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  • From: Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Fruit Bagging
  • Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 15:59:02 -0500

I used 5x7 drawstring bags last year and they were OK for all apple sizes I had. They were getting a bit tight on the biggest apples such as my Canada Reinettes. If many of my apples were the big triploids I would probably go for 6x8. The 4x6 bags should work well on most peaches. In any case the footies are probably a better option since they are cheaper and they stretch.

By the way, taking off the bags early would not be an option for me, the oriental fruit moth is as bad as the curculio here, and it lasts all season long.

Scott

Andy - I think you are likely correct, but I will wait to hear from those
more knowledgeable as well. I wish I'd had the sense to try what you
suggested with at least part of the bagged crop, because the bits of peach I
was able to salvage were sweet and fragrant.

By the way, I ordered 4" x 6" cloth bags yesterday afternoon and they
arrived at noon today (?). They are not as roomy as I supposed. They will be
fine for my purposes but I suspect a good sized apple would outgrow them at
some point.

dylan


From: "Whipple, Andy"
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fruit Bagging


> Dylan,
>
> If the main problem you are trying to solve is plum curculio, and if
> bagging your peaches and nectarines seems to work until a later point in
> the season, could you not remove the bags part way through the season?
> Others in the group will correct my misstatements, but is not curculio
> pressure limited to an early part of the growing season? If so, and if
> for your stone crops you are bagging only to stop curculio access to the
> developing fruit, then once that point in the season is past you could
> safely remove the bags, having achieved the desired end of protecting
> the fruit from curculio.
>
> There's nothing like right-off-the-tree, totally ripened peaches. If
> bagging could reduce the curculio problem without introducing other
> problems, that would be terrific news for those of us growing small
> enough numbers of peaches and other stone fruit to make this
> practicable.
>
> Andy Whipple








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