<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Thanks Mosbah, </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">That's a good list.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I am concerned about hitting root suckers with herbicides and impacting the tree. Is there a recommended herbicide that will not be translocated and burn off the leaves of the suckers? Then follow later with an application of a more effective herbicide.<br><br>-'//es Cherry<div>Dragon's Head Cider</div><div>Vashon Island, Wa US</div><div><a href="http://www.dragonsheadcider.com">www.dragonsheadcider.com</a><br><div><br><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><br>On May 10, 2017, at 8:18 AM, Kushad, Mosbah M <<a href="mailto:kushad@illinois.edu">kushad@illinois.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Doug: Here is a good list of herbicides and when to apply them.</span> (<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/I/IPM-0011/IPM-0011.pdf">http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/I/IPM-0011/IPM-0011.pdf</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">there are a few that you may be able to use.. (for example Gromaxone, Rely, Fusilade, Post) read the label, but a hooded sprayer and protection of the tree trunk
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> apple-crop [<a href="mailto:apple-crop-bounces@virtualorchard.com">mailto:apple-crop-bounces@virtualorchard.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 10, 2017 8:56 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Apple-Crop] Newbie Orchardist questions Herbicide on First Year Plantings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a new tall spindle orchard planted in an alfalfa field this spring. I did not realize how much work it would be to mechanically weed the orchard. All the orchards I have visited have told me not to use herbicides for the first year
on newly planted trees. There is a conventional nursery across the street that uses barrier on new trees. <o:p></o:p></p>
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