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	107	March 30, 2021 12:16AM
Bacterial Opportunists Fire blight and the rest: sanitation, competitive canopy environment, varietal resistance, useful medicines. RSS	19	89	April 11, 2021 06:31PM
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	58	323	March 17, 2021 02:12PM
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	237	February 12, 2021 02:05AM
Good Fruit Marketing Share about fruit pricing strategies, sensible grading, marketing outlets, value-added products, labeling tips, and customer satisfaction. RSS	18	97	April 03, 2021 12:45AM
Grafting Tips on starting fruit trees along with discussion of longevity factors, vascular flow, and more. RSS	36	160	April 10, 2021 11:16AM
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	14	62	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	22	112	March 24, 2021 04:19AM
Organic Thinning Techniques, observations, and frustrations related to fruit crop loading, return bloom, and biennial bearing. RSS	11	38	March 02, 2021 08:18PM
Pollination Being about the ways of bees, native pollinators, weather challenges, attractant sprays, frost protection, and blossom viability RSS	9	50	April 02, 2021 07:13PM
Pruning Do we dare open up this Pandora's Box of orcharding technique? You betcha! RSS	32	118	March 27, 2021 01:33AM
Sensible Equipment Ask other growers about sprayers, mowers, scythes, pruning tools, tractors, row-mulchers, wood chippers, cider presses, fermenting vats, and more. RSS	40	211	April 12, 2021 04:09PM
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	63	292	April 14, 2021 05:59AM
Starting an Orchard Biological insights for prepping ground, cover crops, recommended soil amendments, and establishing fungal dominance in the soil RSS	17	97	April 17, 2021 04:36PM
Tree Fruit Nutrition Soil test interpretation, organic amendments, orchard compost, cation balance, micronutrients, fertigation ... all for growing "nutrient dense" fruit. RSS	28	114	March 12, 2021 10:12PM
Understory Management Forest edge ecology, mulch options, irrigation, mycorrhizal consciousness, tree root cycles, the great grass debate, and more! RSS	34	137	February 19, 2021 09:14PM