Blossom Thinner

sylvar · #1 05/10/05, 02:00 PM

Does anyone out there had a recipe for a fruit tree blossom thinner? I need to thin some apple trees and I am at my wits end trying to find something that will do the job.

Thanks!

Shane

Jenn · #2 05/10/05, 02:51 PM

JUst toured Blackmoor Estates Orchards and their man said they use liquid fertilizer- chemical urea based- to thin blossom because it is irritating enough to thin them and is still legal though officially I guess they say they're suing it as a foliar feed.

VALENT · #3 05/10/05, 04:19 PM

what about a stick?

sylvar · #4 05/11/05, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by VALENT

what about a stick?

LOL...I don't have dwarf trees. I have 7 mature full-sized trees. If I tried to thin them with a stick I would spend the next 6 months on top of a ladder. There are tens of thousands of blossoms out there.

Shane

VALENT · #5 05/11/05, 12:09 PM

at least you wont run out of things to do! Alright, then....A BIG STICK.
just funning.

sylvar · #6 05/11/05, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by VALENT

at least you wont run out of things to do! Alright, then....A BIG STICK.
just funning.

Trust me...my wife won't let me run out of things to do.