[apple-crop-2] Europe's Farmers Are Struggling, but Some Sympathetic Consumers Have Difficulty Affording Their Food | Morning Ag Clips

Is the problem the price of the food or is the problem the ability to afford it? Or both? https://www.morningagclips.com/europes-farmers-are-struggling-but-some-sympathetic-consumers-have-difficulty-affording-their-food/ Sent from my iPhone ___

[apple-crop-2] Summer pruning peach trees

Does summer pruning reduce the vigor of peach trees that have no crop? Sent from my iPhone ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.com http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop

[apple-crop-2] Fruit thinning

Is anyone able to explain the physiology of apple fruit thinning? How does the differentiation that causes one fruit to abscise but not another happen? Sent from my iPhone ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.com

[apple-crop-2] Fireblight

Are there any other affects from Actigard plus Apogee applications for shoot blight. Sent from my iPhone ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.com http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop

Re: [apple-crop-2] Weed control

ut I > presume the practice is more common there? > > Jon > >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 10:40 AM Arthur Kelly wrote: >> Does anyone have any experience with various options with cultivation for >> weed control in the tree row? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >>

[apple-crop-2] Weed control

Does anyone have any experience with various options with cultivation for weed control in the tree row? Sent from my iPhone ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.com http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop

[apple-crop-2] 2021 NSFGA Summer Tour - First stop: Finger weeder/2D canopies/Concrete Trellis/Weather Station - YouTube

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[apple-crop-2] Varieties

A recent trip to our local supermarket showed 16 different apple varieties available! Sent from my iPhone ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.com http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop

[apple-crop-2] General discussion

The secret to fruit growing is . Sent from my iPhone ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.com http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop

[apple-crop-2] Efficacy

Can someone explain why an insecticide might be excellent for SWD on one crop but only moderate on another crop. Art Kelly Kelly Orchards Acton, Maine Sent from my iPhone ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.com

Re: [Apple-Crop] Fwd: Cold temp. After planting

We don’t have a forecast for anything below the high 20s over the next week. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 30, 2018, at 7:11 PM, Win Cowgill wrote: > > My friend Jon Clements wants more information on what moderating temperatures > means? > > The origional question was

[Apple-Crop] Root dips

Does anyone have experience using a biological fungicide as a pre-plant root dip? Art Kelly Kelly Orchards Acton, Maine Sent from my iPhone ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.com

[Apple-Crop] PF Lucky 13. A nice firm peach that ripens 2-3 days before Red Haven for us in Southern Maine. Also it drops.

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Re: [Apple-Crop] SWD

That's what I thought, just thought I'd put it out there. There might be site to site differences based on the previous years population? On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Jon Clements wrote: > Hi Art, don't call me the SWD "expert" but I seen enough of them this > year, all

Re: [Apple-Crop] Exirel

Including Rally and Manzate. Sent from my iPhone > On May 27, 2017, at 12:45 PM, Jon Clements wrote: > > Art, I did not seen any phytotoxicity with it when I did this small trial, > however, I would not advise tank mix with Captan. JC > >

Re: [Apple-Crop] Exirel

Thanks Jon, The label lists a number of other compounds besides Captan including Rally and M Sent from my iPhone > On May 27, 2017, at 12:45 PM, Jon Clements wrote: > > Art, I did not seen any phytotoxicity with it when I did this small trial, > however, I would not

Re: [Apple-Crop] Fireblight

tps://extension.umaine.edu/ipm/ag-radar-apple-sites > Our Changing Climate: It's Real, It's Us, It's Bad, Experts Agree. There's > Hope > > >> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Arthur Kelly <kellyorcha...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> Thanks, I was more wondering how

Re: [Apple-Crop] Fireblight

Thanks, I was more wondering how close to try and get to the infection period due sometime tomorrow morning. We are mostly in bloom with some varieties nearly complete petal fall and others (honeycrisp) at full bloom. There are very few flowers still to open and I expect that this will be the

Re: [Apple-Crop] NAD

I have overthinned Gala with carbaryl and BA. Art Kelly Kelly Orchards Acton, Maine Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 13, 2017, at 9:41 AM, Duane Greene wrote: > > John, > > Two years ago I did an experiment where I did apply Amid-Thin at petal > fall alone or

[Apple-Crop] Serenade

Does anyone have any experience with Serenade for brown rot? Sent from my iPhone ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.com http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop

Re: [Apple-Crop] A lighter note

I agree Mo. We try and remove trees every year and plant every year. I did use the word can to hedge the productive life of a block. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 30, 2017, at 5:48 PM, maurice tougas > wrote: > > Art > > I agree that it's great to be out

Re: [Apple-Crop] Weather

It only takes one polar vortex to screw things up like in 2016. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 22, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Jon Clements wrote: > > We're accumulating significant chilling hours now here in the Northeast with > daily temps in the mid-30's to 40's. I expect rest

Re: [Apple-Crop] Brown rot

Thanks guys Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 8, 2017, at 12:45 PM, Daniel Cooley wrote: > > I agree with Jon and David Doud. A dry year with no crop will knock down the > initial inoculum this coming year, decreasing brown rot pressure at the start > of the season relative to

Re: [Apple-Crop] Apple-crop address change

We had a very good bloom and excellent pollination. Based on that we bloom thinned with Amid on Macoun, early varieties, Gala and Honeycrisp. We petal fall thinned McIntosh, Cortland, and the early varieties. We are now at petal fall on the late bloomers and looking for a good weather window to