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Small Farm Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop

Feb 22, 2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

$10
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Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by Feb 19, 2025 to Crystal Kelso: [email protected] or 541-730-3539

In this workshop we will cover "Winter" pruning of young trees to help control vigor, reduce winter labor and minimize disease risk and the cleaning up of productive mature trees and reinvigorating old trees. We will use this diverse orchard for hands-on demonstrations with apples, pears, plums, and cherries.

Pruning for commercial production differs in many ways from home garden focused pruning.

Profitable yields of high-quality fruit, simplifying maintenance, and disease removal and prevention all take precedence. To meet local demands, diversify their offerings and broaden the harvest season, many small farmers also have a wide diversity of deciduous fruit trees with different pruning and care requirements that often would not be interplanted in larger scale production.

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