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Re: [organictreefruits] Organic Apple Grower's Hour June 12 Summary

alan surprenant — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:39:57 GMT

brian and all thanks for the good summary of your experiences. very informative. i, too, have sooty blotch and flyspeck. the disease susceptible varieties are

Re: [organictreefruits] Organic Apple Grower's Hour June 12 Summary

Brian Caldwell — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:28:38 GMT

Hi Lisa and all, I have listened to parts or all of the last several calls and find them very worthwhile! Unfortunately, I can't make the live call times. A

Re: Use of term "Organic", Apple borer

Michael Phillips — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:16:53 GMT

The right word eventually bubbles up to the surface. After years of debating "organic" and "ecological" and "sustainably grown" and whatever . . . I now

Use of term "Organic", Apple borer

stevengougeon — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:47:23 GMT

Hello all, For those of you who are not organically certified, but are growing using organic methods, what kind of terms do you use to describe your fruit for

thanks for the info...1 more question

scooperjack — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:46:24 GMT

Thanks for responding to my borer question. I am going to mix up a batch of clay with pyganic and rotenone and swab it on this weekend as well as spray with bt

Re: using clay on trunks

alan surprenant — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:59:49 GMT

seth in addition to what michael had to say...... the idea of adding manure (and a few other things) to a clay-based tree paste probably comes from biodynamic

Re: using clay on trunks

Michael Phillips — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:29:33 GMT

Hi Seth, I developed the kaolin slurry idea for borer for two reasons: I had pottery-grade kaolin on hand, and it was white and thus I thought it would help me

Re: using clay on trunks

Jordan Humphreys — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:46:21 GMT

Not sure about the grey clay. Kaolin is useful in that its minute particles are very sharp and irritating to insects....which is why it deters them from

using clay on trunks

scooperjack — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:42:54 GMT

Hello Apple Growers. I Have a question. I'm having an ongoing and serious apple borer problem. Probably 15-20 young trees infected this year. I've read in

Organic Apple Growers Hour

Michael Phillips — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:09:30 GMT

Thanks to grant funding from the Organic Farm Research Center in California, we're starting up a weekly conference caller amongst organic apple growers this

return of the toad

Brian Caldwell — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:19:27 GMT

Hi all, Years ago our group of Northeast low spray and organic orchardists came up with the "Toad Code", so named because of the value that toads in the

Re: Sprayer Question

stevengougeon — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:55:40 GMT

Thanks all for responding, Michael, I have been spraying for the last few years with a 25 gallon tank and small diaphragm pump mounted on an atv to do the

Re: Sprayer Question

Michael Phillips — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:23:10 GMT

Hey Steve, I intend to make a similar sprayer investment (maybe even this year :>) and thought it might be useful to have this question broadened beyond the

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Re: Equipment Question

Bail Hanna — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:59:18 GMT

Brian, hi, do you have Josh's email? if so please send it on as I need to contact him about entrust.