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Kerry Beane replied to the discussion Possible cover crops to use under trees in orchards? in the forum Cover Crops 3 years ago
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Thanks for sharing your experience with this, Sally. It’s these little ‘tweeks’ that can make all the difference.
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Hello Harriet and the Soil Carbon group! My name is Shelley and I use several types of service / biomass species on our mostly perennial fruit, greens, tubers and veg farm.
Harriet, I really enjoyed your podcast episode with John Kempf! In the episode, you discussed the importance of necromass in soils, especially with regards to…
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Harriet Mella replied to the discussion Pectin softening in the forum Fruit and Nuts 3 years ago
Makes a lot of sense. Thank you
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John Warmerdam replied to the discussion Pectin softening in the forum Fruit and Nuts 3 years ago
Here in California kiwi’s (or better kiwi fruit) is often graded by dry matter. Generally the better the sunlight available for each kiwi, the higher the dry matter. That dry material is the structure of the kiwi fruit, whereas often the size and weight of a kiwi is more directly related to water content. It makes sense that a low-light,…
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John Warmerdam replied to the discussion Pecan Harvesting equipment in the forum Fruit and Nuts 3 years ago
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Prunes and pistachios are both harvested using machines like this in California. The issue is I’d imagine a pecan tree’s catch area would need to be a bit wider, and the two machines together would likely run you around $250,000, even… Read more
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