I wonder with Spotted Wing Drosophila if we are going to have to be more careful letting peaches fully "tree-ripen?"
:-) On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Arthur Kelly <[email protected]>wrote: > We are in the mid-80's here Jon. We expect to be in the 90's tomorrow. > We are starting blueberry (Duke) harvest tomorrow. We should start peach > harvest on the 25th-27th with PF 1, PF 5B and Earlystar with Garnet Beauty > to follow. Last year we picked PF 1, PF 5B and Earlystar all on the first > day of harvest. We might have been a day or two too late on the PF 1. We > try to harvest so you can eat them tomorrow. It can be touchy. > Maturities seem to sometimes not be what we expect from catalogues and > other literature. > > Art Kelly > > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Win Cowgill > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I know of no data on joint compound for lesser or greater peac borer >> control. >> Win >> >> Win Cowgill >> Editor Horticultural News >> Professor and Area Fruit Agent >> New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station >> Rutgers Cooperative Extension >> PO Box 2900 >> 314 State Route 12, Bldg. 2 >> Flemington, NJ 08822-2900 >> Office 908-788-1339 >> Fax- 908-806-4735 >> Email: [email protected] >> www.horticulturalnews.org/ >> www.virtualorchard.net/ >> http://virtualorchard.net/njfruitfocus/index.html >> www.snyderfarm.rutgers.edu/investigators/cowgill.html >> www.appletesters.net >> >> >> >> On Jul 14, 2013, at 11:17 AM, Arthur Kelly <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> It seems like past discussions indicated that adding the joint compound >> helped repel borers. What do you think? >> >> Art Kelly >> Kelly Orchards >> Acton, ME >> >> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Kurt W. Alstede >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Gentlemen:**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Please find below our top secret recipe. We have never had any adverse >>> effects from exterior paint…in fact we add the fungicide to help protect >>> the tree against wounds and the thiram acts as a rodent repellent. We use >>> the cheapest white exterior paint that we can find and generally spray it >>> on as a white wash with a handgun from the bottom twelve inches of the >>> scaffold limbs to the ground.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Hope that this helps.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> PEACH TREE PAINT RECIPE.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> 1 GAL WHITE EXTERIOR LATEX PAINT**** >>> >>> 2 GAL WATER. ( 1 PART PAINT X 2 PARTS WATER )**** >>> >>> ½ POUND OF THIRAM PER GALLON OF WHITEWASH.**** >>> >>> 2 TABLESPOONS OF TOPSIN-M PER GALLON OF WHITEWASH.**** >>> >>> MIX WHITEWASH, AND ADD THIRAM AND TOPSIN-M. STIR THOROUGHLY.**** >>> >>> APPLY TO THE TREES WITH PAINT BRUSHES OR SPRAY GUN 12 TO 18 INCHES AFTER >>> SCAFFOLDS WITH**** >>> >>> DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ABOVE 50 DEGREES F.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> *Kurt W. Alstede* >>> >>> General Manager,**** >>> >>> Alstede Farms, LLC**** >>> >>> P.O. Box 278**** >>> >>> 84 County Route 513 S. (Old Rt. 24)**** >>> >>> Chester, New Jersey 07930**** >>> >>> United States of America**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Tel: 908-879-7189**** >>> >>> Fax: 908-879-7815**** >>> >>> www.alstedefarms.com**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Arthur Kelly >>> *Sent:* Sunday, July 14, 2013 8:46 AM >>> *To:* Apple-Crop >>> *Subject:* [apple-crop] Stone fruit trunk painting**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Does anyone know the recipe for trunk painting including joint compound? >>> **** >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > [email protected] > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > > -- Jon Clements aka 'Mr Honeycrisp' UMass Cold Spring Orchard 393 Sabin St. Belchertown, MA 01007 413-478-7219 umassfruit.com
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