Re: Apple-Crop: RE: Apple-Crop Digest #1516 - 03/04/07

2007-03-05 Thread amity
Hello Listers: At first glance I thought Jerry was going to say he had a hydraulic lift that put the person doing the pruning (him in this case) up in the canopy for ergonomic ease of pruning. That is not such a bad idea really. Agricultural engineers are inventing equipment all the time

Apple-Crop: overwintering mite photos

2007-03-05 Thread Los, Lorraine
Hello all, A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about overwintering adult mites that were found under apple bark and on apple fruit in November. See original message below. Peter Shearer from Rutgers and several others agreed that it sounded like two-spotted spider mites. I also mentioned that I wo

RE: Apple-Crop: RE: Apple-Crop Digest #1516 - 03/04/07

2007-03-05 Thread john zimmer
What does this tower look like? or who manufactures it? Appreciate your comments. John Zimmer, Minnesota > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net> Subject: > Apple-Crop: RE: Apple-Crop Digest #1516 - 03/04/07> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 > 08:49:07 -0600> > My solution to a

Apple-Crop: RE: Apple-Crop Digest #1516 - 03/04/07

2007-03-05 Thread Jerry Mills
My solution to all of the above is a hydraulic limb lopper off of a Brownie pruning tower. The thing that makes this feasible for an old man is a suspension system over the top that holds up the loppers with only a minimum of lifting required. By being able to move around and cut from the top dow