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Welcome to the online community of the Holistic Orchard Network. Join with other growers to explore what it takes to grow healthy fruit, find organic inspiration, and make new tree-minded friends. The cutting edge discussion in our forum is geared towards folks growing fruit as part of their living, and certainly open to all to read and learn. Wassail! |
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This year's research efforts center around fine-tuning foliar nutrients based on three rounds of plant sap analysis. One goal here is to identify the timing of essential nutrients with respect to flow...
- Michael Phillips posted: 4Jul |
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Hi folks -
My orchard is a little more "random" than some, with trees being planted in different configurations on the farm. While this achieves some aesthetic and diversity objectives, it does ma...
- Brent Klassen posted: 24Jun |
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Hello,
Planting a new trees in an area with existing unmaintained mature trees with Anthracnose. Has anyone used PreStop WP?
Located on the wet side of WA state. Decent sandy loam soil, but high ...
- jim gerlach posted: 19Jun |
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Claude Jolicoeur's OrchardPetite-Rivière-Saint-François, QuébecClaude Jolicoeur writes: “I like to call my growing philosophy: Minimum Intervention approach... This is in part due to the fact that I am only part time at the orchard. One important issue is that most of my apples are used for cider, hence their appearance is not relevant and their quality is only about the inside.” The Network becomes all the more engaging as orchardists get to know each other better. Posting a grower profile allows other growers to learn about your farm, your trees, your philosophy. > |
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