The benchmarking project enters a new phase over this year. We are keen to get data on the ultimate benchmark, how productive our trees are being. There are two ways of knowing how good our management of our orchards is. For younger trees the most effective measurement is trunk diameter (we measure [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Benchmarking – estimating yield
Posted in benchmarking, walnuts, yield on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A place to enquire and discuss
Posted in This space, discussion, walnuts on March 16, 2008 | 10 Comments »
We have added a new page to Chatzone. It is designed to encourage walnut related discussion, questions and interaction in an open forum. Check it out. You will see the tab at the top of the page, Discussion. You may have a response to someone’s question, or a question or observation of your own.
Blight Counting – 2008
Posted in benchmarking, blight, walnuts on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The NZWIG Newsletter is out. It contains this article about blight counting this year.
Blight researchers have been out checking the prevalence of our most significant management challenge. TreeCropper reports that NZ Tree Crops Association members recording blight levels in Waikato found that Shannon was by far the most blight resistant of seven varieties [...]
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