anyone out there on the east coast have a good source for white
reflective ground cover? Apparently Extenday is only available in
Washington state and California.
John Bruguiere
Dickie Bros. Orchard
On 1/11/2016 9:44 AM, Hugh Thomas wrote:
Another way to reduce N is to grow grass under the trees and mow and
bag the grass and haul the grass clippings away. Sounds labor
intensive but hot so bad if you use a commercial mower.
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Arthur Kelly <kellyorcha...@gmail.com
<mailto:kellyorcha...@gmail.com>> wrote:
We are trying some hard-cider blends with them Mo.
Art
On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 8:53 PM, maurice tougas
<appleman.maur...@gmail.com <mailto:appleman.maur...@gmail.com>>
wrote:
"JuicyGold".
On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Shoemaker, William H
<wshoe...@illinois.edu <mailto:wshoe...@illinois.edu>> wrote:
What region did you observe the Morren's Jonagored Supra
on B9 Jon? Can you say something about chilling
requirement for that cultivar? I think Jonagold is an
excellent apple for fresh eating. If the New England Apple
Association wants to brand it, I think they are making a
good choice.
Bill
*William H. Shoemaker *
/Retired fruit and vegetable horticulturist/
/University of Illinois/
wshoe...@illinois.edu <mailto:wshoe...@illinois.edu>
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Root pruning: YES
Withhold nitrogen: YES
Minimize dormant pruning, do some summer pruning (but
don't remove fruit): YES
Use Apogee: YES
Over-crop: YES maybe, but use NAA and/or Ethrel to promote
return bloom development
Use B.9 rootstock (as opposed to M.9): YES
Make sure you have enough variety to pollinate: YES
I found Morren's Jonagored Supra (Willow Drive) grown on
B.9 rootstock to be a very nice Jonagold strain. Good
crops without too many large fruit. Still have to watch
biennial bearing. I would plant that strain in a heartbeat
if I want Jonagold.
Did you hear New England Apple Association is going to
brand Jonagold apples grown in New England? Not sure,
however, what they are calling it?
Any other ideas out there?
Jon
On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 10:18 PM, Hugh Thomas
<hughthoma...@gmail.com <mailto:hughthoma...@gmail.com>>
wrote:
I've always wondered about root pruning with a deep
running and large disk. Just a thought...
On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 11:48 AM, David Kollas
<kol...@frontier.com <mailto:kol...@frontier.com>> wrote:
Art:
I don’t know whence the observations or
measurements have come, but I saw a rootstock
comparison
in which G202 was said to produce “smaller
fruit size.” For the reason you mention, I hope
this is true, and of
more than just statistical significance. I
suspect that if it were a practical difference, we
would have heard more
about it.
David Kollas
Kollas Orchard, Connecticut
On Jan 9, 2016, at 12:01 PM, Arthur Kelly
<kellyorcha...@gmail.com
<mailto:kellyorcha...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Any suggestions out there for how to reduce
fruit size without getting into biennial bearing
as in not thinning? Some varieties (Jonagold)
would be more marketable if they were 2.75 - 3.0"
instead of all more than 3.0".
>
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