Re: [apple-crop] Planting density for Asian pears

2014-08-01 Thread Ernest Rollins
beneficial to have something to fasten limbs to in order to keep them below horizontal. It would seem that the Tall Spindle principle of removing any limb once it is too big for its space is going to have to be ruthlessly enforced on that spacing. Ernest Rollins 207-717-7057 Rollins

Re: [apple-crop] Narrow Tall Spindle Layout

2014-07-03 Thread Ernest Rollins
close to the machine. Given the nozzle spacing on my sprayer the spray pattern does not offer complete coverage closer than a foot. Somebody must have experimented with rows very close. I am sure they will have input. Ernest Rollins Rollins Orchards 262 Dexter

Re: [apple-crop] Late summer drop and fruit size

2014-01-13 Thread Ernest Rollins
“stress” some varieties into a higher output mode. In my experience results from very late hand thinning are VERY variety specific. Ernest Rollins 207-717-7057 Rollins Orchards 262 Dexter Rd Garland, Maine 207-924-3504 www.rollinsorchards.com From