Re: [apple-crop] apple size

2016-01-13 Thread Kushad, Mosbah M
list Subject: Re: [apple-crop] apple size Mosbah: I wonder if the attached PDF might not have been what you intended? Or maybe it was sent to an unintended address? David On Jan 13, 2016, at 10:24 AM, Kushad, Mosbah M <kus...@illinois.edu>

Re: [apple-crop] apple size

2016-01-13 Thread David Kollas
Mosbah: I wonder if the attached PDF might not have been what you intended? Or maybe it was sent to an unintended address? David On Jan 13, 2016, at 10:24 AM, Kushad, Mosbah M wrote: > ___ apple-crop mailing list

Re: [apple-crop] apple size

2016-01-11 Thread Jon Clements
rtualorchard.net] on behalf of Jon Clements [ > jon.cleme...@umass.edu] > *Sent:* Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:56 PM > *To:* Apple-crop discussion list > *Subject:* Re: [apple-crop] apple size > > Root pruning: YES > Withhold nitrogen: YES > Minimize dormant pruning, do some summer

Re: [apple-crop] apple size

2016-01-11 Thread John Bruguiere
<mailto:apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net>] on behalf of Jon Clements [jon.cleme...@umass.edu <mailto:jon.cleme...@umass.edu>] *Sent:* Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:56 PM *To:* Apple-crop discussion list

Re: [apple-crop] apple size

2016-01-11 Thread Arthur Kelly
oun...@virtualorchard.net [ >> apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net] on behalf of Jon Clements [ >> jon.cleme...@umass.edu] >> *Sent:* Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:56 PM >> *To:* Apple-crop discussion list >> *Subject:* Re: [apple-crop] apple size >> >> Root prun

Re: [apple-crop] apple size

2016-01-11 Thread Hugh Thomas
inois.edu >>> -- >>> *From:* apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net [ >>> apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net] on behalf of Jon Clements [ >>> jon.cleme...@umass.edu] >>> *Sent:* Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:56 PM >>> *

Re: [apple-crop] apple size

2016-01-10 Thread Jourdain Jean-Marc
it could be different. Jean Marc Jourdain CTIFL De : apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net [mailto:apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net] De la part de Jon Clements Envoyé : dimanche 10 janvier 2016 23:57 À : Apple-crop discussion list Objet : Re: [apple-crop] apple size Root pruning: YES Withhold

Re: [apple-crop] apple size

2016-01-10 Thread Jon Clements
Root pruning: YES Withhold nitrogen: YES Minimize dormant pruning, do some summer pruning (but don't remove fruit): YES Use Apogee: YES Over-crop: YES maybe, but use NAA and/or Ethrel to promote return bloom development Use B.9 rootstock (as opposed to M.9): YES Make sure you have enough variety

Re: [apple-crop] apple size

2016-01-10 Thread Shoemaker, William H
.cleme...@umass.edu] Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:56 PM To: Apple-crop discussion list Subject: Re: [apple-crop] apple size Root pruning: YES Withhold nitrogen: YES Minimize dormant pruning, do some summer pruning (but don't remove fruit): YES Use Apogee: YES Over-crop: YES maybe, but u

[apple-crop] apple size

2016-01-09 Thread Arthur Kelly
Any suggestions out there for how to reduce fruit size without getting into biennial bearing as in not thinning? Some varieties (Jonagold) would be more marketable if they were 2.75 - 3.0" instead of all more than 3.0". -- Art Kelly Kelly Orchards Acton, ME

Re: [apple-crop] apple size

2016-01-09 Thread Hugh Thomas
I've always wondered about root pruning with a deep running and large disk. Just a thought... On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 11:48 AM, David Kollas wrote: > > > Art: > > I don’t know whence the observations or measurements have > come, but I saw a rootstock