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Growing Fruit

Growing Fruit. In Duluth. Planning the planting. Size of fruit planting Space available Size of family Experience of grower Availability of tools. Planning. Fruit plot location Soil type Drainage Sun Water availability Slope Things to avoid. Planning. Kinds of fruit to plant

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Growing Fruit

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  1. Growing Fruit In Duluth

  2. Planning the planting • Size of fruit planting • Space available • Size of family • Experience of grower • Availability of tools

  3. Planning • Fruit plot location • Soil type • Drainage • Sun • Water availability • Slope • Things to avoid

  4. Planning • Kinds of fruit to plant • Size of plot • What does the family like? • Hardiness • yield

  5. Planning • Getting the plants • Local nurseries • Duluth Community Gardens fruit sale • 722-4583 • www.duluthcommunitygarden.org • Mail order: FEDCO trees, St Lawrence • Transplant from wild • graft

  6. Soil and site preparation • Soil test- call Extension 733-2870 • Site history • Plan out irrigation • Fertilizer timing

  7. Planting • Timing – Plant in spring • Care of stock- keep roots damp • Planting holes- rough, shallow, no N Fert • Root pruning- cut off broken roots • Staking – stake up dwarfs • Watering- 5 gal, every other day for the first 2 weeks

  8. Seasonal care • Sunscald protection- wrap trunks for winter • Weed control – keep grass away • Pruning- train to modified central leader • Animal pest control – Protect the trees • Insect and disease control – inspect frequently

  9. Red-backed Vole

  10. Shubat’s deer fence

  11. Insect pests • Apple Worm - sticky traps - Pheromone • Apple maggot – sticky traps + scent • Scale – dormant oil spray • Aphids – soap spray, pressure hose

  12. Insect pests • Apple Worm

  13. Apple Maggot

  14. Insect pest • scale

  15. Insect pest • aphids

  16. Common Diseases • Apple Scab • sanitation, • Kaolin • Fire Blight • streptomycin, • pruning

  17. Minnesota ½-high Northblue Northsky Chippewa Polaris St.Cloud Wild – can be transplanted Avoid highbush Blueberries

  18. June Bearing Honeoye Sparkle Trumpeter Veestar Ever-bearing Ft. Laramie Ogallala Tribute Strawberries

  19. Seeded Grapes • Beta (black) • Valiant (black) • Edelweiss (white) • Swenson Red (Red) • Wild grapes

  20. Juneberries • Honeywood • Northline, • Pembina • Regent • Smokey • Theissen • Wild

  21. Gooseberry • Pixwell • Poorman • Welcome

  22. Black Currants • Consort • Antonina’s

  23. Red Currant • Red Lake • MN 71

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