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Just Wait Teens Fruit Ochard
The Backyard Orchardist: A Complete Guide to Growing Fruit Trees in the Home Garden
by Stella B. Otto
This book exceeded our expectations. It is recommend to anyone who wants to grow fruit for their own consumption. Other books were much too technical and always intended for commercial growers. Stella Otto's book is clear, concise, and chock-full of information.
If you have found it difficult to move beyond dreaming about a backyard orchard, this book is such a powerhouse of information that you will confidently plant a pair of fruit trees knowing that they will not drown, succumb to drought or disease, and not be defoliated by Japanese beetles. You'll even know how to prune them so that the branches grow outward rather than straight up, thus allowing in the sunlight needed to ripen your fruit.
The information is very specific. Example: The tables inform you as to which pesticides are most suitable for a given pest (cross referenced to a table of illustrations) and when to spray for them.
*The information is both usable and generic. For example: The advice on fertilizing recommends that the grower adjust the amount of fertilizer to match a target annual growth rate (length of shoot extension). That technique compensates for differences in soil type, rootstock, cultivar, etc. Basically, it teaches the grower how to pay attention to their trees.
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Index of Articles about Gardens
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