Re: [Apple-Crop] Future of Extension Assistance to Apple Crop

Pi r squared. Ha! You can't fool me; cornbread's square, pies are round! (In memory of Andy Griffith) Kevin Hauser Kuffel Creek Apple Nursery On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 23:05:13 +, "Con.Traas" wrote: > Hi Art (and everyone), > Yes, I was a much more regular contributor in the

Re: [Apple-Crop] To head, or not to head: that is the tall spindle question.

In our apple orchards in the tropics the endless season would result in whips 12'+ tall if we didn't intervene. I'd cut them back to 5' tall and notch above every bud to encourage lateral branching; this should have been done in April when they just started to push. I'd probably still do this

Re: [apple-crop-2] what happens to apple trees near equator

No, they never go dormant and if left alone will have spindly, 12 foot tall branches. They develop an extremely vertical habit that is unproductive. We counter this by aggressively bending branches horizontal and pinching back vertical suckers in order to form fruiting buds. At the start of the