Thread: Fruit, Nut, and Vine Grafting, Tree Propagation, Tree Care

In the passing of the Tornado looking at the damage we are very blessed. No real losses to speak of compared to just yesterday's Twisters across the USA. I found the tornado got enough suction on the lower grade (1/12 pitch) back part of our roof it pulled the screws up in places a 1/2 inch. I have already re-screwed the roof.



The 80 feet of wood fence taken out by falling trees I have replaced. I found some of the posts were damaged so I had to attach the runners above or below the original mounting location. I also used 4in Deck Screws instead of nailing the runners. Since I had a Hardie Siding nail gun (does not sink the nail head, sets it flush) I bought some hot dipped galvanized ring shank nails to re-nail the fence pickets.



Here is the stump of the Oak that fell on my truck. It was twisted out of the ground. The hole in the yard where it was has roots twisted under the surface just ripping them off the tree stump.



We ended up with 2 broken water lines, the second just made a wet spot in the yard. When I removed the insulation on the pipes I found a fitting cracked, I guess something must have flown by hitting it. Got my shop all dried out from that water line, what's the chance the line would break off sticking right thru the wall flooding the floor? Still was a easy fix.



Repaired the Drip Irrigation lines, righted and re-potted the Citrus trees, removed the broken limbs, thinned the fruit set on the trees with greater damage. Even the potted Figs are recovering well.



These 2 Owari Satsumas were completely laid over so I wet the soil very well and righted both then staked and removed the fruit set for this year.



These 2 trees are the new Arctic Frost Satsuma (rated down to 9 degrees on a 5 year old tree) I had with the other Citrus trees, they blew out of the pots damaging the roots to the point I had to prune back the tops, place them in the shade to keep them from drying out while re-rooting. Both can take direct sunlight without wilting now.



No saving my 6 way Pear tree but the rootstock suckers seem to be living. I'm planning on Air Layering them because anything I grafted to the rootstock took well.



Even the Critters are back active I have been burning up the Possums at night with my pellet rifle when they didn't go in the trap but the first Racoon of the Spring, it got caught.

All in all, no real losses, I'm waiting on the freight estimate from a EBay Auto Recycler for a replacement door for my truck. I will start out removing the Cap and Bed, then interior once the Camper is back on Ross Barnett.