Fact sheets on tall spindle, vertical axis, slender pyramid (not
recommended in NY), and slender axis systems are available online at
www.fruit.cornell.edu specific links are, respectively
http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/tree_fruit/resources/The%20Tall%20Spindle%20Planting%20System.pdf
http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/tree_fruit/resources/The%20Vertical%20Axis%20Planting%20System.pdf
http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/tree_fruit/resources/The%20Slender%20Pyramid%20Planting%20System.pdf
http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/tree_fruit/resources/The%20Slender%20Axis%20System.pdf
These are on the tree fruit production page at
http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/tree_fruit/GPGeneral.html
-Julie
Juliet E. Carroll, PhD
Fruit IPM Coordinator, New York State IPM Program
Joint Faculty, Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology
Cornell University
630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456
315-787-2430 (Fax -2360)
j...@cornell.edu
NYS IPM http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/
Cornell Fruit Resources http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/
NEWA Pest Forecasts http://newa.cornell.edu
Trac Software http://nysipm.cornell.edu/trac/
Integrated Pest Management
Cornell Cooperative Extension
At 07:37 PM 1/31/2010, you wrote:
I am intrigued by the option of using metal stakes (best angle?) for
smaller plantings (several acres) and with very hi-density systems
(tall-spindle or super spindle, 3 ft or 2 ft between trees
respectively) on, for example, B.9 rootstock. But I have been told
they will not hold up? I am thinking row lengths of several hundred
feet, placing the stakes every 10 meters (30 feet) or so, 10 ft. tall
stakes driven 2.5 feet into ground puts the top wire at 7.5 feet.
Seems cost-effective, easy to run wires through holes, easy to drive
(compared to wood) and should be OK for organic. Need to figure out
the end-support I suppose. What am I missing?
Jon
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Gary Mount
<gbmo...@alumni.princeton.edu> wrote:
> I will be planting an orchard for organic production this year and am
> looking for a solution to obtaining posts. As far as I know, treated posts
> are not acceptable in the NOP (I would love to stand corrected on this one)
> and I don,t like metal posts very much. I saw some really nice concrete
> posts at Fruit Logistica last winter in Berlin, but don't know of any
in the
> USA. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> -
> Gary Mount
> Terhune Orchards
> 330 Cold Soil Rd
> Princeton, NJ 08540
> 609-924-2310
> 609-924-8569 fx
> 609-462-9672 cell
>
>
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