I made my own hedger/topper by mounting a $250 used M-F sickle bar mower on a front end loader. Powered it with a hydraulic motor. Mower hydraulically pivoted from below horizontal to 90°. Could hedge and top up to 12 feet. Worked excellent as long as the tractor could fit down the driverow!
Bill Fleming Montana State University Western Ag Research Center 580 Quast Ln Corvallis, Montana ________________________________ From: apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net [mailto:apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.net] On Behalf Of maurice tougas Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 3:38 PM To: Apple-crop discussion list Subject: Re: [apple-crop] Hedging tall spindle trees Nick, Yes, we've done some hedging as a trial. People are hedging at differing times, in NY hedging is done by a couple of growers in August when branches "turn" or drop under the weight of growing fruit. We're trying several approaches as described a year ago or so here on Apple crop and in French publication "Le Mur Fruitier". You can do a site search of apple crop from the Virtual Orchard website to find the discussion a year ago. Best of luck, Mo Tougas 2012/2/22 Nick Lucking <n...@cannonvalleyorchard.com<mailto:n...@cannonvalleyorchard.com>> Here's the link to the video that Mo Tougas took. Thanks Mo! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SNxztQr-80&feature=related Nick Lucking Cannon Valley Orchard _______________________________________________ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net<mailto:apple-crop@virtualorchard.net> http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop -- Maurice Tougas Tougas Family Farm Northborough,MA 01532 508-450-0844
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