Selecting, growing and pruning fruit and nuts for productive harvest in Western WA
Read and or Download Gardening Tips We've included several tip sheets on various topics that are often asked about. Some we have written ourselves and others are courtesy of the extension service. You may print any of these for your own use and/or share with friends. Please be sure to include the source and credit for the author and respect any applicable copyrights.
Edible Landscaping How To's
Fruit Trees For Western Washington Tips on selecting and caring for your fruit trees, courtesy of the Extension Service. Information based on field trials at the Mt. Vernon research site. Apples, pears, peaches, plums and prunes, cherries, nectarines, apricots and other fruits are covered.
Growing Small Fruits for The Home Garden Choosing, growing and enjoying fruits from your garden. Blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, currants, gooseberries and more.
Growing Kiwi Fruits Yes, they will grow and fruit in Western Washington. Selecting your varieties, trellising, training, watering harvesting and caring for your kiwis. Courtesy of the extension service.
Growing Tree Fruits and Nuts in the Home Orchard - OSU ext. EC 819 Listing of various cultivars and their suitability in different regions of Oregon along with general instructions on planning, caring for, harvesting and storing fruit and nuts. Note: their region I is closest to our climate but we are cooler and have a shorter growing season than OR region I.
WWFRF - recommended tree fruit varieties The Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation (WWFRF) was created in 1991 to help fund Tree Fruit Varietal Research conducted at the Washington State University Research and Extension Center (NWREC) located in Mount Vernon, WA. This research program consists of the selection and cultivation of standard tree fruit generally found in temperate zone orchards: apples, pears, Asian pears, plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, and apricots. Research also covers some fruiting shrubs as currants, gooseberries, aronia, sea buckthorn or seaberry, kiwis, figs, quinces, persimmons, pawpaws, and berries that have potential as alternative fruit crops. read more at :
Western Cascade Fruit Society Excellent source of information for growing fruit and listings of local groups that meet on a regular basis to exchange information about growing fruit in Western WA. Link to learn more:
Backyard Filbert Production - OSU Basic concepts for growing filberts - hazelnuts - soil, fertilizing, pruning, harvesting and drying. Publication is from 1981 and there are lots of newer cultivars to consider.
Hazelnut Production from Australia Much more detail about how to grow 'em and keep 'em happy. And the best chart we could find on pollination. Although some varieties aren't listed on the chart, its fairly complete. G'day Mate and enjoy home grown nuts.
Strawberry Cultivars for Oregon - EC 1618 - OSU ext. Confused? What are Junebearing, everbearing and Day neutral and what does that mean to you? Experts' evaluations of strawberry varieties and their usefulness for home and commercial production.
Alternative Fruit Crops for Western WA - EB 2002 Evaluations of some newer varieties and recommendations on fruit varieties for Western WA including Pears, asian pears. hardy kiwis, late sweet cherries, wine grapes, hard cider, peaches, plums, dessert apples, currants, sea buckthorn ( seaberry), and aronia. Published 2006.
Growing Grapes for Wine and Table - WSU ext Table and wine grape cultivar descriptions, basics of grape growing,
Growing Wine Grapes in Maritime Western WA - WSU ext Preparing the site, cultivar evaluations, good description and pictures of training and trellising, pests and diseases, harvesting and useful calendar for planning your grape orchard.
Pruning - More than you ever wanted to know about Pruning These guides developed by the extension service include pictures and detailed instructions on why, when and how to prune or not to prune.
Other Extension Resources Listed above are the ones we use most. WSU has a wealth of information on growing edibles in Western WA. Particularly useful are the following links that we use when we need to search a little deeper.
Ask an Expert Forum And when all else fails and we just can't find what we're looking for or it's something we haven't seen before, there is the Ask an expert forum. After logging on (register or be a guest) you can search questions and answers and if your question isn't already there, you can submit it to the experts. http://gardening.wsu.edu/expert/
