Berries and fruit

OSU Extension provides science-based guidance to help Oregonians grow healthy berries and fruit at home or in community gardens. We offer resources on variety selection, planting, pruning and pest management to support successful harvests across Oregon’s diverse growing regions.

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Growing blueberries in your home garden

Learn to grow your own sweet, juicy blueberries in your Oregon garden! Find out which types of blueberries grow best where you live, and which part of your yard is best suited for planting.

Scott Lukas, Amanda Davis, Emily Dixon, Amy Jo Detweiler, Nicole Sanchez | May 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Training and pruning your home orchard

A visual guide to training and pruning apple, pear, sweet cherry, sour cherry, peach, plum, apricot, fig, persimmon, walnut, hazelnut and chestnut trees.

Jeff L. Olsen, Neil Bell | Feb 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Pest management guide for tree fruits: Hood River, The Dalles, White Salmon, Rogue Valley, Umatilla County

This annual guide provides tree fruit growers with the latest information on pesticides and herbicides for fruit trees. People who grow apples, pears and cherries can learn application rates and recommendations for each stage of tree growth.

Ashley Thompson, Rick Hilton, Achala KC, Marcelo Moretti, Jay W. Pscheidt, Nik Wiman, Christopher Adams, Andony Melathopoulos, Cody Copp, Niall Millar | Jan 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

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Growing Blueberries in Your Home Garden

Learn to grow your own sweet, juicy blueberries in your Oregon home garden! Find out which types and cultivars of blueberries grow best where you live, and which part of your yard is best suited for production.

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Growing blackberries in your home garden

Home gardeners can enjoy a choice of blackberry varieties with fruit far superior to that of wild blackberries. What’s more, home gardeners can pick fruit from early summer all the way to the first frost. ...

Bernadine Strik, Emily Dixon, Amy Jo Detweiler, Nicole Sanchez | Nov 2024 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Growing strawberries in your home garden

Here's how to plant strawberries, fertilize them and solve the common problems that plague many gardeners. Learn which type bears fruit when.

Bernadine Strik, Emily Dixon, Amy Jo Detweiler, Erica Chernoh, Nicole Sanchez | Nov 2024 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Growing Raspberries in Your Home Garden

Learn to grow tart, delicious raspberries in your own garden. Choose which type of raspberry to grow, and learn how to plant, prune, fertilize and water your berry patch to keep it healthy and productive.

Bernadine Strik, Amy Jo Detweiler, Nicole Sanchez, Emily Dixon | Jun 2023 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

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Growing Kiwifruit in Your Home Garden

You may know kiwifruit by what you see in the grocery store: a fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with green or golden flesh. Other species of kiwifruit bear bite-sized fruit with smooth, edible skin. Which type you can grow in your home garden depends on your climate. This guide will walk you through all the details on planting, fertilizing, irrigating, pruning and training so you, too, can grow this delicious fruit.

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Sweet cherry cultivars for the fresh market

Explore sweet cherry cultivars for the Pacific Northwest, including harvest timing, firmness, size, yield and pollinizers. This publication describes dark red and blush types with color photos.

Ashley Thompson, Matthew Whiting, Lynn Long | May 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Managing diseases and insects in home orchards

This pest management guide is for the home gardener. It recommends management practices for controlling diseases and insects in home orchards. It doesn't meet the exacting requirements of the commercial fruit grower.

Jay W. Pscheidt, Heather Stoven, Ashley Thompson, Brooke Edmunds, Nik Wiman, Richard Hilton | Jun 2024 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Pruning Hazelnut Trees — A Basic Guide

Training is a term applied to trees from planting up to 4-5 years of age, and is used to encourage a strong tree structure capable of supporting heavy crops, and withstanding ice and snow loads.

Nik Wiman | Jun 2015 | OSU Extension Catalog

Training and pruning your home orchard

A visual guide to training and pruning apple, pear, sweet cherry, sour cherry, peach, plum, apricot, fig, persimmon, walnut, hazelnut and chestnut trees.

Jeff L. Olsen, Neil Bell | Feb 2025 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

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Latest News

OSU Extension food safety and preservation helpline opens for the season

Starting July 7, the toll-free helpline, 800-354-7319, is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Grace Xue | Jul 3, 2025 | News story

Why soil pH matters — and how to manage it in your garden

The availability of key nutrients — including nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium — is influenced by pH.

Kym Pokorny | Jun 10, 2025 | News story

Unconfirmed spotted lanternfly sighting prompts reminder for vigilance

Until a physical specimen is collected and confirmed, spotted lanternfly is not considered present in Oregon.

Kym Pokorny, Chris Branam | May 22, 2025 | News story

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