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Growing Christmas Trees in the Pacific Northwest

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Growing Christmas Trees in the Pacific Northwest

A guide for the prospective and novice Christmas tree grower. Includes how to evaluate risk and potential for return. Discusses the tree growing cycle, tasks and time requirements, pertinent laws and regulations, and costs, returns, and taxes. Describes 11 popular species (color photos) including...

By Chal Landgren, Michael Bondi

Integrated Pest Management Strategic Plan for Hazelnuts in Oregon and Washington

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Integrated Pest Management Strategic Plan for Hazelnuts in Oregon and Washington

Growers, commodity-group representatives, pest-control advisors, processors, university specialists, and other technical experts from the hazelnut industry in Oregon and Washington assembled this plan, which outlines major pests, current management practices, critical needs, activity timetables, and...

By Katie Murray, Paul Jepson

Growing Corkbark Fir and Subalpine Fir for Nursery Production

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Growing Corkbark Fir and Subalpine Fir for Nursery Production

Explores the cultivation of corkbark fir and subalpine fir for use as landscape (corkbark fir only) or Christmas trees. Topics covered include site selection, seeding production, tree establishment and care, and pest management. Recommendations draw from research trials conducted at the University...

Esquilar y Cultivar Arboles de Navidad
Small Christmas trees in large pots in a nursery

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Esquilar y Cultivar Arboles de Navidad

Aprenda técnicas de eficacia para mejorar la cantidad y calidad de su cosecha de arboles de Navidad

By Chal Landgren

Shearing and Culturing Christmas Trees
Small Christmas trees in large pots in a nursery

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Shearing and Culturing Christmas Trees

This video shows how to improve your noble fir or Douglas-fir Christmas tree plantation--and your bottom line. Learn proven shearing and culturing practices for the noble and Douglas-fir; also covers knife selection and sharpening.

By Chal Landgren

Sudden Oak Death and Phytophthora ramorum: A Guide for Forest Managers, Christmas Tree Growers, and Forest Tree Nursery Operators in Oregon and Washington

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Sudden Oak Death and Phytophthora ramorum: A Guide for Forest Managers, Christmas Tree Growers, and Forest Tree Nursery Operators in Oregon and Washington

Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death) is a significant threat to forests and nurseries on the West Coast. This publication covers history of the disease pathogen, its distribution, and life cycle. Describes disease symptoms on forest trees and shrubs. Gives detection and eradication protocols,...

By Jay Pscheidt

Grapevine Trunk Diseases in Oregon
Grapevine trunk disease visible after cutting into trunks

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Grapevine Trunk Diseases in Oregon

A summary of the main trunk diseases causing issues in Oregon and management methods.

By Melodie Putnam

Walnuts a key food to improve metabolism in obese mice

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Walnuts a key food to improve metabolism in obese mice

Aug 8, 2016

Adding other health-boosting foods increased benefits

By Gail Wells

Gather nuts frequently as they fall from the tree

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Gather nuts frequently as they fall from the tree

Oct 9, 2015

With proper care, hazelnuts, walnuts and chestnuts should last through the winter

By Kym Pokorny

Bareroot Shade, Flowering, and Fruit Trees (Willamette Valley) Fertilizer Guide

OSU Extension Catalog

Bareroot Shade, Flowering, and Fruit Trees (Willamette Valley) Fertilizer Guide

This guide can serve as a starting point for development of nutrient management guidelines for Oregon growers. Recommendations in this guide are based on research performed in the Willamette Valley with other cropping systems and on current nutrient management practices of bareroot shade tree...

By Dan Sullivan

Bacterial Canker of Sweet Cherry in Oregon

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Bacterial Canker of Sweet Cherry in Oregon

Bacterial canker is the number one killer of young sweet cherry trees in Oregon. This publication covers cause and symptoms, disease cycle, and disease management.Click the "view it now" button to view or download a print-friendly, page-size PDF (8.5 x 11 inches). Use the supplemental file link...

By Jay Pscheidt, Lynn Long

Hazelnut Pest and Beneficial Insects: An Identification Guide

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Hazelnut Pest and Beneficial Insects: An Identification Guide

With color photos and text, describes principal insect pests of hazelnuts (filberts) including life stages, symptoms of infestation, and techniques for sampling population levels. Also describes beneficial insects (generalist natural enemies) that can combat pest insects.

By Vaughn Walton

Identification of Invasive and Reemerging Pests on Hazelnuts

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Identification of Invasive and Reemerging Pests on Hazelnuts

Describes key identification features, life cycle, and pest status of filbertworm, filbert weevil, filbert aphid, and hazelnut aphid. Includes color photos.

By Vaughn Walton

Cherry Training Systems: Selection and Development

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Cherry Training Systems: Selection and Development

Describes three training systems: Steep Leader, Spanish Bush, and Vogel Central Leader. Discusses appropriate uses of each training system based on soil conditions, rootstocks and varieties, and system characteristics. For each system, covers pruning and training techniques from planting to maturity...

By Lynn Long

Apples Nutrient Management Guide

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Apples Nutrient Management Guide

Based on soil and leaf test results, recommends amounts of fertilizer needed for apples.

Growing Table Grapes

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Growing Table Grapes

A reference for the home gardener or small-scale grower on how grapes grow; how to establish a planting; how to maintain an established planting, including pruning and training; tips for harvest; and how to reduce risk of damage to grape plants from winter cold, pests, and disease. Includes a table...

By Bernadine Strik

New Pest Alert: Cherry Bark Tortrix Moth

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New Pest Alert: Cherry Bark Tortrix Moth

Describes cherry bark tortrix and methods for control.

Alternative Crops for the Columbia Basin

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Alternative Crops for the Columbia Basin

Explores possibilities for new crops in the Columbia Basin. Includes crops for oilseeds, food, forage, revegetation, and xeriscape plant nurseries. Crops are classified into three categories: grasses and cereal grains, broad-leafed herbs and forbs, and shrubs and trees. Includes index by common and...

By Brian Tuck, Jordan Maley, Stephen Machado