Conference presentation
Organic Orchard Floor Management Workshop
Washington State University
Organic Orchard Floor Management Workshop (Wenatchee, Washington, 10/11/2016)
10/11/2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000007845
Abstract
Included here are presentations and an instructor outline for the Organic Orchard Floor Management Workshop in Wenatchee, Washington, October 11, 2016. Topics covered include:
• Does OM matter and if so how to improve it
• Effects on tree growth and yield
• Water and nutrient buffering
• Weed management
• Trunk and surface root damage
• Microbial indicators
• Belowground ecology and tree health
• Mulching, cover crops, tillage, moisture monitoring, weed fabric, and the impacts on tree performance
• Organic fertilizers
• Weed management before planting
• Pluses and minuses to in row weed management including tillage, organic herbicides, mulches, synthetic mulches, flaming and combinations.
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Details
- Title
- Organic Orchard Floor Management Workshop
- Creators
- Tom Forge (Author)David Michael Granatstein (Author) - Washington State University, WSU Extension ANRChuck Ingels (Author)Mike Robinson (Author)Bill Clark (Author)Jaime Reyes (Author)
- Conference
- Organic Orchard Floor Management Workshop (Wenatchee, Washington, 10/11/2016)
- Academic Unit
- WSU Extension
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Identifiers
- 99901336741901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation