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Post by smallchunk on Aug 3, 2017 19:58:40 GMT -6
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Post by smsmith on Aug 3, 2017 20:22:17 GMT -6
First off, never leave fallen/removed fruit on the ground. If you do, make darn sure the fruit gets eaten relatively quickly. Fallen/rotten fruit insures the disease and insect cycles continue.
You have significant apple scab, apple maggot, and bird damage in those pics. You can control the scab and maggot with a spray routine. Not much you're gonna do about birds and other critters. Preventing initial insect damage usually leads to less fruit being damaged by birds however.
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Post by smallchunk on Aug 9, 2017 18:49:23 GMT -6
I remember reading about not letting the fruit lay on the old forum! Thanks for the heads up, Stu. Got them all picked up under one tree, man that thing is/was loaded. You can see the difference in Apple size from the two times I thinned them in the pic below. Now I need to pick up all the others under the 4 Macintosh trees. I am hoping to try a better spray program next year, thinking I will even get an electric pump with a wand of some sort....something much better than the cheap 20 dollar 1 gal sprayer I have now. Figure I owe it to all the trees I have grafted/planted/caged/fertilized over the years!  |
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Post by smallchunk on Aug 18, 2017 10:48:50 GMT -6
I removed the rest of the apples left around the tree from thinning before yesterday. I was surprised how little we're scooped up from critters. They must only like them when they're ripe just like us!  |
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Post by nhmountains on Aug 18, 2017 10:55:00 GMT -6
SC,
I'd be surprised if deer weren't visiting your trees for drops unless there's other trees they're hitting.
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