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.
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