What to do with apple scab disease
Spring

The ascomycete fungus that causes apple scab is the biggest challenge for organic orchardists in northern Germany. In spring time you sometimes find last year’s

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Spring

When everything begins to stir after cold winter passes, it’s not only trees and plants that awake from their seasonal lull, but also fungus and insects

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Spring

With stone fruit the ‘pink stage’ of blossoming is called ‘white bud’, because cherry and plum blossom does not have red petals. Once the bud

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Spring

Spring only really begins for an orchardist with the onset of the blossom season. In order for the winter buds to turn into blossom, they

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Winter

Winter begins when the last leaves are falling from the trees. The last of the remaining nutrients have receded into the woody part of the

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Spring

Wild flowers are important for many insects looking for nectar and pollen. At the first sign of spring daisies start to flower in their modest

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