Re: [apple-crop-2] What to do when fireblight hits tall spindle

2018-07-18 Thread Hugh Thomas
Doug, it's sort of complicated. First, you probably know the bacteria travels from the tip downwards. The idea is to cut well below where the infection has traveled. You can cut away some bark and see where the brown area meets green cambium. I cut pass this point - well past it. I'm guessing I

Re: [apple-crop-2] Is this list serve dead

2018-07-18 Thread Hugh Thomas
Thanks Doug. And thanks to the other guys that answered my question about SWD. We don't have that pest here... yet Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 18, 2018, at 10:33 AM, Doug Nelson > wrote: > > I got this hugh > >> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018, 11:39 PM Hugh Thomas wrote:

Re: [apple-crop-2] Is this list serve dead

2018-07-17 Thread Hugh Thomas
Doug, same here. If you get this, please reply... Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 17, 2018, at 6:51 PM, Doug Nelson > wrote: > > I have seen very little traffic all season. No responses to my two queries. > ___ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@vir

Re: [apple-crop-2] Efficacy

2018-07-17 Thread Hugh Thomas
Art, what is SWD? Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 17, 2018, at 5:24 PM, Arthur Kelly wrote: > > Can someone explain why an insecticide might be excellent for SWD on one crop > but only moderate on another crop. > > Art Kelly > Kelly Orchards > Acton, Maine > > Sent from my iPhone > _

Re: [apple-crop-2] Nurse limb removal?

2018-07-06 Thread Hugh Thomas
My gut feeling, not based on any science I know of, just a few years of kicking dirt around, is too leave them until dormant, so that they can help with photo timing in the fall and the senescence will put back some nutrients. Just sayin' Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 6, 2018, at 11:43 AM,

Re: [Apple-Crop] Soil Anchors

2017-03-31 Thread Hugh Thomas
David, I use these, and they work great. I have no idea how they would work in your situation: http://www.wilsonirr.com/ecommerce/trellis/anchoring/screw-anc-36-hvy-8-disc-hv-rod.php You screw them into the ground using a tool that mounts on a 3 point auger rig: http://www.wilsonirr.com/ecommerce

Re: [Apple-Crop] Matrix Herbicide

2017-03-24 Thread Hugh Thomas
Deborah, Have you tried Matrix for apple sucker control? On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 4:33 AM, Deborah I. Breth wrote: > Matt, > I have had very good results in trials but success depends on the weed > complex on your farm? > > Sent from my iPhone > Deborah Breth > > On Mar 23, 2017, at 10:00 AM, Mat

Re: [Apple-Crop] Matrix Herbicide

2017-03-23 Thread Hugh Thomas
; > Thanks, > Matt > > On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Hugh Thomas > wrote: > >> I don't know but look into Chateau. Spray it in the spring and it holds >> back the weeds all season. I keep it off the trunks of the trees by hand >> spraying a circle arou

Re: [Apple-Crop] Matrix Herbicide

2017-03-23 Thread Hugh Thomas
I don't know but look into Chateau. Spray it in the spring and it holds back the weeds all season. I keep it off the trunks of the trees by hand spraying a circle around each tree and then following up with a larger power hand gun sprayer at low pressure with a V tip. You will need a gram scale, th

Re: [Apple-Crop] Cosmic Crisp

2017-03-21 Thread Hugh Thomas
es and positives of your tasting experience? > > Thanks for a good laugh. > > Bill > > *William H. Shoemaker * > > *Retired fruit and vegetable horticulturist* > > *University of Illinois* > > wshoe...@illinois.edu > ------ > *From:

Re: [Apple-Crop] Cosmic Crisp

2017-03-21 Thread Hugh Thomas
First of all, "Cosmic Crisp" is a stupid name, no doubt, some committee consisting of 500 came up with it. Sounds like a pimpled-up teen-aged super-hero character from another planet who gets real flakey if you mess with him. And by the way, he has a red outfit with a big logo on his chest with a y

Re: [Apple-Crop] Future of Extension Assistance to Apple Crop

2017-01-29 Thread Hugh Thomas
Hugh Thomas Thomas Farms LLC Stevensville, Mt. USA Author, *The Biology of Human Freedom* On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Hugh Thomas wrote: > Kurt, > You are absolutely right. In fact, my wife and I had decided to sell our > house /small farm if Clinton had won. Just after the el

Re: [Apple-Crop] Future of Extension Assistance to Apple Crop

2017-01-29 Thread Hugh Thomas
; > *From:* apple-crop [mailto:apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.com] *On > Behalf Of *Vincent Philion > *Sent:* Sunday, January 29, 2017 4:14 PM > *To:* Apple-Crop discussion list > *Subject:* Re: [Apple-Crop] Future of Extension Assistance to Apple Crop > > > > Please k

Re: [Apple-Crop] Future of Extension Assistance to Apple Crop

2017-01-29 Thread Hugh Thomas
Philion, agr., M.Sc. > > Le 29 janv. 2017 à 16:06, Hugh Thomas a écrit : > > The intended effect was to promote the idea that the right wing extremist > Donald Trump was trying to suppress opposition voices. Contrast this to the > fact that for years the fascist left has threatened

Re: [Apple-Crop] Future of Extension Assistance to Apple Crop

2017-01-29 Thread Hugh Thomas
The intended effect was to promote the idea that the right wing extremist Donald Trump was trying to suppress opposition voices. Contrast this to the fact that for years the fascist left has threatened any scientist that questions global warming. The death penalty has been called for many times. By

Re: [Apple-Crop] Jonagold

2016-10-12 Thread Hugh Thomas
A heavy crop will do it. Find a tree with good color and then make an estimate of the leaves / fruit ratio. I'm betting the non-coloring trees have 10-40 leaves or per fruit, whereas the good color trees will have 50-100+ leaves per fruit. My take on it.. On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 12:19 PM, kellyor

Re: [Apple-Crop] Deer Damage

2016-06-18 Thread Hugh Thomas
gt; www.alstedefarms.com > > > > [image: cid:image001.jpg@01CFB1AF.83320400][image: Picture1] > > > > *From:* apple-crop [mailto:apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.com] *On > Behalf Of *Hugh Thomas > *Sent:* Saturday, June 18, 2016 10:49 AM > *To:* Apple-Crop discussion list

Re: [Apple-Crop] Deer Damage

2016-06-18 Thread Hugh Thomas
I tried everything I could find out here in Montana - the commericial products, bars of soap, sprayed-on soap and somethings I forgot. I found the solution with an eight-foot hi tensile wire fence around our property. The MSU research station near us has an eight foot electric fence, and the mule d

Re: [Apple-Crop] Apple-crop address change

2016-05-30 Thread Hugh Thomas
Here in Western Montana we had a few weeks of above average temps and the bloom on our trees was huge. I'm new at apples and didn't realize how much the trees were going to be over loaded with fruitlets. Now I have to thin like crazy. The third leaf Honeycrisp trees have about 200 apples per tree,

Re: [Apple-Crop] National Academy of Sciences finds GMOs to be 'safe'

2016-05-20 Thread Hugh Thomas
Table salt is "safe," but a box of it over a short time frame will kill you. A man died in Germany (back in the 1980's) when he drank 20L of water over a 24 hour period. In the early 1900's (1903 I think) Scientific American magazine had an article stating how crazy driving an automobile was, in th