I've tried many products and most of the ones mentioned in this thread. Liquid Fence = Ranch Dressing. Dried Blood is deer code for Merlot. Here in Montana, if a deer is hungry, he will eat anything. I finally put in an eight foot high tensile fence.
On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 7:59 AM, <dmnor...@royaloakfarmorchard.com> wrote: > Lee, we use a product called Repells All by Bonide that lasts up to 2 > months and is made up of Dried Blood , Putrescent whole egg solids, > Garlic oil, Acetic Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Cloves, Fish oil, Onions, Meat > meal, Seaweed, Vanillin, Vitamin E, and Wintergreen oil. It comes in a 6 > lb. bag as granules and is also available in liquid. The granules are a > bit less expensive and are rainfast within 6 hours. A six pound bag costs > about $30 and covers about 5,000 square feet. We use it in our sugar cube > melons to keep the raccoons off them and around our young trees to keep the > deer off them. One bag covers about 3 to 4 400' rows of trees. I don't > know if this would be less expensive for you, but the product really does > work for us. > > Dennis Norton > IPM Specialist/Certified Nurseryman > Royal Oak Farm Orchard > 15908 Hebron Rd. > Harvard, IL 60033-9357 > Office (815) 648-4467 > Mobile (815) 228-2174 > Fax (609) 228-2174 > http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com > http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.blogspot.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* lee elliott <pippm...@yahoo.com> > *To:* apple-crop@virtualorchard.net > *Sent:* Monday, June 09, 2014 7:52 AM > *Subject:* [apple-crop] Deer, Fireblight, Liquid Fence > > Deer browsing on young trees is spreading fireblight, I know this is true, > a small fenced in area in my orchard has little to no fireblight while the > rest is fire blight city, I am using Liquid Fence,on newly planted trees, > its a product made from putrified egg whites, this stuff really works but > has to be applied every 10 days or after major rain storms, problem is its > is very expensive, a bottle that treats 4 gallons is $30 at the local farm > store. I would like to know how to make some myself, does anyone know how > to do this?? Lee Elliott, winchester, Illinois > -------------------------------------------- > On Fri, 6/6/14, apple-crop-requ...@virtualorchard.net < > apple-crop-requ...@virtualorchard.net> wrote: > > Subject: apple-crop Digest, Vol 42, Issue 14 > To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net > Date: Friday, June 6, 2014, 11:00 AM > > Send apple-crop mailing list > submissions to > apple-crop@virtualorchard.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' > to > apple-crop-requ...@virtualorchard.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > apple-crop-ow...@virtualorchard.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > specific > than "Re: Contents of apple-crop digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Sprayer Calibration Between > Training Styles (Fleming, William) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 09:17:17 -0600 > From: "Fleming, William" <w...@exchange.montana.edu> > To: Apple-crop discussion list <apple-crop@virtualorchard.net> > Subject: Re: [apple-crop] Sprayer Calibration Between > Training Styles > Message-ID: > <0ed0d5ff52b2b3469bc620dba56ed85c8963169...@excms.msu.montana.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Nick, as long as you are getting sufficient coverage in both > growing systems I would personally find it easier to mix up > two different tanks with different quantities of material > rather than mess with swapping nozzles. > > > > Bill Fleming > > Montana State University > > Western Ag Research Center > > Corvallis, MT 59828 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net > [mailto:apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net] > On Behalf Of Nick Lucking > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 12:54 AM > To: apple-crop discussion list > Subject: Re: [apple-crop] Sprayer Calibration Between > Training Styles > > > > Thanks for the responses. So when you guys use the > spray controllers do you try to maintain the same GPA across > all blocks? Seems like if you don't have one (like me) > and you mix a tank to apply across multiple training styles > with varying row spacing the pesticide rate per acre would > be out of whack between them. > > > > Here's my scenario. 1.5 acres is conventional free > standing and 1.5 is tall spindle. When I did TRV > calculations last season and checked the GPM of sprayer > nozzles obviously with the difference in row spacing the > rate was way higher for the tall spindle block. When I > adjusted the gear speed so the GPA would match the free > standing block, tractor speed was way too fast ~4 MPH. > > > > I suppose I could get another set of smaller nozzles for the > tall spindle block to try to keep things even between > blocks. > > > > Any further advise? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Nick Lucking > > Cannon Valley Orchard > > Cannon Falls, MN > > _______________________________________________ > > apple-crop mailing list > > apple-crop@virtualorchard.net<mailto:apple-crop@virtualorchard.net> > > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://virtualorchard.net/pipermail/apple-crop/attachments/20140606/d08bb74a/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.net > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > > > End of apple-crop Digest, Vol 42, Issue 14 > ****************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.net > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.net > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > >
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