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  • February 1st 2013 Issue
  • Story by Melissa Hansen
  • Growers try hooped trellises

    Tubular steel may have a place in orchard trellis systems.

    A new apple orchard planted to a V trellis uses greenhouse technology to support the Vs. Courtesy of Wilson Orhard & Vineyard Supply A few tree fruit trellis systems in Washington State are sporting a new look. Instead of flat-sided steel for the V and Y arms and supports, growers are ­experimenting with hoops in hopes of finding a faster and less costly way to erect ­trellis systems. “What we’re doing is based on hoop house technology and materials that use tubular steel for the structure,” said Keith Oliver, orchard and vineyard manager for Olsen Brothers, a family farming company […]

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