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  • From: "Biz Storms" <biz.storms@sympatico.ca>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Apple Bagging Question
  • Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 08:45:29 -0400


Now for the question: Can my bags be expected to stay put through an
average wind-storm? Or do the bags need to be stapled too? I'd appreciate
any advice or comment.
Thanks,
--

I used zip lock bags, and applied them the same way. After some heavy-duty wind/rain last week, I found that about 30% had come off. About half had apples inside which could either be June drop or wind pressure on the bag. There was also a noticeable depletion in the apples left unbagged, so I'm thinking June drop. The remaining bags were empty, but also torn or opened at the top. I replaced the bags on remaining apples where available, and paid careful attention to pinching them close to the stem. I also tightened the bags still on the trees, and found that many of the ziplock strips had opened slightly, but not enough to slip over the apple. This was aided by the growing apples inside, which had nearly doubled in a week. You could also see where the sides exposed to sun had started to colour up, depending on the final colouration of the variety. I'm going to take the twenty minutes and staple the bags on the younger trees where I only have bagged one or two apples, which is about twenty trees, and see what happens to the remaining bags.

At first, my family and visiting friends thought I was completely certifiable, but they have quickly come around. They can see that the covered apples look in great shape and have started to ask how many different apples will we have to taste. I have also noticed that several trees lost all their bagged apples, but these were trees that were bagged when apples were only about a 1/2 inch in diameter. It was either bag them or wait five days. Maybe there are some varieties that need the apples to be larger before the bag applications can be handled by the apples or stems. I left the list of varieties up north, so will add that later.

Cheers, Bizmark Storms
Zone 5, Creemore, Ontario




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