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Old 08-05-2008, 05:21 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: First fruit off tall orinoco

Looks great Cassie!

Have you seen in the harvesting videos how they take down the bunches on the plantations? It takes two people but I think it's much safer than one person climbing a ladder with a machete in one hand while trying to hold a huge bunch of fruit in the other. The way they do it is one person holds a short prop under the bunch while the other person makes a small cut on the back side of the PS about half way up. Then they just slowly let it break in half while lowering the fruit bunch to a level where they can safely cut it off. I have tried both methods and can tell you that the tall orchard ladder bit is scary!
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