2017 Prune Smarter Not Harder Workshops presented by CCE - LOF

Please Note Pruning Meeting in Oswego County April 11!

This pruning season the Lake Ontario Fruit Program will have 4 meetings across the Western NY fruit region.  As always, all growers and employees are welcome to attend (including Spanish-speaking employees).

2017 Niagara County Winter Pruning

January 5, 2017

2pm - 4pm

Tower Farms
1755 Youngstown Wilson Rd
Youngstown, NY 14174

Cost

This event is free.

This pruning season the Lake Ontario Fruit Program will have 4 meetings across the Western NY fruit region. As always, all growers and employees are welcome to attend (including Spanish-speaking employees).

For anymore information please contact Mario Miranda Sazo.

This event is free, please pre-register online so that we can keep track of attendance to these events.

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2017 Orleans Winter Pruning

February 28, 2017

1pm - 4pm

Kast Farms Inc.
14931 Zig Zag Rd
Albion, NY 14411

Cost

This event is free.

Please Note New Date & Time

The Orleans County workshop hosted by grower Brett Kast will be organized as a mini-tours with 2 stops each.  The benefits of proper pruning, minimal pruning, limb renewal pruning, precision pruning, and the transition from 3-D to 2-D canopies via manual pruning and hedging are some topics that will be discussed and demonstrated.  Special emphasis will be given to pruning of young and mature Fuji, Gala, Honeycrisp, NY1, and NY2 trees, on several dwarfing rootstocks. 

For anymore information please contact Mario Miranda Sazo (mrm67@cornell.edu) for more details and directions.

This event is free, please pre-register online so that we can keep track of attendance to these events.

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2017 Wayne County Winter Pruning

March 1, 2017

1pm - 4pm

Datthyn Fruit Farm
6965 North Geneva Rd
Sodus, NY 14551

Cost

This event is free.

Please Note New Date & Time

The Wayne County workshop hosted by grower Steven Datthyn will be organized as a mini-tours with 2 stops each. The benefits of proper pruning, minimal pruning, limb renewal pruning, precision pruning, and the transition from 3-D to 2-D canopies via manual pruning and hedging are some topics that will be discussed and demonstrated. Special emphasis will be given to pruning of young and mature Fuji, Gala, Honeycrisp, NY1, and NY2 trees, on several dwarfing rootstocks.

For anymore information please contact Mario Miranda Sazo (mrm67@cornell.edu) for more details and directions.

This event is free, please pre-register online so that we can keep track of attendance to these events.

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2017 Oswego County Winter Pruning

April 11, 2017

1pm - 4pm

Behling Orchards (not the farm market)
364 Hurlburt Rd
Mexico, NY 13114

Cost

This event is free.

On April 11 from 1 to 4pm, Eric Behling will host this pruning workshop which will feature the following topics:

• Short and long pruning techniques for young, semi-young, and more mature spindle apple trees on dwarfing rootstocks

• Hands-on pruning and discussion of establishment, trellising, growing techniques, and use of orchard mechanization for high density apple trees

• Corrective pruning, accelerated renewal pruning, minimal pruning, canopy composition for maximum fruitfulness, and vigor control of tops

• Reasons for conversion or transition from 3-D to 2-D canopy via mechanical pruning

• Pruning of topworked trees to 1, 2, or 3-axis, and use of PGRs