[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”] Dr. Matt Whiting’s new system for growing sweet cherries—nicknamed the UFO—turns convention on its head.  Typically, when establishing a new cherry orchard, growers head back the nursery trees at planting to reduce apical dominance and stimulate branching. Whiting’s Upright Fruiting Offshoots system, however, does not involve heading. “The nurseries put their resources into growing that tree, and it seems a shame to just whack it back and put it on the ground,” he said. Whiting, who […]