<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Doug, it's sort of complicated. First, you probably know the bacteria travels from the tip downwards. The idea is to cut well below where the infection has traveled. You can cut away some bark and see where the brown area meets green cambium. I cut pass this point - well past it. I'm guessing I would cut about three times the length of the affected area. For example, if the tip has died back 6 inches, I would remove 18 inches of that limb. This is my gut but but this has worked for me in the past. I don't know the extent of your knowledge, but you need to be careful not to spread the bacteria with your tools and hands. Some people dip their tools in alcohol or Clorox between cuts. I use Clorox wipes on my shears, making sure I use a fresh wipe almost every cut, as the wipe ought to be very wet. On small limbs, say a quarter of an inch or less, I rip the limb off. The big thing is, take action now!! With warm weather you can get a lot of damage. If you burn the limbs, don't let the smoke drift into your orchard - something a guy told me....<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jul 18, 2018, at 10:24 PM, "<a href="mailto:wincowgill@centurylink.net">wincowgill@centurylink.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:wincowgill@centurylink.net">wincowgill@centurylink.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii">Doug- where are you located?<div class="">What rootstock(s)?</div><div class="">What cultivars?</div><div class="">How old are the trees in your tall spindle?</div><div class="">What was your fireblight control program at bloom? </div><div class="">any post bloom program(s)</div><div class=""><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><div style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div></span></div></div><div class=""></div></div><div class="">Win</div><div class="">
<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 18, 2018, at 9:26 PM, Doug Nelson <<a href="mailto:Doug.Nelson@nelsonmultimedia.com" class="">Doug.Nelson@nelsonmultimedia.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">I appear to have fireblight popping up in my orchard. The ipm group tells me to prune all limbs back to central leader and not to do any spraying. <div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">What do you do?</div></div>
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