I agree Mo. We try and remove trees every year and plant every year. I did use the word can to hedge the productive life of a block.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 30, 2017, at 5:48 PM, maurice tougas <appleman.maur...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Art > > I agree that it's great to be out pruning. I disagree that you should expect > a longer productive life with high density systems. My goal here is to be > looking at replanting when the orchard reaches twenty years or so. New > varieties, strains of varieties and improved planting system encourage 5% > renewal in my opinion. > > My best to you > Mo Tougas > >> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 1:27 PM, George Greene <cortla...@icloud.com> wrote: >> Art: >> >> Your comment makes sense to me. Right now I have a cold and I fell on the >> ice on Dec. 29th and I am still suffering. Pt may help but it may take a >> while. >> >> I suppose that you are enjoying the warmer weather. >> >> Be well, George >> >>> On Jan 30, 2017, at 12:43 PM, kellyorchards <kellyorcha...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Ruminations after a morning pruning. The weather is ideal. The temps are >>> in the high 20's, the wind is light and the sun is shining. Weather like >>> this is why we live here. Permanent limbs ultimately and inevitably get >>> too large. This is why high density systems can have a longer productive >>> life than less dense orchards. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Art Kelly >>> Kelly Orchards >>> Acton, Maine >>> _______________________________________________ >>> apple-crop mailing list >>> apple-crop@virtualorchard.com >>> http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop >> >> George Greene >> 68 Willow Lane >> Wiscasset, ME 04578 >> 207-882-8074 >> cortla...@icloud.com >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> apple-crop mailing list >> apple-crop@virtualorchard.com >> http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop >> > > > > -- > Maurice Tougas > Tougas Family Farm > Northborough,MA 01532 > 508-450-0844 > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.com > http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
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