How much do you thin Asian pears, fellow PNW people? And when? Is it to improve quality or mainly to avoid limb break?
thin asap after you determine you have fruit that wonât drop, at about dime size. you thin for quality and size of the remaining fruit, plus this seems like the most attractive fruit for codling moth and they love finding fruit touching other fruit and burrowing there so you can interrupt that by spacing them out
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I choose the biggest one,of the cluster and remove the rest.
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yeah one per cluster is about right unless youâre trying to compensate for poor overall fruit set
Depending on how heavy the set damaged and deformed first, then nothing touching now, then nothing touching at full size. And remove fruit without leaves beyond.
Within a cluster first ones that will be badly situated like squeezed into a Y shaped crook or hanging onto deer browse zone, then all but the best shape or easiest to get off.
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What is a PCC?
If everyone got rid of their apple/pear and other trees that the tent caterpillar liked we could eventually eradicate it.
A regional grocery chain:
Alders are their main host.
Around my place weeping willows and pussy willows are big hosts, as well as many other trees. Fortunately the tent caterpillars are finally tapering off for me, (at last).
My Pakistan died to the ground in its second year in the ground here in Salem as well.
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Thatâs a bummer.
Oh it is a Seattle Puget Sound thing.
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They are too fancy for me. They make Whole Foods feel run down. Itâs like the flagship Apple Store but instead of laptops and I phones itâs pretty groceries.
If I had one in my neighborhood I would check the cheese and fruit isle. But I donât think I would cross off the grocery list there. I would be too afraid of scratching the floors with my cart. Ha
This week I began plugging in my bug zapper around dusk and leaving on until about 7am. I am noticing a fair amount of moths that get taken out. I think it might make a difference in the codling moth population.
Thanks for your suggestion
Dennis
Kent, wa
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The one here doesnât really feel that way to me, but itâs true that they arenât the greatest place for any staples besides fresh produce, they have a pretty strict policy that nearly everything needs to be certified organic, so they donât carry many standard brands of other stuff. I like that they are at least unionized, and the workers seem mostly happy, so I go there regularly for produce at least.
Thanks for reminder. I have my apples and pears bagged but itâs the tent caterpillar moths that proved so destructive here to fruit trees this year. Their cocoons appear everywhere now. There will probably be a repeat invasion next year. Then after that no sign of them for a decade!
Sorry to hear that Chris. Someone in Canada was also complaining about them. Hopefully they will not come here. In my home state TN they were often a pest. My parents would take a long pole to wind them up in their cobwebs to burn them in a fire. We had standard sized apple and pecan trees which were a challenge to clean
Dennis
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I thought my fig tree died that I planted last year by itâs coming back Iâd like to move it but should I move now or in the fall?
I was lucky enough to get a community garden plot allotted from the city. I want to plant a few berries to get the going this summer. Looking for some advice on which berry varieties that do well in Willamette valley and is easy maintenance to feed a family of 4 with fresh berries, make a dozen pint jars of jam/preserves and some giveaways to friends/neighbors. Planning to dedicate 15ft x 2 ft strip of raised beds for the berries.
Few berries I am interested in:
Raspberry - Red and Yellow - How many plants of which variety?
Blackberry - I have two prime ark freedom growing in the pot, Iâve read they are good producers should I add more plants for two is enough.
Logan Berry: I have a plant in pot, I have read they are prolific producers and one plant is sufficient? are these.
Boysen Berry: I tried growing Marion berry but itâs too thorny, is Boysen Berry as good as Marion?
Other suggestions?
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