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love love love my cabela's dehydrator   comes in 2 sizes get the large
have had many other ones, this is my fav   digital too
wynne in chelan wa.

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>    1. fig (and other fruit) drying (kbrubaker@nc.rr.com)
>    2. Re: blueberry pruning (Harrick, Barbara)
>    3. Pomona! (Jacquelyn Kuehn)
>    4. Re: blueberry pruning (Michael Dossett)
>    5. Re: fig (and other fruit) drying (Erdman, James)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:04:11 -0400
> From: <kbrubaker@nc.rr.com>
> Subject: [NAFEX] fig (and other fruit) drying
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> Could someone please recommend a dryer/dehydrator that they have had good
> experience with?  I am looking to dry both tree fruits and berries, but
> especially figs.  Our Violette de Bordeaux tree started bearing this year
> and I think it will make a very good dried fig if allowed to ripen fully.
>
> We have a small dehydrator that we inherited (cylindrical, stacking ring
> type) that I have given up on.  A solar dryer would be great, but the
> humidity in NC would be a big barrier during the growing season.
>
> Thank you,
> Kurt
> Durham, NC
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:40:53 -0400
> From: "Harrick, Barbara" <b.harrick@ilslaunch.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] blueberry pruning
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> Ahhhh....I see. Yes, they are "new" plants to me--I would estimate 2
> years old overall.
>
> My guess these are the initial whips (about 2-3 feet high) you are both
> talking about, so I am reading, be patient, they will form lateral
> branches soon! Because they are new, it sounds like I should prune them
> back a bit to prevent flow/fruit drain on the energy plants need to
> become established.
>
> Thanks!! Barbara zone 6b VA
>
> Barbara Harrick
> Senior Technical Editor/Writer
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> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:23:30 -0400
> From: Hilborn.E@epamail.epa.gov
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pruning blueberries
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> "Several of my plants have 2 branches coming out of the soil--can I
> prune
> these back (about 8 inches) in hopes of having fuller bushes as opposed
> to bushes that are only 2 long branches?  The plants came this way and I
> would really like to shape them up a bit."
>
> My experience is primarily with rabbiteyes and some southern highbush
> varieties.
>
> Barbara, are your branches shoots coming out of the ground or lateral
> branches?.
>
> My blueberries initially put out a whip-like shoot that gets 4 feet or
> so, then the shoot will develop laterals.  I have never pruned these
> shoots as they represent the vigorous new growth that I wish to preserve
> for fruiting.
>
> Betsy Hilborn
> 7a NC
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:03:33 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pruning blueberries
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> Barbara,
>
> How old are your plants, and how long are those two long canes?  Pruning
> practices differ for plants in the first and second year after planting
> than they do for established bushes.  For an established bush, you
> wouldn't want to prune these back because the tips are where the fruit
> will be next year and the plants will branch naturally on their own.  If
> these are new plants I would head them back a little to prevent them
> from flowering and fruiting next spring.  Blueberries do much better if
> you allow them to establish themselves for a year or two before allowing
> them to fruit.  If the plants are in a good spot with adequate moisture
> and fertility, they should send up some new whips this spring and you
> won't have just the two.
>
> Michael Dossett
> Corvallis, Oregon
> www.Mdossettphoto.com
> phainopepla@yahoo.com
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:01:33 -0400
> From: Jacquelyn Kuehn <jakuehn@verizon.net>
> Subject: [NAFEX] Pomona!
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> Just a call for anything you've been thinking of writing down; you've
> still got a few weeks to get things to me.
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> Grateful for all your contributions,
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> Jackie
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:50:13 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] blueberry pruning
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> Barbara,
>
> If that's all there is to the plants, then yes I would prune them back a
> bit.  You'll notice as they start to go dormant that there are fat buds
> towards the tips of them whereas the ones lower down on the stem are very
> small in comparison.  These fat ones are what will flower next year.  If
> they were my plants, I would wait until they are about to break dormancy in
> late winter and then prune these tips off.  Then I would feed and water the
> plant next year and hopefully it will have a little bit more on it to
> support a small crop in 2010.
>
> Michael
>
> Michael Dossett
> Corvallis, Oregon
> www.Mdossettphoto.com
> phainopepla@yahoo.com
>
>
> --- On Mon, 10/20/08, Harrick, Barbara <b.harrick@ilslaunch.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Harrick, Barbara <b.harrick@ilslaunch.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] blueberry pruning
>> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>> Date: Monday, October 20, 2008, 10:40 AM
>> Ahhhh....I see. Yes, they are "new" plants to
>> me--I would estimate 2
>> years old overall.
>>
>> My guess these are the initial whips (about 2-3 feet high)
>> you are both
>> talking about, so I am reading, be patient, they will form
>> lateral
>> branches soon! Because they are new, it sounds like I
>> should prune them
>> back a bit to prevent flow/fruit drain on the energy plants
>> need to
>> become established.
>>
>> Thanks!! Barbara zone 6b VA
>>
>> Barbara Harrick
>> Senior Technical Editor/Writer
>> International Launch Services
>> 1875 Explorer Street, Suite 700
>> Reston, VA 20190
>> office (571) 633-7430
>> fax (571) 633-7536
>>
>> DISCLAIMER
>> This electronic message transmission contains information
>> which may be
>> confidential or proprietary information belonging to ILS
>> International
>> Launch Services, Inc. and/or Lockheed Khrunichev Energia
>> International
>> Inc.  If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that
>> any
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>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:23:30 -0400
>> From: Hilborn.E@epamail.epa.gov
>> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pruning blueberries
>> To: North American Fruit Explorers
>> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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>>
>> "Several of my plants have 2 branches coming out of
>> the soil--can I
>> prune
>> these back (about 8 inches) in hopes of having fuller
>> bushes as opposed
>> to bushes that are only 2 long branches?  The plants came
>> this way and I
>> would really like to shape them up a bit."
>>
>> My experience is primarily with rabbiteyes and some
>> southern highbush
>> varieties.
>>
>> Barbara, are your branches shoots coming out of the ground
>> or lateral
>> branches?.
>>
>> My blueberries initially put out a whip-like shoot that
>> gets 4 feet or
>> so, then the shoot will develop laterals.  I have never
>> pruned these
>> shoots as they represent the vigorous new growth that I
>> wish to preserve
>> for fruiting.
>>
>> Betsy Hilborn
>> 7a NC
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:03:33 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pruning blueberries
>> To: North American Fruit Explorers
>> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Message-ID:
>> <827802.53345.qm@web90501.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> Barbara,
>>
>> How old are your plants, and how long are those two long
>> canes?  Pruning
>> practices differ for plants in the first and second year
>> after planting
>> than they do for established bushes.  For an established
>> bush, you
>> wouldn't want to prune these back because the tips are
>> where the fruit
>> will be next year and the plants will branch naturally on
>> their own.  If
>> these are new plants I would head them back a little to
>> prevent them
>> from flowering and fruiting next spring.  Blueberries do
>> much better if
>> you allow them to establish themselves for a year or two
>> before allowing
>> them to fruit.  If the plants are in a good spot with
>> adequate moisture
>> and fertility, they should send up some new whips this
>> spring and you
>> won't have just the two.
>>
>> Michael Dossett
>> Corvallis, Oregon
>> www.Mdossettphoto.com
>> phainopepla@yahoo.com
>>
>>
>> ***
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> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:48:41 -0500
> From: "Erdman, James" <ErdmanJ@uwstout.edu>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] fig (and other fruit) drying
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> We have one of the electric dryers that looks like a microwave, never
> can remember the name for sure--I thought that it is an Excalibur, but
> it looks a bit different than those on the current website.  We like it,
> it does what we want.  We dry plums, tomatoes, apples, raspberries,
> onions, etc. with it.  We also have a solar dryer that a friend designed
> that works well considering the summer humidity.
> http://www.geopathfinder.com/9473.html
>
> Jim, in Menomonie, WI
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [NAFEX] fig (and other fruit) drying
>
> Could someone please recommend a dryer/dehydrator that they have had
> good experience with?  I am looking to dry both tree fruits and berries,
> but especially figs.  Our Violette de Bordeaux tree started bearing this
> year and I think it will make a very good dried fig if allowed to ripen
> fully.
>
> We have a small dehydrator that we inherited (cylindrical, stacking ring
> type) that I have given up on.  A solar dryer would be great, but the
> humidity in NC would be a big barrier during the growing season.
>
> Thank you,
> Kurt
> Durham, NC
>
>
>
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