Dennis, Do you irrigate the Bud 9 trees?
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 11:25 AM, <dmnor...@royaloakfarmorchard.com> wrote: > Interesting, Hal. We planted Honeycrisp on Bud 9 back in 2004 and they > are only about 6' to 8' even now......produce a good crop, but never grew > as we expected. In fact, we are planning on removing them in the next two > years or so. Replanted more in 2006 on M 26 and they have produced > beautifully. Spacing was based on previous tree rows...we had M7 planted > in the same rows previously with 10 x 14 spacing. Planted the M 26 with 4 > x 14 spacing and trained to tall spindle. Best Honeycrisp producing trees > we have. No fire blight issues and do trunk sprays with Lorsban to keep > the borers off them. We are also doing some trial rows on NIC 29 with > Zestar to see how they perform to tall spindle. > > I'm sure you have made sure the graft unions were above grade. but if your > guys are like ours, we have to make a double effort to make sure those > graft unions don't get buried along with the roots! I'm sure you are aware > that if the union does get below grade, the dwarfing effect of the > rootstock is gone. > > Dennis Norton > IPM Specialist/Certified Nurseryman > Royal Oak Farm Orchard > 15908 Hebron Rd. > Harvard, IL 60033-9357 > Office (815) 648-4467 > Mobile (815) 228-2174 > Fax (609) 228-2174 > http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com > http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.blogspot.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Hal Wentzel <appl...@gmail.com> > *To:* Apple-crop discussion list <apple-crop@virtualorchard.net> > *Sent:* Sunday, June 01, 2014 7:22 AM > *Subject:* Re: [apple-crop] Bud 118 > > I planted Honeycrisp on what I thought was Bud 9 on 4x15. I have a strong > suspicion that they were on Bud 118, but I can't verify that. I've had a > heck of time with their vigor. It took them about 6 years to calm down, > and I've had to do some heavy pruning to contain their growth. > > > On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Hugh Thomas <hughthoma...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Next spring, I'm thinking of planting Honeycrisp on Bud 118 with a 4x12 >> spacing. Anyone with any ideas or critical remarks on this would be >> appreciated. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> apple-crop mailing list >> apple-crop@virtualorchard.net >> http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop >> >> > > > -- > Hal Wentzel > Pleasant View Orchard > W6050 Chapman Road > Niagara, WI 54151 > 715-927-2050 > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.net > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.net > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > >
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