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	20	114	April 30, 2021 02:55AM
Bacterial Opportunists Fire blight and the rest: sanitation, competitive canopy environment, varietal resistance, useful medicines. RSS	19	94	July 02, 2021 03:35PM
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	27	April 11, 2021 08:08PM
Bug by Bug Orchard insect pests: biology, points of vulnerability, trap thresholds, spray specifics, natural predators, ecosystem balance. RSS	62	339	December 03, 2021 09:31PM
Ecosystem Connections Beneficial relationships between the insect realm, understory plants, and the orchard fertility loop. PERMACULTURE design principles take root here. RSS	19	87	October 26, 2021 04:39PM
Fungal Pathogens The whole gamut of fungal disease concerns, from disease specifics to old school organics (mineral fungicides) to biological innovation. RSS	40	241	August 01, 2021 02:44PM
Good Fruit Marketing Share about fruit pricing strategies, sensible grading, marketing outlets, value-added products, labeling tips, and customer satisfaction. RSS	19	105	October 18, 2021 03:39PM
Grafting Tips on starting fruit trees along with discussion of longevity factors, vascular flow, and more. RSS	37	166	December 08, 2021 05:49AM
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	66	January 03, 2022 11:06PM
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	72	May 27, 2021 08:41AM
Orchard Systems Get on the ol' rootstock bandwagon! Along with talk of trellis systems, in-row management, tree spacing, and interplanting. RSS	22	112	March 24, 2021 04:19AM
Organic Thinning Techniques, observations, and frustrations related to fruit crop loading, return bloom, and biennial bearing. RSS	13	59	August 06, 2021 12:05PM
Pollination Being about the ways of bees, native pollinators, weather challenges, attractant sprays, frost protection, and blossom viability RSS	11	55	May 01, 2021 04:23PM
Pruning Do we dare open up this Pandora's Box of orcharding technique? You betcha! RSS	34	125	January 04, 2022 05:38PM
Sensible Equipment Ask other growers about sprayers, mowers, scythes, pruning tools, tractors, row-mulchers, wood chippers, cider presses, fermenting vats, and more. RSS	43	232	January 08, 2022 11:22PM
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	69	321	November 17, 2021 08:46AM
Starting an Orchard Biological insights for prepping ground, cover crops, recommended soil amendments, and establishing fungal dominance in the soil RSS	18	100	September 07, 2021 03:57PM
Tree Fruit Nutrition Soil test interpretation, plant sap analysis, organic amendments, orchard compost, cation balance, micronutrients, fertigation ... all for growing "nutrient dense" fruit. RSS	32	133	January 13, 2022 05:19PM
Understory Management Forest edge ecology, mulch options, irrigation, mycorrhizal consciousness, tree root cycles, the great grass debate, and more! RSS	36	146	November 22, 2021 08:59PM