:* maurice tougas appleman.maur...@gmail.com
*To:* Apple-crop discussion list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net
*Sent:* Saturday, February 2, 2013 3:09 AM
*Subject:* Re: [apple-crop] Removing Flowers by hand
You're doing fine Rye. You will encourage growth and do no harm. You'll
also reduce the potential
: Saturday, February 2, 2013 3:09 AM
Subject: Re: [apple-crop] Removing Flowers by hand
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
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
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
Thanks for the advice Mo. I will spray.
Rye Hefley
So Cal
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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
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
