Thanks for the advice Mo. I will spray. Rye Hefley So Cal ------------------------------ On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 9:55 AM PST maurice tougas wrote:
>Rye, > >I'm going to assume you won't be able to do 100% flower removal, and I'm >told there is nearly 0zero chance of resistance developing if you spray >strep ONLY during bloom, I would. With you already having FB in the >orchard, don't risk it! My opinion. Good luck, > >Mo > > >On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Rye Hefley <ducn...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> >> Hi Mo, >> >> Thank you for your response and confirmation to continue that way. >> >> Yes there was fireblight last year and now will be "forevermore". Was >> thinking that also would be a fringe benefit of removing flowers. >> >> After pruning and flower removal, is it still necessary to spray this year? >> >> Thanks again Mo! >> >> Rye Hefley >> So Cal >> ------------------------------ >> On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 3:09 AM PST maurice tougas wrote: >> >> >You're doing fine Rye. You will encourage growth and do no harm. You'll >> >also reduce the potential for fireblight infections. We simply pinch the >> >buds at or as they break "tight cluster". Prefer not removing entire spur >> >as we may want fruit there next year. It's time consuming, but for >> >fireblight reduction and increased growth response, worth it. >> > >> >Mo Tougas >> >Grower, Tougas Family Farm >> > >> > >> >On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Rye Hefley <ducn...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > I am removing flowers by hand this year to promote scaffolding growth. >> > When I see a flower that is protruding from the bud (before it is >> open), I >> > grab the whole bud and pull it off. I started to wonder if this is in >> any >> > way harmful to my goal of scaffold growth. Is there a "right time" and >> > "right way" to manually remove flowers? I'm not looking to grow any >> fruit >> > this year just scaffolding. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Rye Hefley >> > So Cal >> > _______________________________________________ >> > apple-crop mailing list >> > apple-crop@virtualorchard.net >> > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >-- >> >Maurice Tougas >> >Tougas Family Farm >> >Northborough,MA 01532 >> >508-450-0844 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> apple-crop mailing list >> apple-crop@virtualorchard.net >> http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop >> > > > >-- >Maurice Tougas >Tougas Family Farm >Northborough,MA 01532 >508-450-0844 _______________________________________________ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
