Re: [apple-crop] The joys of thinning
Low-chill climate didn't help us with the thinning any this year; despite an almost tropical winter, I still ended up with snowball blooms and annoying grape cluster-like applets that take forever to hand-thin before they snap the branches off. Kevin Hauser On Sun, 31 May 2015 15:30:08 -0400, Arthur Kelly kellyorcha...@gmail.com wrote: Nothing like 3 days of wet cool weather just when you ought to be thinning your apple crop. Such is apple growing. ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
Re: [apple-crop] The joys of thinning
I did some hand-thinning yesterday, and it is exhausting. Too many fruit! On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Arthur Kelly kellyorcha...@gmail.com wrote: Nothing like 3 days of wet cool weather just when you ought to be thinning your apple crop. Such is apple growing. -- Art Kelly Kelly Orchards Acton, ME ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop