POP TIPS: Understanding Chill Hours for Fruit Trees
Deciduous fruit trees need plenty of sun, water, and nutrients to produce good fruit but they also needs plenty of cold weather. A period of dormancy,… Read More
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POP TIPS: Growing Perennials in Pots
As an orchardist working in a crowded city, one of the most common questions I get is if people can grow fruit trees and perennials… Read More
POP TIPS: Summer Weeding Considerations
Do I have to pull that? I thought to myself as I admired a lush patch of flowering violets in a row of ripe strawberries.… Read More
POP TIPS: Fermented Herbal Tea Sprays
We’ve come to associate spraying with noxious pesticides that kill beneficial insects and harm our health and soils, but there are other kinds of sprays… Read More
POP TIPS: Preventing and Treating Fire Blight
Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) is a bacterial disease affecting pome fruits including apples, pears, Asian pears, and close relatives like quinces and hawthorns. It gets… Read More
POP TIPS: February Orchard Care
February is the heart of orchard pruning season in our climate- time to put on the snow boots and get out there! Please check out the POP Monthly Orchard Task List for recommended… Read More
POP TIPS: January Orchard Care
Orchard care is a year round undertaking and January is the kickoff to pruning season in our climate. Please check out our POP Monthly Orchard Task List for… Read More
POP TIPS: December Orchard Care Tasks
The busy orchard season has finally come to a close and many orchard plants have already gone dormant for the winter. That said, there are… Read More
POP TIPS: November Orchard Care
Fall is an important time for orchard care and there are a number of best practices in November that can help ensure a better harvest next… Read More