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Trumbull, CT 06611, USA

I post this annually, but cant seem to get it straight..... Can anyone give me any advice on tending some apple trees throughout the season. Kind of like a 12 step program.....lol. They are approx 5 feet tall - so they are still young....thanks, Ray

5/1/2007 11:13:22 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Step #1 = chainsaw
Step #2 = tiller
Step #3 = more pumpkins

Much easier than spraying apple trees all summer. LOL

Hort Oil @ 2% with Eagle at "mouse ear" which was last week.
Repeat with 1% oil & Eagle 10 days later
Repeat just Eagle at day 30 but add Permethrin & a good surfactant since the oil is now not in the mix.
Keep scouting & spraying Permethrin all summer for all manner of hideous insects that are usually more persistent than the average backyard orchardist.

5/2/2007 12:13:19 AM

NEPA roller46@hotmail.com KB3QKV

Ray, We just bought apple trees this year also. I do not know of any programs. We were told to just keep the soil and add nutrients before new growth begins and spraying. If you find anything elseout I would like to know also.

5/3/2007 8:44:46 AM

porterville, calif.

My brother in Nebraska bought one of those 3 n 1 apple trees planted it. It did real good. Then it started to have fruit. Well since there was 3 different kinds of fruit 1 side of the tree started to lean over because the fruit from the 1 variety was ripening faster than the others. Apple trees are kind of shallow rooted he had to drive a stake into the groung and pull the one side of the tree back up a little at a time.

5/3/2007 6:16:50 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

OSU Commercial Apple Orchard Program:

http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-1483/CR-6241web2007.pdf

5/3/2007 7:23:38 PM