0.9 X 18 feet = 16.2 feet, if you want to maximize production. :-)
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2011, at 3:21 PM, Arthur Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: > Generally (NNW/SSE) North/South rows, M26 Mac, 8X18, slender pyramid form. > What tree height? > > Art Kelly > Kelly Orchards > Acton, Me > > 2011/3/26 maurice tougas <[email protected]> > I would agree with Jon, but add a couple of other considerations that I'd use > to fine tune your "rule". > > The first would be row orientation. North / South oriented rows will receive > more uniform light exposure than trees East / West, and so perhaps an extra > percentage of height could be added. > > Second, training system results in differing depth or density of canopy, and > so a system with wider row spacing may result in longer branches which may > result in greater shading in the interior of the tree. Systems such as tall > spindle, super spindle and maybe fruiting wall systems result in narrower > canopies and so there is less depth to the canopy resulting in less distance > sunlight must travel to trunk. That said, these systems may well have a more > dense canopy than more open, widely spaced trees when pruned properly. > The narrower canopies I believe have the advantage, and so the ratio of > height to row spacing may again allow for a slightly taller tree. > > Thirdly, consider hours of sunlight per growing season. I've never seen a > "zone chart" for this. Might be an interesting project for some statistician > (Wes!), but developing some sort of sunlight zone similar to traditional > hardiness zones should influence height/width ratio. > Certainly the number of hours of sunlight, and, it's intensity on average, > received in Pasco,WA or Hastings, NZ is appreciably higher than > Northborough,MA or Acton,ME and has an influence on ideal height/row width > ratio. > > Mo Tougas > Tougas Family Farm > Northborough, MA > > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Jon Clements <[email protected]> > wrote: > If you are growing hi-density apples, then tree height should be no > greater than between-row width. Slightly less (0.9) is even better. > > Jon > > 2011/3/25 Arthur Kelly <[email protected]>: > > What do you all think about required row spacing for various tree heights? > > Should row width be 1.1, 1.3 or 1.5 X tree height? > > Art Kelly > > Kelly Orchards > > Acton, ME > > _______________________________________________ > > apple-crop mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > > > > > > > > -- > JMCEXTMAN > Jon Clements > [email protected] > aka 'Mr Liberty' > aka 'Mr Honeycrisp' > IM mrhoneycrisp > 413.478.7219 > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > [email protected] > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > > > > -- > Maurice Tougas > Tougas Family Farm > Northborough,MA 01532 > 508-450-0844 > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > [email protected] > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > [email protected] > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
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