Berries and Fruit
Steve Dodrill
Featured Fruit and Nut Tree Resources
OSU Extension Catalog
Growing Tree Fruits and Nuts in the Home Orchard
This publication will help you decide if a home orchard is right for you. It also gives guidelines for growers and describes how to plan your home orchard, planting and early care, care of bearing trees, and harvesting and storage.
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The Cost to Raise a Fruit Tree
Many of us love the idea of harvesting our own tree-ripened fruit. What a pleasure it is biting into an apple that is crisp and sweet, or picking handfuls of ripe cherries to gorge on, or eating a fresh peach that is so juicy that you need to be outside to keep from making a mess. These are fine images but they don’t tell the whole story of home grown fruit.
OSU Extension Catalog
Managing Diseases and Insects in Home Orchards
This publication recommends management practices for controlling diseases and insects in home orchards. This pest management guide is for the home gardener. It doesn't meet the exacting requirements of the commercial fruit grower.Featured Berry Resources
OSU Extension Catalog
Growing Raspberries in Your Home Garden
Explains how to grow black, red, and purple raspberries in a home garden. Covers cultivar and site selection, soil preparation, fertilization, and planting. Discusses how to build hedgerow and hill planting systems and trellises. Outlines how to care for established plantings, including fertilizing,...
OSU Extension Catalog
Growing Blueberries in Your Home Garden
Describes how to grow highbush and cultivated blueberries in a home garden. Covers how to establish a planting, select a site and cultivars, determine soil requirements, prepare soil, plant, control weeds, mulch, fertilize, water, prune, care for established plants, and select ripe berries for...
OSU Extension Catalog
Growing Strawberries in Your Home Garden
Describes various varieties of June-bearing, everbearing, and day-neutral strawberries and when they produce crops. Explains where to plant strawberries and how to rotate a strawberry patch to optimize growth and minimize disease. Discusses the matted-row and hill planting systems and the advantages...
OSU Extension Catalog
Growing Blackberries in Your Home Garden
Describes how to grow blackberries in a home garden. Covers types, growth and fruiting cycles; how to establish a planting, select a site and cultivars, determine soil requirements, prepare soil, plant, control weeds, trellis, fertilize, water, prune, care for established plants, and select ripe...Latest Resources
Featured Question
Is my apple tree wounded?
I have a Gala apple tree, around 5 years old. It is a good producer and appears to be in good health, but as you know, requires lots of attention... spraying, etc. I had some apple scab problems with it for the last two years, which I gather is pretty common with Galas, but now seem to have that...
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Grape Pruning Basics
Grapes fruit on lateral shoots on year-old canes. All grapes require heavy pruning to produce fruit, but after the first three growing seasons, different types of grapes need different pruning. Wine...
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Berry Pruning Basics
Pruning information for raspberries, blueberries, currants, and gooseberries.Latest News
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Pucker up, it’s time to talk lemons
Apr 20, 2018
With their fragrant flowers and sweet flavor, Meyer lemons are a popular citrus to grow in a pot.
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Expert tips for growing kiwifruit
Apr 27, 2018
Hardy kiwifruit go through freezing weather better than the familiar fuzzy kiwifruit, so they are a good candidate for the home garden.
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An easy way to get bigger, better plum fruit
Feb 19, 2003
Are you tired of all those tiny, ripe plums dropping onto your car, your lawn or your patio each summer?
