Rye, I'm going to assume you won't be able to do 100% flower removal, and I'm told there is nearly 0zero chance of resistance developing if you spray strep ONLY during bloom, I would. With you already having FB in the orchard, don't risk it! My opinion. Good luck,
Mo On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Rye Hefley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mo, > > Thank you for your response and confirmation to continue that way. > > Yes there was fireblight last year and now will be "forevermore". Was > thinking that also would be a fringe benefit of removing flowers. > > After pruning and flower removal, is it still necessary to spray this year? > > Thanks again Mo! > > Rye Hefley > So Cal > ------------------------------ > On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 3:09 AM PST maurice tougas wrote: > > >You're doing fine Rye. You will encourage growth and do no harm. You'll > >also reduce the potential for fireblight infections. We simply pinch the > >buds at or as they break "tight cluster". Prefer not removing entire spur > >as we may want fruit there next year. It's time consuming, but for > >fireblight reduction and increased growth response, worth it. > > > >Mo Tougas > >Grower, Tougas Family Farm > > > > > >On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Rye Hefley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> I am removing flowers by hand this year to promote scaffolding growth. > >> When I see a flower that is protruding from the bud (before it is > open), I > >> grab the whole bud and pull it off. I started to wonder if this is in > any > >> way harmful to my goal of scaffold growth. Is there a "right time" and > >> "right way" to manually remove flowers? I'm not looking to grow any > fruit > >> this year just scaffolding. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Rye Hefley > >> So Cal > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > -- Maurice Tougas Tougas Family Farm Northborough,MA 01532 508-450-0844
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