Managing weeds and maintaining nitrogen in organic apple production is an expensive and labor-intensive task. In short, it isn’t easy. Organic growers everywhere struggle to adequately control weeds while maintaining nitrogen levels and the high quality of their soils. Given that Washington is the largest U.S. producer of organic apples, harvesting more than 90 percent of U.S. fresh production (according to 2014 U.S. Department of Agriculture data), Washington growers might have some insight into how best to do both. Here’s a quick summary of the practices commonly employed by organic apple growers in Central Washington to control weeds and maintain […]