Pruning the Orchard: Part Two of a Three Part Series3/15/2019 - 9:15:07 AM
by Jeff Pauls & Clair Kauffman
Last week, in Pruning the Orchard: Part One, we learned a little bit about the opportunity pruning affords our personnel to enjoy the wonders of fall and winter and some of our goals for pruning. In the next few paragraphs, our Orchard Manager gives us details on apical dominance, tree form, and su...
Read More Pruning the Orchard: Part One of a Three Part Series3/6/2019 - 3:57:13 PM
by Jeff Pauls & Clair Kauffman
Every year the orchard has to be pruned. If we don’t prune, we would just have a forest. Which, don’t get me wrong, forests are awesome, but a fruit farm has to have fruit to sell. So, right there, in that last sentence, is the implication that we need our fruit trees to produce fruit. With this ser...
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