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Tag: mini-orchard

Time To Thin Out The Apples

Thinning out weaker, surplus fruitlets helps to improve the size and quality of the final fruits.

Published July 2, 2017
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work Tagged air-pot, apple, cornish aromatic, herefordshire russet, mini-orchard, thinning

Air-Pot Mini-Orchard Update: It’s Blossom Time

A healthy display of blossom should hopefully mean a few fruits to enjoy later in the year.

Published May 2, 2017
Categorised as Feature Articles Tagged air-pot, apple, Blenheim Orange, blossom, cherry, cornish aromatic, crab apple, herefordshire russet, john downie, mini-orchard, Morello

Establishing Our Air-Pot Mini Orchard

In which we plant out our new fruit trees into air-pot containers.

Published February 18, 2017
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work Tagged air-pot, apple, Blenheim Orange, cherry, cornish aromatic, crab apple, formative pruning, herefordshire russet, john downie, mini-orchard, Morello, mycorrhizal fungi, tree planting

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UTSpecialtyCropZachariah Hansen@UTSpecialtyCrop·
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Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) causing classic bacterial ooze symptoms on apple fruit. This grower had good overall control utilizing Maryblyt to predict infection events & inform pesticide application timings. Controlling this disease during bloom is critical.

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Springtime #IPM in the orchard ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿ› Early season insect activity including spring feeding caterpillar, leafcurling midge, mullein bug and more. Signs of cedar apple rust galls on nearby eastern red cedar kicking off this seasonโ€™s disease cycle #onapples

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