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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Bacterial Opportunists Fire blight and the rest: sanitation, competitive canopy environment, varietal resistance, useful medicines. RSS	12	49	February 28, 2017 07:29AM
Biodynamic Orcharding Rudolf Steiner suggested the core precepts that became biodynamic agriculture. Zero in on how you apply these principles to healthy orcharding. RSS	3	12	April 09, 2016 08:35PM
Bug by Bug Orchard insect pests: biology, points of vulnerability, trap thresholds, spray specifics, natural predators, ecosystem balance. RSS	41	206	July 19, 2017 05:23PM
Ecosystem Connections Beneficial relationships between the insect realm, understory plants, and the orchard fertility loop. PERMACULTURE design principles take root here. RSS	9	40	July 22, 2017 03:22PM
Fungal Pathogens The whole gamut of fungal disease concerns, from disease specifics to old school organics (mineral fungicides) to biological innovation. RSS	28	148	July 20, 2017 01:27AM
Good Fruit Marketing Share about fruit pricing strategies, sensible grading, marketing outlets, value-added products, labeling tips, and customer satisfaction. RSS	12	72	March 13, 2017 11:28AM
Grafting Tips on starting fruit trees along with discussion of longevity factors, vascular flow, and more. RSS	28	117	July 15, 2017 10:33AM
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	12	43	April 07, 2017 07:13AM
Healthy Harvest Insights for bringing in all those bushels of fruit, storage options, grading efficiency, and making the best use of help. RSS	8	31	October 18, 2016 03:14PM
Mammalian Tales Critter solutions from voles and crows to deer and yes, even beavers! RSS	13	44	November 04, 2016 10:56AM
Orchard Systems Get on the ol' rootstock bandwagon! Along with talk of trellis systems, in-row management, tree spacing, and interplanting. RSS	14	71	March 07, 2017 05:26PM
Organic Thinning Techniques, observations, and frustrations related to fruit crop loading, return bloom, and biennial bearing. RSS	8	27	June 08, 2017 01:18AM
Pollination Being about the ways of bees, native pollinators, weather challenges, attractant sprays, frost protection, and blossom viability RSS	4	27	May 12, 2017 01:04AM
Pruning Do we dare open up this Pandora's Box of orcharding technique? You betcha! RSS	21	72	July 20, 2017 01:26AM
Sensible Equipment Ask other growers about sprayers, mowers, scythes, pruning tools, tractors, row-mulchers, wood chippers, cider presses, fermenting vats, and more. RSS	22	117	June 06, 2017 08:18AM
Spray Nuance Calcium uptake, herbal fermentation, liquid fish, pure neem oil, effective microbes, compost tea, pest options, the mineral fungicides ... from timing and tank mixing to sourcing spray materials and evaluating effectiveness. RSS	47	216	July 13, 2017 09:15AM
Starting an Orchard Biological insights for prepping ground, cover crops, recommended soil amendments, and establishing fungal dominance in the soil RSS	9	54	June 21, 2017 04:22PM
Tree Fruit Nutrition Soil test interpretation, organic amendments, orchard compost, cation balance, micronutrients, fertigation ... all for growing "nutrient dense" fruit. RSS	15	64	April 16, 2017 06:09PM
Understory Management Forest edge ecology, mulch options, irrigation, mycorrhizal consciousness, tree root cycles, the great grass debate, and more! RSS	25	91	July 15, 2017 09:15PM