Re: Apple-Crop: RE: Experience with cold temps post bloom

where are you at? Thanks, Annette Bjorge Coloma MI - Original Message ----- From: "Karl Townsend" To: "Apple-Crop" Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 12:39 PM Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: RE: Experience with cold temps post bloom We got a bit colder at our site 26(bottom of hill)

Re: Apple-Crop: RE: Experience with cold temps post bloom

We got a bit colder at our site 26(bottom of hill) to 32.5(hilltop) and we're in late bloom. I'm guessing the trees I shouldn't have planted at the bottom of the hill are likely smoked. Any thinning suggestions for the middle of the orchard? Or ways to evaluate fruit set with frost? Karl ---

Re: Apple-Crop: Pesticide Rates and Tree Row Volume

make up for that. This will mean that more and more of the research that leads to refinements in pest management practices -- including the manipulation of rates for effective and economical control -- will have to be done by individual growers in their own orchards. I'll not judge that

Re: Apple-Crop: Cedar apple rust

Since you've never had a problem before, I expect that there was an unusually high amount of inoculum last year, and the two final sprays of captan, then Scala, didn't do much to control it. Another explanation might be that in previous years, you've used an EBDC (Polyram, Dithane, Maneb, et

Apple-Crop: Cedar apple rust

After 28 years of growing, we had our first serious rust infection last year. In the past, the thought always has been: control scab, you won't get rust. There was virtually perfect scab control last year. We pay great attention to the mills table and try to spray just ahead of wetting periods

Re: Apple-Crop: Early bearing

http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/treefruit/documents/ReturnBloomofApples.doc - Original Message - From: "Harold Schooley" To: "Apple-crop" Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:32 PM Subject: Apple-Crop: Early bearing Would someone care to divulge a recipe for getting slow-to-bear varieties

Re: Apple-Crop: Cold-hardiness of Bud 54-118 apple rootstock

Karl Townsend did not mention the timing of the cold in Minnesota, nor whether there is risk of warming in January or February, followed by extreme cold. It was 18 years ago, so the memory may be a bit fuzzy . IIRC, the extreme cold was late December early January. Minnesota does

Re: Apple-Crop: Cold-hardiness of Bud 54-118 apple rootstock

My site is located in central Minnesota. The winter of 90-91 was preceeded by warm dry fall conditions. Then no snow at all when the temps. went to -35F. I lost every M7 and M9 on the place. The B118 trees didn't even know it was cold. M26 also fared well. Sence that time, a large percent of th

Re: Apple-Crop: sprayer pudding

What other micro elements are a part of the soluble fertilizer? http://www.uap.ca/products/documents/2008-Nortrace20-20-20SolubleFertilizer.pdf -- The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard

Apple-Crop: sprayer pudding

I've been having a bit of trouble plugging the screen on my sprayer. 20-20-20 soluble fertilizer has been part of the mix for a couple sprays a year for quite a while now. I recently switched to Calcium nitrate over calcium chloride for early season calcium. I just dissolved a some 20-20-20 a

Re: Apple-Crop: Mouse Bait

the orchard. As I recall, it was a bait that was supposedly very effective. Does anyone recall that subject? . . . if so, what is the name of the stuff, who makes it, & where can I buy it? I've been using an anti-coagulant called "Tom Cat" and it just doesn't seem to be very effective.

Re: Apple-Crop: drought and glyphosate

are very dry, thinking it would be wasted expense. Would anyone care to comment on experience with glyphosate applied during drought? You're wasting your time and money. Wait till you've got vigorous growth. fall can be the best time when roots are taking up for the winter. Karl ---

Apple-Crop: sooty blotch IPM

Drought here in central Minnesota. Our last scab spray was 6/13 and it hasn't rained sense. I put on Imidan last night. In past years, captan has always been included with an eye on Sooty Blotch. My better half said that's stupid with it this dry so no fungicide went on. We're looking around

Re: Apple-Crop: Iron in irrigation well

I had a trickle system and gave it up becauses of this problem. Injecting sulfuric acid was the best for my situation. I got 5 gallon carboys of pure 66 degree baume H2SO4. I got four left you could have. Cost you more than its worth to get it shipped. Karl

Re: Apple-Crop: Early season hail damage

The grower and I would appreciate hearing from folks who have experienced similar situation and what were the eventual effects of the early season not-cutting hail dents. Thanks, Glen Those dents will leave a dead and pithy spot in the apple just under the surface. Not number 1 gr

Re: Apple-Crop: bee activity

Would like to get some comments & feedback regarding temps and bee activity Bees spend A LOT of time going for water when its hot. Put bowls of water with a pad so they can walk right down to the water edge right by the hive. Less of the field work force will then be needed for water gathering

Apple-Crop: pruner for small trees

w.virtualorchard.net/applecrop.html The link for recent archives appears broken. <(©¿©)> An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Two apples a day gets the doctor's OK. Five a day makes you a fruit grower like me. Karl Townsend --

Re: Apple-Crop: Training Videos for Fruit Workers, in Spanish and English

slender spindle trees and young trees. <(©¿©)> An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Two apples a day gets the doctor's OK. Five a day makes you a fruit grower like me. Karl Townsend --- The 'Apple-Cro