in previous years they were soft when hit the ground.

Musta had some wind when it rained....... :mrgreen:

Hard pears never really get soft on the tree. Those do look a bit green to me. They should be better when they begin to turn a little more yellow and will get sweeter and jucier. I hate a mushy overripe pear.

 

[fenceman]

I figured that bear of his been shaking his tree again. The little hard green pears grow wild around here, well feral anyway. Grandma used to ripen them in a paper bag and for what it's worth. She would always put a old banana or Apple in with them?

 

[skyhightree1]

Yea these never get yellow it is a wild tree. :lol2: fm is right the bear had been getting all the lower lying ones not sure how in the he 11 he eats them