Blue Hill Wildlife Nursery striving to take food plotting for Wildlife over-the-top, Vertically!!! I live in a region that has millions and millions of wild fruit tree varieties. These trees have been waiting to be discovered and become named varieties. You see, fruit trees do not grow true from their seed, so you graft plant tissue from the original plant to rootstock to propagate the new tree. I was fortunate to make a new friend and get to travel his amazing property. A place full of wild growing trees that have been waiting. This asian type pear tree below now has the name Big Lou. The fresh dusting of snow has covered many of the deer tracks in the mud. Yet I could tell by the amount tracks that deer have been hitting this tree quite hard for some time. There was zero dead wood in this tree, very healthy looking dropping pears December to January in hardiness zone 5a. The integrity of the fruit was pretty impressive as well. The taste was a nutty pear flavor. Good enough that the deer approved. I'm going to make a few 20 or 30 and I need 10 for myself. So there wont be many available. The trees are beautiful. So ready for spring!!! Can't wait to ferry my pear trees in. Wanted the persimmons also but sold out. That's unbelievable, still fruit hanging...gotta get some of those.. I would say I will be ordering a Big Lou but looks like that will depend on how quick I get my order placed when sales start. I definitely need more trees lol. I'll be buying a Big Lou when available I'll take 1 Dave Ball I added 1/4" to 3/8" rootstock to the website: Malus Dolgo, Antonovka and betulifolia priced at $2.70 a piece. Clonal rootstocks Bud 118 and OHxF 97 and a persimmons rootstock. Rootstock For Sale - Blue Hill Wildlife Nursery - Buy Rootstock bluehillwildlifenursery.com What is the difference between the rootstocks? I am in mid Michigan and looking for standard size wildlife stock. I'm new to trees for deer and new to your page..could you explain root stock ect..or where I can learn how to plant David Bryce Vertical tree plotting at its best!! Tree plotting has huge advantages....If you're planting the right varieties!! Do you have an opinion on planting clover or other plots in your tree plots? I have heard that the nitrogen from the clover was good for the trees I've never met a deer that didn't like apples, or pears, never. Start throwing "non natural" grub at them and it could be a crap shoot. My experience with that was pumpkins. I hunted Michigan once and the deer there absolutely loved pumpkins. I had never seen or heard of such a thing here in NW Pa. Well so happens when I got home a local farmer was about to discard a whole hay wagon load of left overs from Halloween and he gave them to me. I put half at one location and the other a mile away at my home. I was sure I found the mother of all attractants. WRONG. Not a SINGLE deer ate any and I even broke some open so they would get the idea. Moral of the story...buy some fruit and nut trees from Blue Hill Nursery. What have you found most successful to keep the mice out of your tubes? Just evicted 3 out of a pear tube. They got some of the cambium layer mid way up.
Also, is there anything I can paint where they chewed it to increase survival chances? Do these varieties always hold their fruit this long? I’m assuming from the tracks it’s also dropping? Is it natural or treated with something like Retain? Is this the Big Dog Crabapples? How long does it take for them to mature and produce? Why don’t you sell bundles for a reasonable price that already have cross pollination characteristics that would be beneficial for food plot guys, since that seems to be your focus. When will these trees be available & what sizes do you sell? Have you considered grapes or fox grapes... I completely agree. I do soybean plot but my mixture of trees is also a huge attractent. Deer are browsers, they want a variety of foods. I need to get some of that wire fence around my dolgos. Check this out Danny Paul. Approximate age on these trees is? What is the name of the tree pictured here? Can't wait to get some in the ground Impressive Brandon Swartzlander Persimmons in late December. We have had a few days in single digits so far, most nights have been teens and 20's. Our colder weather will come through January and Feburary much like every one else. My point is this persimmons remains palatable even through the freezing and thawing process. This is a very young tree grown from seed, that produced heavily this year. You can see this fruit is seedless and was produced with out a male pollinator. As a wildlife tree, this tree has alot going for it. I have always been reluctant to plant persimmons because of the pollination issue and determining the sex of the trees. Do you still recommend planting them in groups? You sell grafted varieties? Do these trees ship bare root ? Is that a full draw ? Michael Case Jonathan Johnson Jeff Stambaugh Michael Ousley Mike Jackson The crabapple I have now named The Road kill crabapple. This tree earned this name because it has killed more deer this year than I did! The original tree resides on the bank and hangs over the road. As I was observing this tree dropping crabapples over the last 2 months. The Road Kill crabapple claimed the lives of quite a few deer. The deer were feeding under this tree on the heavily traveled road. The picture on the left is from October 25th and the picture on the right is from December 21st. This tree produces a spice tart apple similar to the taste of Dolgo. As you can see in the pics, the Road Kill crabapple produces loads of crabapples. This is a tree that I will begin grafting this spring and will be available for purchase on the website at www.bluehillwildlifenursery.com in September 2020. Great Name for that apple! How big is the apple? Do you reserve orders ahead of time? Do you need a particular pH? How much would the grafts cost? Awesome ! How old would you guess this tree is. Yes sir!! cut it down then Mike Menold Mike Gelakoski Jeff Stambaugh Jonathan Johnson Mike Michael Case Michael Ousley I would like at least three full size stock, not dwarfs. Thanks, PM me with Road Kill Crab apple when you have some ready to ship please. I wanttttt How would it do in heavy wet soil?? A friend of mine has them on his land and they will choose the crab apple trees over the corn! Understanding apple rootstocks. Clonal rootstock such as M111, B118 and P18 rootstock are mainly propagated in stool beds. Malus Dolgo and Antonovka are trees grown from seeds that are then used as rootstock. This video illustrates the difference of a clonal rootstock vs seedling grown rootstock. Check out those root systems on Apple/crabapple trees,very impressive. I have not gotten any like that from elsewhere!
I had to watch the video a few times, Anyone notice something in the video that Ryan didn’t say anything about?! Chestnuts 🌰 🌰 🌰 🌰 🌰 Great video. Thanks. Any bear proof trees being developed? Asking for a friend. Happy Thanksgiving! Grams Gift from loaded in the end of September to holding just a few here in the 3rd week of November. As I've continued to watch this tree it still continues to impress me. From its deliscuous taste, to its heavy annual fruit production and its drop that is just about perfect for our Archery season here in Pennsylvania. What root stock? I this an annual bearer? I need about 20 of them😍😍 This tree is simply an exceptional wildlife tree. I had posted about this tree last year. The pictures on the website are from last year. This tree just makes alot of fruit with out fail and with out human interventions. Sonofcal began dropping fruit again this year about October 1st, casting 50 to a 100 crabapples daily. This trees fruit holds their integrity very well even after freezing and thawing, making them highly palatable to the whitetail deer. What do I mean by this? In watching as many crabapples as I have, many times a crabapple will receive freezing temperatures, turn to mush and drop from the tree. Sonofcal along with all of my late crabs keep there integrity, keep there platatability and simply keep the deer coming. Are these for sale yet? Do you take preorders for next Sept? Look close at the amount of bucks that have mounted my archery target. Get the UV light out! I saw a big coyote sitting on the edge of the road right by your house Monday night. He was probably checking things out over there. Slap a cam on her!!! And the stains runnin down her legs! Ewww lol Yeah put a trail camera on it ! In the words of Roger Daltrey..... SHE'S A WHORE. Do deer eat my pears? The short answer is yes! I could have made a video with pears hanging from the tree and deer droppings all around the trees but, instead I placed a camera and figured I would post a few pics. Again as in my previous post, I described this 6 acre property and I mentioned pear trees. As seen in these pictures, kieffer pears are coming to an end. I knew I needed more to extend my drop time and the attraction. This is why I spent alot of time searching the north east to find the Malus pear, Advent pear, Rifle deer pear, and Winter deer pear. These are all great pears, very edible for humans and very attractive to whitetails. All begin dropping after the kieffer. These pears are all grafted and easily are one of the most productive trees you can plant and have a substantial amount of fruit falling in a few short years when planted in proper soil. These trees producing in these pictures are from a planting in 2015. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, as the saying goes and all these deer aren’t just looking for Waldo. Just incredible how much action this young tree is getting.
I made a mistake on my order, I ordered pears but didn’t order enough. What do you recommend for soil and hardiness?
I am interested for Kalkaska in Northern Michigan. Have a hard time with some fruit trees up there because of the extended cold Camera name says it all. The Proof! If Whitetails circling their trees looking for fruit doesn’t show you the power of blue hills trees nothing will! Are they available in the spring? That is amazing tree growth Nate Miller Aaron Utberg Josh UtbergBlue Hill Wildlife Nursery Blog
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You always hear someone say....the deer are not eating my brassicas. For me personally, I have 4 properties with the biggest being 12 acres. The deer will crush brassicas on two of my properties and will hardly touch them on the other two properties. I have tried for years and keep planting them hoping they will develop that taste for brassicas.
If only I would have spent my efforts on something else like Art's Buckman or Big dog crabapples. Whether your looking to attract deer or provide an excellent late season food source, it's easy to see by the tracks in the snow in the pictures....Sometimes it's better to go vertical than horizontal! 
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