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["GUY, ROBIN C [FND/1820]" <robin.c.guy@chi.monsanto.com>]

Thanks for the information Ed. I thought that I had until it got to
thumbnail size (they are only babyfingernail size now). I can remember 30
days from now on though. I'll get movin' now (OK, after I get home from
work!).

Thanks!

Robin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed & Pat Fackler [mailto:rocmdw@aye.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 4:25 PM
> To: nafex@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Thinning of Spur-type apples
> 
> 
> Thinning is basically the same---or one fruitlet per cluster 
> and about 6-8"
> apart.  The quicker you do it, the greater benefit.  Or, 
> primary cell division
> (makes 'em bigger!) occurs most intensely within 30 days post 
> petal fall.  And
> spur leaves are more efficient earlier---more photosynthates 
> (sugars, etc.).
> As leaves age, like us old folks, they become less effecient 
> at what they are
> supposed to do.
>      Get 'em off now.
> 
> Ed, So. Indiana, Heaven, etc., etc.
> 
> "GUY, ROBIN C [FND/1820]" wrote:
> 
> > I need to thin my apples now, and I usually keep about 8 
> inches between
> > apples. BUT, I can't remember how far apart should I keep 
> spur-type apples,
> > or is is all the same?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Robin
> >
> > Lake Forest, IL
> > Zone 5, a bright, warm sunny day today!
> >
> > 
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