Re: [Apple-Crop] Malling 27

2016-10-07 Thread kuffelcreek
Willamette Nursery may also still have some www.willamettenurseries.com Kevin Hauser Kuffel Creek Apple Nursery On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 08:52:27 -0700, Gary Snyder wrote: > You should try Treco in Oregon. > > Their phone number is 1-800-871-5141. > > Good Luck > > > > Gary Snyder > > C & O Nur

Re: [Apple-Crop] Scion wood

2017-01-19 Thread kuffelcreek
Hi David: Yes, that's fine. Kevin On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:35:37 -0500, David Doud wrote: > the weather forecast for next week suggests there will be a good window to > mail scion wood - will there be someone to receive it on tues/weds if I > ship it monday? > David > > >> On Jan 3, 2017,

Re: [Apple-Crop] Future of Extension Assistance to Apple Crop

2017-01-24 Thread kuffelcreek
Pi r squared. Ha! You can't fool me; cornbread's square, pies are round! (In memory of Andy Griffith) Kevin Hauser Kuffel Creek Apple Nursery On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 23:05:13 +, "Con.Traas" wrote: > Hi Art (and everyone), > Yes, I was a much more regular contributor in the past. But then, in >

Re: [Apple-Crop] Apple videos

2017-03-26 Thread kuffelcreek
Hi Jerry: That project has your name written all over it, and I think you're the perfect man for the job :) Let us know when you complete it and post a link to it. Kevin Hauser Kuffel Creek Apple Nursery Riverside, California Nakifuma, Uganda, East Africa On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 14:23:23 +, Jer

Re: [Apple-Crop] Ideas on FB

2017-05-21 Thread kuffelcreek
A long, cool spring here in Southern California allowed quite a few FB strikes, three days in the low to mid-90's stopped it in its tracks. Formerly limp shoots with sticky ooze and now crispy and dry, and pruned stumps do not get re-infection. That's all I'll see of it until next spring, weeks o

Re: [Apple-Crop] Ideas on FB

2017-05-22 Thread kuffelcreek
For the record, "cool" spring to us is in the low 70's, as it is not unusual to have some 100F+ days in April. This year we even got a rain and decent mountain snow after Easter. Our worst FB weather is cool, foggy mornings burning off to hazy days in the 80's. The hot days we got last week with

Re: [Apple-Crop] To head, or not to head: that is the tall spindle question.

2017-07-03 Thread kuffelcreek
In our apple orchards in the tropics the endless season would result in whips 12'+ tall if we didn't intervene. I'd cut them back to 5' tall and notch above every bud to encourage lateral branching; this should have been done in April when they just started to push. I'd probably still do this no

Re: [Apple-Crop] satiny vs papery skin

2017-10-06 Thread kuffelcreek
Mosbah's comment rings true here in our hot dry climate of So. Calif.; our Liberty apples look like they've been stepped on, almost to the point of a donut peach. They still fatten up girth wise, but I've always thought it was something to do with irrigation. Thanks for solving a mystery. Kevin H

Re: [apple-crop-2] what happens to apple trees near equator

2018-07-21 Thread kuffelcreek
No, they never go dormant and if left alone will have spindly, 12 foot tall branches. They develop an extremely vertical habit that is unproductive. We counter this by aggressively bending branches horizontal and pinching back vertical suckers in order to form fruiting buds. At the start of the