Pasco grower Denny Hayden said a platform works well in high-density systems but he’s not ready to throw out his ladders yet. Geraldine Warner When Pasco, Washington, grower Denny Hayden bought an orchard platform five years ago, he expected it to be more useful than it’s actually been. But an Ontario grower says he’s using his all the time and plans to add lights so he can use it at night. The problem, Hayden says, is that most of his orchard is not configured in a way that lends itself to platform work. In his medium-density apple blocks, with […]
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