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[Del Stubbs <northernlights2n@yahoo.com>]

Mark 
In Z3a I can only dream of growing peaches! but yes it proved just as true 
for grapes and
plums - that deep rooting helped them zing right through a mid summer 
drought. 
Del

--- Mark & Helen Angermayer <hangermayer@isp.com> wrote:
> Del,
> 
> Are you talking just apples?  Around here I see the same thing, apples
> produce abundantly with no water (or any other management for that matter).
> But peaches seem to be a different thing.  Folks have a hard time having
> success with peaches.  After visiting a very successful peach orchard last
> spring, I've come to believe the main problem is peaches need a drink when
> it's dry.  But I think you're referring just to apples.
> 
> Mark
> KS
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Del Stubbs" <>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Effect of drought on fruit / irrigation
> 
> 
> > We have had two drought summers in succession, my orchard is made up of 5
> to 10 year old
> > trees, mostly seedling rootstock. Because of its location and layout there
> is no easy way
> > to irrigate. Shallow top soil, with 340' of pure clay underneath. They
> have never been
> > irrigated, and yet showed virtually  no drought stress either summer, even
> when the
> > ground cracked open 1". This makes me think that forcing roots to go down
> and out they
> > way they have is the healthiest thing I could have done. The orchard is on
> a SE facing
> > slope with quite varied pitch, so gravity drip is  near impossible
> anyway - and would
> > have concentrated roots within the drip cone. Also, I did no fertilizing
> the first few
> > years and little major pruning - all to promote root growth over top
> growth. Looks like
> > it's a success, the apples this fall ( 55 kinds) were overall quite large
> and juicy in
> > spite of no rain for 2 months mid-summer.
> > Del, z 3a   MN
> >
> >
> > > -- Sue Christensen  wrote:
> > > All this talk about how the microclimate or soil conditions in
> > > various state affects how fruit tastes has me wondering. What  is the
> > > effect of a dry year on fruit quality versus a year that is overly
> > > rainy from the norm? ( I'm not sure I would know a "norm" if it hit
> > > me between the eyes.)
> > >
> > > Sue in  Adams County, PA
> > >
> >
> > >
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Del Stubbs  www.pinewoodforge.com   zone 3a   N. MN

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