The first Tree School Online session debuted with 300 registered participants. Since then, the live classes have rolled out with anywhere from 50 to 100 participants.
When producing cherries on productive rootstocks, orchardists must focus on reducing crop load and increasing vigor. This publication discusses how to use thinning cuts, stub cuts, and heading cuts to achieve these objectives. Includes step-by-step illustrated instructions.
Describes dark red and blush sweet cherry cultivars, including harvest timing, color when ripe, suggested pollinizers and rootstocks, size, firmness, yield potential, and other traits. Includes color photo of each cultivar.
Ashley Thompson, Matthew Whiting, Lynn Long |
Jan 2021 |
Extension Catalog publicationPeer reviewed (Orange level)
An overview of steps in planning and conducting a sale of timber and logs from small woodlands. Discusses how to do market research, identify product options, decide on type of sale (standing timber or logs), ...
The study of how forages grow and respond to livestock grazing has provided the knowledge to manage pastures for efficient and sustained production. Careful management is a cost-efficient way to produce quality forage.
In recent years, cherry growers in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere have embraced high-density systems that put twice as many trees in the same amount of space. Here's a look at how their efforts are working out.
Lynn Long, Tim Facteau, Roberto Nuñez-Elisea, Helen Cahn |
Jun 2018 |
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This expert-led online course offers an introduction to a variety of relaxation techniques, including breath, gentle stretching and yoga, self-massage, self-compassion practices, and mindfulness and meditation.