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Jaylin Nickel replied to the discussion Pecan Harvesting equipment in the forum Fruit and Nuts 3 years ago
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@morgan1983 What size are the trees? Are you aware of the shakers with catch frames that they use for smaller nut trees? I think pecan trees tend to get too big for a catch frame harvester but I have seen young pecan trees harvested with one. COE makes the biggest catch frame harvesters that I am aware of, 35′ long options mentioned on…
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Morgan Hughes started the discussion Pecan Harvesting equipment in the forum Fruit and Nuts 3 years ago
Hello all, I am new here and in my first year of regeneratively managing a pecan orchard in Washington County Texas. The way we typically harvest is to rake the orchard floor, shake the trees and use a street sweeper style harvester. We have been in a drought for most of the year and are still in deficit and I do not like raking up the…
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Tradd/Lisa Porter started the discussion New garden grass/weed control in the forum Market Gardeners 3 years ago
Hi guys, we are armatures here. We have started small gardens a few different ways to try and start out with no grass and as little weed pressure as possible. We have had good luck with weed mats but this does take some time to completely get rid of grass. As good as it has worked we feel like no live roots for that long a period can’t be good…
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I was living in Hawai’i when the Covid pandemic hit. The effect on supply chains, the potential that barge shipments could stop arriving to Hawai’i, changed everyone’s viewpoint overnight. As an isolated archipelago over 3000 miles away from any major port, Hawai’i was poised to implement long-considered strategies for food…
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Kerry Beane replied to the discussion Peer Reviewed Sources for Brix Levels and Pest Pressure relationship? in the forum Vegetables 3 years ago
Reply to Peer Reviewed Sources for Brix Levels and Pest Pressure relationship?
Hi Craig,
Thanks for posting. I’m also interested in finding this research. This is a good forum for sharing.
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