Out to the Orchard

Open this folder to find topics covering the gamut of orchard management. Posts here can be logically placed within the category index, just one click away. The ongoing nature of this approach allows growers to keep a knowledge-based conversation going, year after year after year.

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Arboreal Microbes Grower forays into competitive colonization, microbe brews, and microbe-mediated foliar nutrition deserve attention. Let this forum be the place to celebrate and explore bacterial and fungal allies up in the tree canopy. RSS	19	106	December 16, 2020 07:46PM
Bacterial Opportunists Fire blight and the rest: sanitation, competitive canopy environment, varietal resistance, useful medicines. RSS	16	79	June 01, 2020 07:36PM
Biodynamic Orcharding Rudolf Steiner suggested the core precepts that became biodynamic agriculture. Zero in on how you apply these principles to healthy orcharding. RSS	4	22	January 21, 2021 01:39AM
Bug by Bug Orchard insect pests: biology, points of vulnerability, trap thresholds, spray specifics, natural predators, ecosystem balance. RSS	55	309	October 26, 2020 10:42PM
Ecosystem Connections Beneficial relationships between the insect realm, understory plants, and the orchard fertility loop. PERMACULTURE design principles take root here. RSS	16	74	August 02, 2020 12:36AM
Fungal Pathogens The whole gamut of fungal disease concerns, from disease specifics to old school organics (mineral fungicides) to biological innovation. RSS	39	230	June 20, 2020 01:09PM
Good Fruit Marketing Share about fruit pricing strategies, sensible grading, marketing outlets, value-added products, labeling tips, and customer satisfaction. RSS	18	94	January 15, 2021 12:00AM
Grafting Tips on starting fruit trees along with discussion of longevity factors, vascular flow, and more. RSS	35	152	September 21, 2020 02:17PM
Grower Research We understand that allopathic spray medicines of whatever persuasion make up for specific biological and nutritional deficiencies in the orchard. Ergo, investing in soil health, foliar health, diverse biology, and plant allies makes all the sense in the world for growing healthy fruit. Here's where we prove it. RSS	16	65	July 04, 2020 08:31PM
Healthy Harvest Insights for bringing in all those bushels of fruit, storage options, grading efficiency, and making the best use of help. RSS	10	46	December 04, 2019 05:59AM
Mammalian Tales Critter solutions from voles and crows to deer and yes, even beavers! RSS	16	71	December 15, 2020 07:51PM
Orchard Systems Get on the ol' rootstock bandwagon! Along with talk of trellis systems, in-row management, tree spacing, and interplanting. RSS	21	105	September 29, 2020 04:13AM
Organic Thinning Techniques, observations, and frustrations related to fruit crop loading, return bloom, and biennial bearing. RSS	11	36	June 22, 2020 08:27PM
Pollination Being about the ways of bees, native pollinators, weather challenges, attractant sprays, frost protection, and blossom viability RSS	7	43	June 05, 2019 05:49PM
Pruning Do we dare open up this Pandora's Box of orcharding technique? You betcha! RSS	29	104	January 16, 2021 04:02AM
Sensible Equipment Ask other growers about sprayers, mowers, scythes, pruning tools, tractors, row-mulchers, wood chippers, cider presses, fermenting vats, and more. RSS	38	199	January 16, 2021 04:55AM
Spray Nuance Calcium uptake, herbal fermentation, liquid fish, pure neem oil, pest options, the mineral fungicides, impact of same on microbes ... from timing and tank mixing to sourcing spray materials and evaluating effectiveness. RSS	59	268	January 15, 2021 09:39PM
Starting an Orchard Biological insights for prepping ground, cover crops, recommended soil amendments, and establishing fungal dominance in the soil RSS	15	76	January 26, 2019 07:13PM
Tree Fruit Nutrition Soil test interpretation, organic amendments, orchard compost, cation balance, micronutrients, fertigation ... all for growing "nutrient dense" fruit. RSS	27	110	June 18, 2020 04:35PM
Understory Management Forest edge ecology, mulch options, irrigation, mycorrhizal consciousness, tree root cycles, the great grass debate, and more! RSS	34	133	January 15, 2021 09:55PM