Re: [apple-crop] Narrow Tall Spindle Layout

2014-07-03 Thread Ernest Rollins
Matthew, To approach this strictly from a mathematical perspective: The rule of thumb is for row width to be 1.3 times the tree height for north/south oriented rows and 1.5 times the tree height for east/west oriented rows for sunlight penetration. If we start with “short” spindle trees

Re: [apple-crop] Narrow Tall Spindle Layout

2014-07-03 Thread kuffelcreek
I concur with Dennis' evaluation of Dr. Robinson's videos; this system has forced even stubborn high-chill varieties to transition from vegetative mode to fruiting mode in hot climates and the tropics. I wanted to address Matthew's desire to keep the trees around 6' tall. This sounds like it

Re: [apple-crop] OBLR

2014-07-03 Thread Glen Koehler
Hi Art There is no OBLR pheromone trap treatment threshold that I know of. As Jon said, the traps are used for timing not threshold detection. That said, and with a big buyer beware cautionary note that we really can't extrapolate from one pest to another, I still find it informative to