Has anyone tried to burn orchards in the early spring to control apple scab? I am leasing an orchard that has not been cared for in some time so I was...
Jim Fruth shared this a couple days ago with the NAFEX group: I know of a small apple orchard where something surprising is happening. There is what looks like...
Hi Louis, Removing the source of scab inoculum (primarily being the fallen leaves within the orchard) is certainly a tenet of controlling scab. And you well ...
Louis, I think burning may be a better idea than Michael gives credit. I don't have any research at hand but I think it has been tried before. Bill MacHardy...
Hi all, I agree that this idea is good but needs to be looked at carefully in each specific situation. My neighbor a mile away has some small-fruited crabs ...
Brian Caldwell
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The January 2008 Fruit Growers News has an article about a Michigan grower who is trialing the use of piglets for Plum Curculico management. He claims that...
Correction to typo - August fruit injury in the grazed plots was 3% not 34%. Fat fingers and an early hour make for more typos than I can catch. Andy...
Hey Andy! I'm aware of this research being done in Jim Koan's orchard in Michigan. It's not a bad idea as long as you are big on pigs! Jim has a 100 acres of ...
Michael, I should have been clearer in my note. This trial was done on a small block. I think the total number of pigs was <30. What do you mean by "push and...
I realize that the research was done on a smaller area than Jim Koan's entire orchard . . . I was just making a point about the impracticality of depending on...
Hello everybody! The year before (in an act of sheer group brilliance, which still astounds me) we determined the dates for this year's growers meeting. The...
Michael I'm a definite. I'll get a check out in a day or two. Researchers are fine with me as long as they are not trying to sell me something! Take care, Walt...
They better be good listeners and be ready to share what they know when asked. Sure why not. Hugh ... They better be good listeners and be ready to share what...
Bail Hanna
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My name is Niels Jensen and I'm a Dane living in Copenhagen. I have bought 1 hectare/2 acres of farmland south of the city, where I intend to create an orchard...
Hi Niels, I'm not sure how much my experience in the northeast US is useful to your situation. My feeling would be to go with a tractor that is as versatile ...
Brian Caldwell
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Hi, 1. Do you (any of you) know if chives planted underneath the apple three can be good against scab ? Patrick...
Hi Patrick, I love folklore as much as the next guy . . . but I really think it's up to you to explain why you think a plant like chives would have any impact ...
Hogs Help Battle Beetles in Apple Orchard <http://news.aol.com/story/_a/hogs-help-battle-beetles-in-apple/200803050822 ...
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Sorry aout that...I just wanted to go straight to the point...I will try to be more clear on this one ! My name is Patrickm, I have a small orchard (800 semi...
Thanks for fleshing out the details more, Patrickm! Your point of view that organic orcharding needs to be about the orchard ecosystem as a whole is shared by...
I admire what Jim Koan is doing with piglets to limit curculio pressure in his Michigan orchard. But sometimes I feel compelled to speak up for the work of our...
Thank you for your response. I will try it this year and let you know later on about our results. Congratulation on your efforts to create this groupe and the...
I have found this thread very interesting but I am not so sure how well it can be fit into an organic program in the Northeast. I graze sheep in my orchard. It...
Hi Allen - curc infested apples fall in June and July, so livestock grazing after harvest will have zero impact on overwintering PC population. One documented...
Glen Koehler
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Mar 13, 2008 12:47 am
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When I ran the orchard, I never used drops in our cider, didn't like what it did to the flavor, no matter how clean. If I had to make a choice between drops...
Fair point, but this argument applies equally well to any contamination of drops and wild animals have been implicated in eColi contamination in the past, most...
Thanks for the interest Glen. As I said in the post I did not think there was a benefit for curc control but I do think sheep do a lot for my scab control. In...
Dear Allen, thanks for the common sense response on this issue. I am intending to try a few small hogs in my orchard this Spring based on the Jim Koan article...
Bail Hanna
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Mar 14, 2008 10:43 am
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OK, I just got the news story out of greymail and see that the intent is to eat the drops. That's what we'll shoot for. Hugh...
Bail Hanna
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Regarding your last sentence on the three month restriction, yes, that is what Jim Koan uses. --Deirdre Deirdre Birmingham, Coordinator Upper Midwest Organic...
