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Sun Scald Meets Science
Sun Scald Meets Science (Ilya Kotovich Upends the Apple Cart) By Mark Weaver – December 2013 It is difficult to grow fruit trees in Alaska without sooner or later encountering damage caused by sun scald. Typical damage appears in the spring on the southern, sunny sides of trees. Sometimes it consists merely of roughened, discolored…
Read MoreBook Reviews May 2000
Publication Review by Tami Schlies The Oregon State University has a very good 23 page publication titled Growing Kiwifruit (publication PNW 507) which gives step by step details on soil preferences, fertilization, irrigation, trellising options, thinning, harvesting, and storing kiwi. They use “fuzzy” kiwifruit studies as a basis, but do include sections on Hardy…
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