Hello all,
What everyone thus far has said is relevant. Jon's rule-of-thumb of 0.9
x distance from row centre to row centre is good, but not a complete
answer. To get to the bottom of this very difficult question requires
information like light intensity (the more intensity the better the
canopy
Con, interestingly, we are at 43 degrees 32' north which is the same as
southern France and Northern Italy. Much different climate of course. We
still have up to 12 of snow in the orchard and it was in the 30sF today
with a stiff NW wind that made it feel colder. Still a good day for
pruning.
I would agree with Jon, but add a couple of other considerations that I'd
use to fine tune your rule.
The first would be row orientation. North / South oriented rows will receive
more uniform light exposure than trees East / West, and so perhaps an extra
percentage of height could be added.
Generally (NNW/SSE) North/South rows, M26 Mac, 8X18, slender pyramid form.
What tree height?
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, Me
2011/3/26 maurice tougas appleman.maur...@gmail.com
I would agree with Jon, but add a couple of other considerations that I'd
use to fine tune your rule.
The first
Maurice Tougas wrote:
Thirdly, consider hours of sunlight per growing season. I've never seen a
zone chart for this. Might be an interesting project for some
statistician (Wes!), but developing some sort of sunlight zone similar to
traditional hardiness zones should influence height/width ratio.
If you are growing hi-density apples, then tree height should be no
greater than between-row width. Slightly less (0.9) is even better.
Jon
2011/3/25 Arthur Kelly kellyorcha...@gmail.com:
What do you all think about required row spacing for various tree heights?
Should row width be 1.1, 1.3
