I am sorry for not being clearer in my initial post. My main question is
about Honeycrisp on various interstems managed with renewal pruning. That
is, does anyone have experience with this.
Steven Bibula
From: apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net
This past season I had continued re-infestation of potato leafhopper in
young unbudded apple rootstock nursery. Calypso provided control, but only
until the next population floated in on air currents, presumably from somewhere
far south of here (Connecticut). My question is: Are these
Steven,
Sorry for my ignorance, but why use interstems?
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 5:55 AM, Steven Bibula sbib...@maine.rr.com wrote:
I am sorry for not being clearer in my initial post. My main question is
about Honeycrisp on various interstems managed with renewal pruning. That
is, does
Here in Central Virginia this year we rotated Calypso with Carbaryl as
populations settled in to our blocks. It worked great.
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 1:10 PM, David Kollas kol...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
This past season I had continued re-infestation of potato
leafhopper in young
Interstems do make for a more expensive tree. Wasn't the thinking always to
use interstems for a free standing, supported early years, well anchored but
smaller tree?
On Nov 22, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Hugh Thomas wrote:
Steven,
Sorry for my ignorance, but why use interstems?
On Fri, Nov 22,
Up here in the Northland (Nova Scotia)
most of the interstem plantings fell into the Gee that sounded like a good
idea, now how long can I bear to look at this mess before I pull it out?
The root suckers were phenomenal on the M9/MM111's to the point where they grew
faster than you could cut
Hugh,
What Art said, plus the idea that interstems should to provide a ultimately
similar orchard result as with Tall Spindle or other high density plantings,
with somewhat less cost per acre due to less support needed and fewer trees
per acre; also, the hope is to achieve longer tree life
Makes sense to me now.
I've read that Bud 118 doesn't need support. A question I've always had
is, Why is it important to not cut the leader? Seems like an idea
situation to me would be to plant high density with root stocks that are
self supporting and cut the top out every year to two to
