Someone please stop my husband! Also, tree care?

[neo71665]

I have tons of chicken wire! It's that enough to deter them?

Yes, doesn't take much to stop prey animals like deer. It's predators that chicken wire doesn't stop.

 

[sourland]

I have tons of chicken wire! It's that enough to deter them?

Chicken wire around the trunks will stop the bucks from rubbing them, but it would be necessary to build a cage around them in order to keep the deer from browsing.

 

[Percheron chick]

Has he mentioned the cattle and pigs yet?

Geese... You will need geese to clean up the fallen fruit.

 

[Nnyuu]

Geese... You will need geese to clean up the fallen fruit.

Don't tell my husband that...

 

[springvalley123]

I've seen people pound t-posts and put up fencing to protect their new trees, from free range cattle as well as deer. Deer can leap and reach pretty high.

As for rocky soil, I'm more familiar with that. I use a vitamin B-1 solution from the nursery to help the roots. And, over watering can be an issue as the water could suffocate the roots by keeping air away from them, but I don't readily know how to detect that.

 

[NatJ]

And, over watering can be an issue as the water could suffocate the roots by keeping air away from them, but I don't readily know how to detect that.

Maybe dig a hole, a little further out than where the tree roots should be, and check whether the dirt is wet or dry down there. If it's dry, they need more water. If it's still wet, they do not need more.

Of course, after a bit you will get a sense of how much water they need, but that's one way to check while you are learning it.

 

[writerskramp]

I love my husband to pieces, but he's intent on turning this place into a farm whether I'm ready for it or not

He purchased 5 cherry trees and 5 apple trees. They have all been planted as directed by the nursery, but I'm curious about tree care.

How much/often to water them? Any special considerations I should be aware of? There are several different breeds of tree to allow for pollination, so no worries there.

I feel like I was finally getting the hang of the chicken thing, and now he's starting an orchard!

Your husband cares about you and your prodigy.. Likely his Mother In Law even.. His neighbor too stranger.. Tomorrow is not today, as tomorrow never comes. Yesterday is past.. Things are about to get tough beyond comprehension.. anybody's comprehension. Get onboard, just make sure the boat has not been Christened the Titanic..

 

[Weeg]

OP, for our trees, we pound 4 T-posts into the ground around them, then take whatever wire we have, even plastic mesh will work, just doesn't look nice. Wrap it around the posts, and secure with zip-ties. Always make sure that the wire reaches above the tree branches. The branches are what your trying to protect.

 

[Cryss]

Whatever you do, don’t let him know about goats! They’re smaller than cows but give milk and meat just like cows.

 

[Nnyuu]

Whatever you do, don’t let him know about goats! They’re smaller than cows but give milk and meat just like cows.

Actually, I wouldn't mind a few goats