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[Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

I have heard of high pressure water being used too, to manually thin.

Tom

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Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Hardiness Zone 6a

On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, Doreen Howard wrote:

> Bert Dunn wrote:
> >Our trees are just loaded with fruit, most we've seen in 20 years
> >Other than climbing a ladder is there any way (even chemically) of thinning
> >the fruit?
> I seen commercial peach orchards use long lengths of PVC pipes to beat the
> trees for thinning.  I would think you'd have to be selective and wack at
> the branches just enough to get the right amount of cull.
> Doreen Howard
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