soil testing/planting site assessment

Hello Apple Corps Potential Tree Sites,

 

The best next step after letting us know you have a site to plant fruit trees is to watch the sun on your site carefully and ask neighbors who have been around for a while to determine if you have a site that receives 8 hours of sun a day.  Six to eight is with-in reason.

Next, to have a success we encourage you to go to:  http://www.uvm.edu/pss/ag_testing/GardenTestQuestionnaire.pdf

This is a UVM soil testing site.  It explains how to take the soil test.  It costs $14.00 but it is well worth the investment to make sure you have a good site.  Your site overall should be somewhat sandy, not rocky.

Further steps for success include care and maintenance of the fruit trees.  See the resource information here and plan to attend our educational workshops.

For NH soil testing go to:  http://extension.unh.edu/Agric/Docs/HG_G_2013_formfields.pdf

 

 

 

Tree Resources

Links to information about tree choices that are right for the Upper Valley, care of trees, etc.

From Cheshire Co NH Extension Service (CCES): Type of fruit trees recommended in NH: http://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource000589_Rep611.pdf

About Drawf Root Stocks:  http://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource000583_Rep605.pdf    varieties CCES (NH) lists and what type of eating they are good for and when they ripen: http://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource001936_Rep2847.pdf

Which varieties of which fruit trees grow where and planting and care instructions: http://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource000585_Rep607.pdf
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