Re: another wild hair idea

Posted by dem45133 on October 24, 2006 at 14:29:17 from (67.54.218.54):

In Reply to: Re: another wild hair idea posted by nballen on October 24, 2006 at 10:48:57:

I know... thats why we didn't. These trees though are 30-70 years old. There was 16 of them in our front yard. Spans were 30-40 feet and 20-25 feet high. And they'd been prunned right every year before we bought the place. Apples out our ears if we sprayed and a frost didn't get the flowers. A three week ourdeal on ladders, pickups, ladders between pickups , ladders in the trees, any way we could.

But they were really stressing the old branch mains (to the point I'd brace them from the ground) so the other year everything less than 4 or 5 inches came off. Made about 10 ft diameter instead of 40 and 10-12ft high instead of 20. My wife swore I'd killed them, but being formally trained in ag and plant science... I knew they kick in the dormant nodes. I let them rebranch last 2 years only cutting the water shoots. This year we be back to pruning and spraying... but at 1/4 the work. Good apples... old hardy varieties.

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