April 1, 2017

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Nutrient & Water Management

Featured stories covering nutrient and water management in this issue.

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Too hot to handle calcium

Three generations of Wittenbachs — Elizabeth, her father, Mike, and her grandfather, Ed — pause in the test plot, which includes seven new varieties from Washington. Elizabeth is particularly intrigued by newly released cultivars and looks forward to seeing how well the options fare in the orchard. (By Leslie Mertz)

Young grower mixes new ideas with 125-year-old traditions

I-9 form gets ‘smart’

Together on tour – Gallery

Mike Robinson, below in green jacket, shows the 2017 IFTA tour group a louvered cover that not only allows for light penetration during the early parts of the day but protects his Honeycrisp trees from hot afternoon sun. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

What’s your ideal orchard system?

Which comes first, the trellis or the trees?

Fertilizer tips to maximize baby tree growth

New methods to get from bud to bin : Videos

The FF Robotics system, which uses a three-pronged gripper for picking, is a fruit identification algorithm that “learns” in each orchard so that the harvester can adapt to the specific cultivar and canopy structure. (Courtesy FF Robotics)

The latest on FF Robotics’ machine harvester

Healthy cherries from the ground up

Pear psylla, just like spider mites, showing resistance to pesticides

Brett Grobe, a Young Grower from Elyria, Ohio

Staying on top of trends and tastes : Video

Grape irrigation near Sunnyside, Washington on June 11, 2014. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) The key times in the growing season when water is most critical to grapevine development are in the spring, at bloom, during fruit set and during compound bud development.

How’s the quality of your water?