[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] New Zealand orchardists are making a rapid shift to dwarfing rootstocks for their new apple plantings. Traditionally, they’ve used Malling 106 or M.793, partly because they are resistant to woolly apple aphid, and partly because those were the only rootstocks available. Inspired by the evolution to intensive orchard systems that has taken place in Italy’s South Tyrol and the United States, New Zealand growers are planting at higher densities, using semidwarfing or dwarfing rootstocks. Orchard consultant […]