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- Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:09 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: apple pickers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10689
Re: apple pickers
Harry, Sorry you can't find pickers. Here is the problem and solution. The problem is that Americans are spoiled. they expect to live all day by having iPod headphones in their ears and the TV and internet entertaining them to no end. You will never get pickers as long as there is unlimited unemploy...
- Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:48 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: Codling Moth
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8312
Re: Codling Moth
Yes, I have an idea. Using Nylon to wrap your apples is using a petroleum product which contributes to global warming! You are a believer in global warming, (according to your recent posts) so I suggest you pass on nylon. Nylon is a petroleum based chemical! As far as codling moth goes, don’t they h...
Re: Crows!
This is how many major orchards do it: http://www.birdgard.com/
- Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:10 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: Apple a day may keep cardiologist away
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6924
Apple a day may keep cardiologist away
"...In a study of healthy, middle-aged adults, consumption of one apple a day for four weeks lowered by 40 percent blood levels of a substance linked to hardening of the arteries...."
See: http://westernfarmpress.com/orchard-cro ... ogist-away
See: http://westernfarmpress.com/orchard-cro ... ogist-away
- Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:50 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: What is wrong with my apple trees - blotched leaves etc
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12368
Re: What is wrong with my apple trees - blotched leaves etc
Another note. One nice feature about apple trees is that they drop their leaves in the winter and become dormant. This gives the grower a chance to rethink the tree’s culture and also rids the leaves of insects and pathogens. Many of these insects will lay eggs in the tree’s bark or soil and some of...
- Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:29 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: What is wrong with my apple trees - blotched leaves etc
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12368
Re: What is wrong with my apple trees - blotched leaves etc
The reason I asked your location was to discover the reason there is a mossy looking ground cover under the trees. This might be baby tears or some sort of moss, but whatever it is, it looks like the ground covers one sees in high rain fall areas or a case of extreme over irrigation. I can see sligh...
- Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:11 am
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: What is wrong with my apple trees - blotched leaves etc
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12368
Re: What is wrong with my apple trees - blotched leaves etc
Where are the trees located? State, climate zone?
- Mon Sep 03, 2012 3:57 am
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: The reduction in genetic diversity of apples since the 1920s
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8719
Re: The reduction in genetic diversity of apples since the 1
I don't see a problem. There are whole forests of wild apples in western China. there are also native apple species in N. America. The original genetic material is still there and has not been lost. By the way, "inbreeding" is presented as being undesirable, when in fact many breeds of dog...
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:24 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: Help ID this apple/tree, please.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12274
Re: Help ID this apple/tree, please.
Looks like Red Delicious. Thick skin, see description on this site, "The skin can be quite tough" http://www.orangepippin.com/apples/red-delicious
Also has the oblong look, see photo: http://naturallyhealthyandgorgeous.word ... us-apples/
Also has the oblong look, see photo: http://naturallyhealthyandgorgeous.word ... us-apples/
- Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:48 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: Effects of climate warming and increased CO2 in Apples
- Replies: 8
- Views: 27433
Re: Effects of climate warming and increased CO2 in Apples
Following is a list of scientists in Pennsylvania who believe humans are not warming the planet and or that the planet is not getting warmer at all. You can find this list at http://www.petitionproject.org/index.php Roy Melville Adams, PhD, Lionel Paul Adda, PhD, George Aggen, PhD, Thomas I. Agnew, ...
Re: Spraying
This is a good site with a spray program: http://www.umass.edu/fruitadvisor/facts ... edule.html
- Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:27 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: New growth turning upwards????
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10032
Re: New growth turning upwards????
Something to consider, "V" branches are weaker than "L" branches, and they will break easily with a load of heavy fruit. You can use "branch spreaders" (clothes pins, toothpicks, rubber bands, wire, hanging weights etc. - be inventive) to spread the branches to a more f...
- Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:44 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: Fire Blight on Tremblett's Bitter?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18211
Re: Fire Blight on Tremblett's Bitter?
I don't think a 20 degree change in temps would cause leaf drop - however, you did not have leaf drop, so the question is moot. If the leaves turned black and hung on the tree, sounds like fireblight. I would cut off a branch, and cut away some bark and look for black/red streaks under the bark next...
- Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:44 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: Fire Blight on Tremblett's Bitter?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18211
Re: Fire Blight on Tremblett's Bitter?
I have never seen leaf drop in fireblight infections. In all cases I have seen, in pear, apple and pyracantha, the leaves cling to the branches and turn brown. Normally, leaf drop (abscission) is caused by some shock, from extreme hot to cold, waterlogged soil, chemical gases (gasoline fumes, etc). ...
- Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:54 am
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: Rotting apple tree??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12607
Re: Rotting apple tree??
I would leave the holes open. If you try to seal them, the tree will grow and or the filler material will shrink or expand and gaps will develop, and you will be faced with the same problem again. Years ago, concrete was used to fill holes in trees until it was realized a good seal was impossible an...