Thanks Brian. Spray the peaches first sounds like the best idea. Art Kelly
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Brian Heatherington < [email protected]> wrote: > Art, > > I did exactly what you are describing by accident one time. Had a mix of > Topsin/Captan/CaCl for apples and sprayed a few late ripening peaches > (Sept. Snow, Victoria) not thinking about the CaCl. I wouldn't say that it > had any disastrous effects, but the foliage looked a little off for a few > days, which means the chloride probably stressed the trees, offseting any > benefit of the calcium. This was with a low concentration of CaCl (5 lb/100 > gal)Of course you could spray the peaches first and add CaCl to mix before > moving to apples. > > Years ago I tried Nutri-Cal (liquid Calcium Nitrate with some sort of > chelation) on peaches and my impression was that it increased firmness, but > at the expense of delayed ripening and reduction of soluble sugars. This > was just my impression, and it might be an experiment worth repeating, but > for peaches we are always going for early ripening and high sugars, even at > the expense of firmness. > > At 07:54 PM 6/16/2013, you wrote: > > Thanks George, > I was mostly wondering if I could mix one tank with calcium chloride > for apples and use it on peaches also. I was also wondering if there was > any firmness benefit. I also understand that chlorine and peaches may not > be a good mix. > > Art Kelly > > On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 6:42 PM, George Greene <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All: > > I don't know any good reason to spray calcium on peaches. > > Is there a benefit you want to get? > > Having said that I do remember some research from India where the post > harvest handling of peaches is mostly without refrigeration. As I recall > they got a small benefit from the application of calcium. I doubt if there > would be much benefit if you use refrigeration to retain postharvest life. > > Be well, George > > Sent from our iMac > > George and Pat Greene > 68 Willow Lane > Wiscasset, ME 04578 > [email protected] > 207-882-8074 > Cell: 207-522-9431 > > > On Jun 15, 2013, at 6:35 PM, Arthur Kelly wrote: > > Calcium chloride on peaches? > > Art Kelly > Kelly Orchards > Acton, ME > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > [email protected] > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop ** > > ** Brian Heatherington > Beech Creek Farms and Orchards > 2011 Georgia Highway 120 > Tallapoosa, GA 30176 > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > [email protected] > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > >
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