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www.goodfruit.com GOOD FRUIT GROWER JUNE 2015 39 The Mount way Gary and Pam Mount began their fruit enterprise 40 years ago, buying out an old farming operation that had big trees and old equipment. Like Baugher, he likes the Steiner rule of using 0.09 gallons per 1,000 cubic feet of canopy for low volume spraying, and has measured blocks to figure out their tree row volume. Large trees contain about 400,000 cubic feet of canopy per acre and dwarf trees about 160,000. He uses a 4X concentration. He uses a tower sprayer with 25 nozzles on a side so he can adjust sprayer output according to tree volume. In 2013, using his traditional method, he got apple scab, and that caused him to rethink his spraying practices. He had been using alternate-row middle (ARM) spraying, in which a high volume of air is used to blast spray through the tree and onto one side of the tree in the next row. It cuts the amount of spray time and travel by half. After that resulted in scab, in 2014 he stopped using ARM and began spraying all trees from both sides. He also lowered the rpms at which the fan turned, from 540 to 380. "The goal now is just to fill the tree with pesticide and air—and no more," he said. He also upped his gallons per acre from 36 to 50, thinking that, by spraying a few more gallons every row, he may also be able to lengthen the spray interval. For this coming year, he plans to cut gallonage back to 36, but keep every-row spraying and the lower fan speed. • J.D. Rinehart 100% Employee Owned & Operated (800) 653-2216 • www.ovs.com ML910-01-119847-3 VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE MODELS AND PRICING! MacroBins ® • American Made • Easily Cleaned • Can be Sterilized • High Quality Polypropylene • Interlock Stacking • Various Sizes • Vented or Solid What Sets OVS Apart? CONVENIENT ONE-STOP SHOPPING FOR VITICULTURISTS Growers Supplies • Equipment Parts & Service • Full Agronomic Services ORDER EARLY! 2% cash discount on orders placed/paid for by cash or check by 7/31 OVS AURORA Equipment, Service & Parts 19658 Hwy. 99 E. • Hubbard, OR (971) 216-0111 • (800) 653-2216 OVS MEDFORD Distribution Warehouse 640A Mason Way Medford, OR (541) 613-7330 OVS MCMINNVILLE Ag Supplies, Equipment, Service & Parts 2700 St. Joseph Rd. • McMinnville, OR (503) 435-2700 • (800) 653-2216 OVS UMATILLA Distribution Warehouse 500 6th Street Umatilla, OR (509) 781-0898 OVS SALEM Distribution Warehouse 3526 Brooks Ave. Salem, OR (800) 653-2216 1008 W. Ahtanum Road, #2 Union Gap, WA 98903 509-452-7707 www.cascadeanalytical.com 3019 GS Center Road Wenatchee, WA 98801 509-662-1888 • 800-545-4206 • Pesticide Residue (MRL) Analysis YOU NEED: • GAP and Food Safety Audit Compliance • Retail Buyer Confidence, both Foreign and Domestic • Regional Data Trends by Crop • Confidential Data Handling WE HAVE: • State-of-the-Art Instrumentation and Top Analysts • Industry/Crop-Specific Knowledge of Practices and Products • Very Competitive Pricing and Turnaround Time TREE FRUIT • WINE GRAPES • BERRIES • ONIONS • POTATOES Cascade Analy Water qtr 9-12_Cascade Analy 1/4 11-03 8/15/12 1:19 PM Page 1