Managing orchard weeds
Fruit growers are always looking for better, cheaper ways of controlling vegetation under the trees in their orchards, but, in general, weed control gets more expensive and more complicated.
Sustainable organics
Jim Koan wants organic practices to be based on science, not politics.
A common sense organic approach
Silver Apple Award winner Ray Fuller approaches organic production from a scientific point of view.
New spray concept proves feasible
If we had to irrigate orchards by pulling tanks of water down the alleys, would we do it?
We do that
Nothing easy about organic weed control
Research in a newly planted organic vineyard showed just how difficult and labor-intensive weed control is under organic conditions. Not
Beware of weed resistance
DON’T LET WEEDS
GET AWAY
It’s particularly important to keep up with weed control in a young orchard because the weeds compete
Weed ZAPPER
Engineer Graham Brodie developed the microwave weed-killing machine. Four microwave horn antennae at the back end, each about four inches
Orchard ground covers
For 21 years now, Dr. Ian Merwin has tended a 320-tree apple orchard on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake
Good Stuff
Hydroponic irrigation
New technology combining hydroponics and drip irrigation is being used to grow fruit trees, offering benefits to orchardists in
Organic viticulture is all about timing
Bill Powers used common materials—screen mesh, bottoms of plastic jugs—to construct his pest fan.
Melissa Hansen
The key to making organic practices