Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight

2011-04-28 Thread lee elliott
s to stop after a good hot day. I remember Tom Vorbeck using a blow torch on FB to kill it. Does that really work? Lee Elliott, Upstart Nursery, Winchester, Il --- On Wed, 4/27/11, Dave Rosenberger wrote: From: Dave Rosenberger Subject: Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight

Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight

2011-04-28 Thread lee elliott
s to stop after a good hot day. I remember Tom Vorbeck using a blow torch on FB to kill it. Does that really work? Lee Elliott, Upstart Nursery, Winchester, Il --- On Wed, 4/27/11, Dave Rosenberger wrote: From: Dave Rosenberger Subject: Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight

Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight

2011-04-27 Thread Dave Rosenberger
opper affect the finish? Works For Me, Lee Elliott, Apple Hill, Upstart Nursery, Winchester, Il --- On Tue, 4/12/11, Dave Rosenberger <http://us.mc354.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=da...@cornell.edu> wrote: From: Dave Rosenberger <http://us.mc354.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=d

Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight

2011-04-20 Thread lee elliott
Apple Hill Winchester, Il. --- On Mon, 4/18/11, Dave Rosenberger wrote: From: Dave Rosenberger Subject: Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Date: Monday, April 18, 2011, 3:56 PM To follow up on a few items:   1.  I would agree that control

Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight

2011-04-18 Thread Dave Rosenberger
berger <mailto:da...@cornell.edu> wrote: From: Dave Rosenberger <mailto:da...@cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight To: <mailto:apple-crop@virtualorchard.net>apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 7:59 AM I'm n

Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight

2011-04-18 Thread Dave Schmitt
Subject: Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 7:59 AM I'm not aware of any evidence that copper status as determined from leaf analyses can be linked to fire blight susceptibility. (Someone corr

Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight

2011-04-17 Thread lee elliott
petal fall and first cover sprays,, I'm afraid to put too much, at what point will copper affect the finish? Works For Me, Lee Elliott, Apple Hill, Upstart Nursery, Winchester, Il --- On Tue, 4/12/11, Dave Rosenberger wrote: From: Dave Rosenberger Subject: Re: [apple-crop] Copper Defici

Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight

2011-04-15 Thread Bell, Richard
Rosenberger Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:00 AM To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Subject: Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight I'm not aware of any evidence that copper status as determined from leaf analyses can be linked to fire blight susceptibility. (Someone correct me if

Re: [apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight

2011-04-12 Thread Dave Rosenberger
I'm not aware of any evidence that copper status as determined from leaf analyses can be linked to fire blight susceptibility. (Someone correct me if I am wrong?) Copper is an excellent fungicide when applied as a fungicide, the the copper levels on the exterior of the plant that act as fung

[apple-crop] Copper Deficiency and Fire Blight

2011-04-12 Thread lee elliott
Is deficient levels of copper in leaf analysis a good indicator of fire blight susceptability?  After several years of copper applications my levels are near normal, my fire blight is minor with most strikes dying out. It would seem to me that fire blight is an indicator of copper deficiency.  I