Vincent, if you’re not making a lot of noise and creating great wind, how can you feel like you’re doing the job?
D > On Oct 14, 2019, at 4:28 PM, Vincent Philion <[email protected]> > wrote: > > As harvest winds down, maybe the discussion list will get more traffic. > > I have a « off season » topic I’d like to tackle: sprayers and spraying in > general. > > How many of you use « low » volume (<200 L/ha or <20 gals per acre)? > > How many of you operate the fan at <540 rpm, and how low do you go? > > My impression is that Europeans are much more into « efficient » spraying > (fast driving, low water volume, low air speed) than Americans. Is this true? > And if so why? > > For the last 3 years I’ve been « harassing » my growers about this. Many > benefits = less refills, quicker job, much less fuel, much quieter, increased > deposits on leaves (so lower rate), less drift, etc. > > Thoughts? > > Vincent Philion, agr., M.Sc. > > Le 14 oct. 2019 à 15:52, Con.Traas <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > a écrit : > >> Hello all, >> I am still here (don't groan please) and am happy to give it a go. >> There might be life in the old list yet, though perhaps some new members are >> needed? How would a young grower or stakeholder know that we are here? >> Con Traas >> From: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> [[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>] on behalf of Shoemaker, >> William H [[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] >> Sent: 13 October 2019 17:04 >> To: Apple-crop discussion list; Charles Davis >> Subject: Re: [apple-crop-2] General discussion >> >> **CAUTION EXTERNAL EMAIL** >> This email originated from outside of the University of Limerick. Do not >> click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender's email >> address and know the content is safe. >> >> >> I quit my Facebook account a year ago. I think it has a number of security >> liabilities I want nothing to do with. These mailgroup lists may be >> "quaint", but they seem to still work well when folks don't abandon them. >> >> Bill >> William H. Shoemaker >> >> Retired fruit and vegetable horticulturist >> >> University of Illinois >> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> From: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Ginda Fisher >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2019 9:58 PM >> To: Apple-crop discussion list <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>; Charles Davis >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; Apple-Crop >> discussion list <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Subject: Re: [apple-crop-2] General discussion >> >> This group, like most, seems to have fallen to the power of Facebook. It's >> too bad, because Facebook is unorganized and unsearchable. But that's where >> most chatter that used to be sent via email seems to have migrated. >> -- >> Ginda >> typed with Swype, who knows what I intended. >> >> >> On October 13, 2019 12:39:29 AM EDT, Charles Davis <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Has this group bit the dust, haven't noticed any activity for a while. Any >> recommendations of good sites or pages to spy on? Clandestinely stirring the >> pot of apple butter here. Thanks >> >> On Tue, Apr 2, 2019, 7:27 AM Kurt Alstede <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Voting for me, a fellow tree fruit grower, as a Board Member for Farm Credit >> East this week! >> >> Kurt W. Alstede >> Alstede Farms, LLC >> Chester, New Jersey >> 908-879-7189 >> >> > On Apr 2, 2019, at 8:26 AM, Arthur Kelly <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > The secret to fruit growing is ......................... >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > _______________________________________________ >> > apple-crop mailing list >> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop >> > <http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop> >> _______________________________________________ >> apple-crop mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop >> <http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop> >> _______________________________________________ >> apple-crop mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop >> <http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop> > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > <http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop>
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