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  • From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Apple bagging/thinning
  • Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 15:36:19 -0500

Ginda,
I bagged my apples over Memorial Day weekend, too, when they were the size of big peas. I didn't want to wait, because I started seeing leaf damage on trees. I sprayed with neem seed oil, waited two hours and then bagged. I thinned the clusters with scissors, which I had with me to cut off the corners of the plastic baggies. I tried pulling and tugging, but the stems were too tough, and I could see damage could be done if I persisted.

An interesting observation: the tiny apples I bagged doubled in size within 36 hours. Of course, we had a heat wave here in the Midwest with temperatures in the low 90's and humidity to match.
Doreen Howard
Zone 4b--WI-IL Border




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