Too hot to handle calcium
Unusually warm, dry weather reduces the effectiveness of calcium sprays for growers in the Eastern United States. Consequences from last summer’s drought in Pennsylvania continued into the…
Help for blossom thinning
Better crop management models available for Honeycrisp, Granny Smith and Red Delicious. Researchers are releasing revised pollen tube growth models for Honeycrisp and Granny Smith apple varieties…
Researchers advocate whole tree renewal pruning
Replace traditional limb-by-limb method by starting over, one tree at a time With a rev of his chain saw, Antonio Santillan whacked all the limbs of a…
Understanding the click pruning technique – Video
Pruning technique puts physiology to work, gets sap flowing to reduce blind wood and manage vigor. Good pruning is often seen as an art, but apple and…
Alexander Pakhno: You can earn more on a small orchards than on thousands of hectares of fields
Top-manager of the «Dnipro Orchards» Alexander Pakhno told how a Ukrainian apple can become a famous brand in the international market. The orchard project «Dnipro Orchard» started…