Re: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard

2010-02-01 Thread Juliet E. Carroll
Fact sheets on tall spindle, vertical axis, slender pyramid (not recommended in NY), and slender axis systems are available online at www.fruit.cornell.edu specific links are, respectively http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/tree_fruit/resources/The%20Tall%20Spindle%20Planting%20System.pdf

Re: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard

2010-01-31 Thread lee elliott
gbmo...@alumni.princeton.edu wrote: From: Gary Mount gbmo...@alumni.princeton.edu Subject: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 7:34 PM I will be planting an orchard for organic production this year and am looking

Re: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard

2010-01-31 Thread Dave Meyer
, January 31, 2010 7:28 AM To: Apple-Crop Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard I have Hedge posts (osage orange) that have been in the ground since the50's and not rotten yet, They grow on the farm and are ffree for cutting, Downside is they grow crooked but will make

Re: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard

2010-01-31 Thread Jon Clements
I am intrigued by the option of using metal stakes (best angle?) for smaller plantings (several acres) and with very hi-density systems (tall-spindle or super spindle, 3 ft or 2 ft between trees respectively) on, for example, B.9 rootstock. But I have been told they will not hold up? I am thinking

Re: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard

2010-01-31 Thread Jill Kelly
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 7:37 PM Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard I am intrigued by the option of using metal stakes (best angle?) for smaller plantings (several acres) and with very hi-density systems (tall-spindle or super spindle, 3 ft or 2 ft between trees respectively

Re: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard

2010-01-31 Thread mitch
From: lee elliott I have Hedge posts (osage orange) that have been in the ground since the50's and not rotten yet, They grow on the farm and are ffree for cutting, Downside is they grow crooked but will make trellis posts that last as long as you will. Lee Elliott Winchester, il I split

Re: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard

2010-01-31 Thread Nick Lucking
For my new tall spindle orchard I am putting in this spring I was going to use Best Angle stakes just like you mentioned with larger end posts. However, I wanted my trellis to be 10 ft tall to maximize space and custom run stakes would need to be produced to get the 12' length. With the

Re: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard

2010-01-31 Thread Joseph Fahey
podracer1...@comcast.net wrote: From: Nick Lucking podracer1...@comcast.net Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 7:43 PM For my new tall spindle orchard I am putting in this spring I was going to use Best Angle

Apple-Crop: posts for organic orchard

2010-01-30 Thread Gary Mount
I will be planting an orchard for organic production this year and am looking for a solution to obtaining posts. As far as I know, treated posts are not acceptable in the NOP (I would love to stand corrected on this one) and I don,t like metal posts very much. I saw some really nice concrete