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  • From: "loneroc" <loneroc@mwt.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Foliar Spraying
  • Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:38:12 -0600

I try to use calcium chloride with my other apple sprays. I think that
bitter pit on Honeycrisp is redced. This year I only sprayed apples twice
because most of the crop was lost to a hard freeze in spring. I didn't use
Ca and the apples had those nice little brown pits.

Steve Herje, Lone Rock, WI


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@uslink.net>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:07 AM
Subject: [NAFEX] Foliar Spraying


> I've been reading about foliar spraying regimens that (alledgedly)
> increase fruit harvests and fruit/berry size. The idea sounded reasonable
> so I decided to try it. I tried it for three years on black raspberries,
> several varieties each of summer raspberries and 'everbearing' raspberries
> and several types of blackberries all with ZERO results. The crop from
the
> sprayed groups have been, consistantly, identical to the (unsprayed)
control
> groups. AND, I've used regimens from several professionals/fertilizer
> companies all with the same zero results.
> At this point, I have to ask, "Is foliar spraying just another case of
> "snake oil?" Have any NAFEZers tried it? What results have any of you
> received?
>
> Jim Fruth
> Pequot Lakes, MN
>
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