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[tvanmunhen]

Grow some furniture

This

 

[DarkWeb]

That's awesome.

It realy was. Tomatoes is a big crop too. There's nothing like a good tomato.....you can't get them at a store. They're just different, just like peaches.

 

[tvanmunhen]

It realy was. Tomatoes is a big crop too. There's nothing like a good tomato.....you can't get them at a store. They're just different, just like peaches.

I have terrible luck with tomatoes at the store. Thankfully I'm always stocked up either. I grow way too many or my neighbor. Even my mother -in-law dumps off a bag or two.

I miss eating crab apples off trees and robbing all the plums from my neighbors. It's kind of why I was thinking about planting those. Maybe someday some kid will come eat them.

 

[DarkWeb]

Man, this is bringing back memories of rolling out long black plastic over the wide mounded rows. He had soaker hose under all of it so he could control how much water they got. Tomatoes like warm soil and the biggest thing is consistent water. Dry periods tend to grow thick skin and a burst of wet days cracks that skin.

 

[DarkWeb]

Rutgers tomato - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Dboybudz]

I planted some envy and rocket apple seeds a while back. Apparently starting from seed as opposed to a cutting is not optimal. I'm in no hurry to get fruit and can care less if they come out like the apples I ate. So I went for it.
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Hopefully they can stay alive long enough to bear fruit. I'm assuming 5 years or so possibly longer hahaha.

We grow apples and prune every year, that's cool, have to find a spot outside and will have something that hopefully lives for 60 years. Yea being that small probably like 10 years but still fun.

 

[tvanmunhen]

We grow apples and prune every year, that's cool, have to find a spot outside and will have something that hopefully lives for 60 years. Yea being that small probably like 10 years but still fun.
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Nice!!

 

[tvanmunhen]

We grow apples and prune every year, that's cool, have to find a spot outside and will have something that hopefully lives for 60 years. Yea being that small probably like 10 years but still fun.
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Those apples look fantastic! Wish I had that little Kubota as well...

 

[Dboybudz]

Those apples look fantastic! Wish I had that little Kubota as well...

Those we're from last year the branches had so many Apple's on all trees they were literally touching the ground. I've never seen so many had to be from all the rain. When they start getting ripe I filled that Kubota that full every week for month and half from five trees,two just planted five years ago. Man if I had a still id make brandy just cost of copper and knowing how to build one.

 

[tvanmunhen]

Those we're from last year the branches had so many Apple's on all trees they were literally touching the ground. I've never seen so many had to be from all the rain. When they start getting ripe I filled that Kubota that full every week for month and half from five trees,two just planted five years ago. Man if I had a still id make brandy just cost of copper and knowing how to build one.

Do it!!! Send me some Brandy lol

 

[DarkWeb]

Those we're from last year the branches had so many Apple's on all trees they were literally touching the ground. I've never seen so many had to be from all the rain. When they start getting ripe I filled that Kubota that full every week for month and half from five trees,two just planted five years ago. Man if I had a still id make brandy just cost of copper and knowing how to build one.

Pretty simple really. Wash and rinse apples. Chop up and crush apples, then put that mush in a press to extract the juice. Ferment juice. Take that fermented juice in the still. You can also freeze the water out of that juice. A still is "hot distillation" where as freezing it is "cold distillation" if not fermented properly cold distillation can leave you with off flavors and a headache.

 

[Dboybudz]

Pretty simple really. Wash and rinse apples. Chop up and crush apples, then put that mush in a press to extract the juice. Ferment juice. Take that fermented juice in the still. You can also freeze the water out of that juice. A still is "hot distillation" where as freezing it is "cold distillation" if not fermented properly cold distillation can leave you with off flavors and a headache.

Yea that's something have to look into. Still want a small still to run just have to YouTube how to cut and solder it. Thump keg,cap, barrel,then mash up apples and yeast, sugar and water for a week.

 

[DarkWeb]

An old timer I know has a shed. You'd never know on the outside (except for the small lawnmower motor mounted to the side of the shed) but you open the door and it's full on cider mill in there. You dump into the wash bin and small conveyor belts run the apples up to get chopped up in a grinder. Then they go down another conveyor to the press. The juice comes out and can fill a pail or whatever you have lol

 

[DarkWeb]

Yea that's something have to look into. Still want a small still to run just have to YouTube how to cut and solder it. Thump keg,cap, barrel,then mash up apples and yeast, sugar and water for a week.

Copper and Stainless Steel Distillation and BIAB Brewing Equipment

Copper "moonshine" stills, stainless steel distillation equipment, and electric brewing systems for fuel alcohol, "moonshine," whiskey, homebrew beer and more.

www.clawhammersupply.com

They have copper kits

 

[Dboybudz]

Copper and Stainless Steel Distillation and BIAB Brewing Equipment

Copper "moonshine" stills, stainless steel distillation equipment, and electric brewing systems for fuel alcohol, "moonshine," whiskey, homebrew beer and more.

www.clawhammersupply.com

They have copper kits

Awesome thanks, really decent prices and the work is really great quality. That 300 dollar one is nice. Don't need anything bigger really just hate throwing apples away. Family, friends pack their cars full still give the rest to the deer.

 

[DarkWeb]

Awesome thanks, really decent prices and the work is really great quality. That 300 dollar one is nice. Don't need anything bigger really just hate throwing apples away. Family, friends pack their cars full still give the rest to the deer.

You gotta build it.

They have a lot of knowledge on that site and you really can learn everything you need to know.

 

[Dboybudz]

You gotta build it.

They have a lot of knowledge on that site and you really can learn everything you need to know.

Ah shit,I just popped in to take a quick look,still helpful tho. Yea guess if wanted something pre built gonna cost a grand most likely.

 

[DarkWeb]

Ah shit,I just popped in to take a quick look,still helpful tho. Yea guess if wanted something pre built gonna cost a grand most likely.

Pretty sure it comes with just about everything you need. And everything is cut. Just a little basic fab work.

 

[Dboybudz]

Pretty sure it comes with just about everything you need. And everything is cut. Just a little basic fab work.

Yea I just got done reading, everything is pre cut and riveted just need soldering gun and that's it, definitely will post when I decide to get going.

 

[tvanmunhen]

We grow apples and prune every year, that's cool, have to find a spot outside and will have something that hopefully lives for 60 years. Yea being that small probably like 10 years but still fun.
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I hope you don't mind. We stole this from your yard lol yum yum! Yum!.

By chance are those Fuji apples. That's what this one is and boy it's tasty.