Orchardist Greg Johnson, with experience from several different tree training systems, is moving all of his cherry blocks into more pedestrian-style orchards. Johnson, a cherry grower from The Dalles, Oregon, has been on a replanting quest for more than ten years, updating the orchard that he bought from his grandparents. He shared his experiences with the Spanish bush, KG (Kym Green) bush, and central leader training systems during recent cherry grower talks in Yakima, Washington. “Most of the orchards were old, planted in the 1960s—and that was the young stuff,” he said in describing Renken Orchards. “I wanted a pedestrian […]