I have a couple acres of honey crisp on different root stock and I'd tell anyone that the tree is difficult to grow, susceptible to many diseases from powdery mildew to pith and much more. The apple taste great fresh, we've juiced with the taste not very desirable for juice. Again, the toughest apple tree for us to grow and we have 15 varieties. Good luck On Nov 21, 2013, at 12:09 PM, Jill Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've got Honeycrisp on M26 at 5X15 Steve. The 5 looks pretty good but the 15 > probably could had been 13. Your welcome to come down to have a look > sometime. > > Art Kelly > Kelly Orchards > Acton, Maine > On Nov 21, 2013, at 9:31 AM, Steven Bibula wrote: > >> I plan to trial Honeycrisp on B.9/B.118, B.9/MM.111 and G.11/MM.111. I also >> plan to use renewal pruning, with no permanent limbs. Considering Jon >> Clements' recommendation for Honeycrisp on B.9 at 2 feet apart in the row, >> any thoughts about spacing for these other combinations, or cautions? My >> thinking: If Honeycrisp on B.9 means waiting to crop until the third leaf, >> maybe it is better to not rely heavily on Tall Spindle, but instead also go >> with fewer trees on interstems (cheaper per acre) that will presumably last >> longer, need less expensive support and still be trained to a compact, >> U-Pick friendly fruiting wall. >> >> Steven Bibula >> Plowshares Community Farm >> 236 Sebago Lake Road >> Gorham ME 04038 >> 207.239.0442 >> www.plowsharesmaine.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 Rich Everett Everett Family Farm "Fine Organics From Seed to Core" [email protected]
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