I've got Honeycrisp on M26 at 5X15 Steve. The 5 looks pretty good but the 15 probably could had been 13. Your welcome to come down to have a look sometime.
Art Kelly Kelly Orchards Acton, Maine On Nov 21, 2013, at 9:31 AM, Steven Bibula wrote: > I plan to trial Honeycrisp on B.9/B.118, B.9/MM.111 and G.11/MM.111. I also > plan to use renewal pruning, with no permanent limbs. Considering Jon > Clements' recommendation for Honeycrisp on B.9 at 2 feet apart in the row, > any thoughts about spacing for these other combinations, or cautions? My > thinking: If Honeycrisp on B.9 means waiting to crop until the third leaf, > maybe it is better to not rely heavily on Tall Spindle, but instead also go > with fewer trees on interstems (cheaper per acre) that will presumably last > longer, need less expensive support and still be trained to a compact, U-Pick > friendly fruiting wall. > > Steven Bibula > Plowshares Community Farm > 236 Sebago Lake Road > Gorham ME 04038 > 207.239.0442 > www.plowsharesmaine.com > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.net > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
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