Resources for Commercial Growers: Fruits and Nuts
Getting Started
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Fruit and Vegetable Ripening Dates in Kentucky (HortFact-3000, PDF)
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Go with the Flow Simple Calculations for Small Drip Irrigation Systems (HO-122)
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Promoting Branching on High-density Dwarf Fruit Trees (HortFact-3011)
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Small Fruit Yield and Berry Weight Compilation (HortFact-3010)
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Small Fruit Yield and Berry Weight Compilation (Spreadsheet)
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Agricultural Lime Recommendations Based on Lime Quality (ID-163 )
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Berry information (from The Ohio State University Extension)
Nuts
Videos
Marketing
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Kentucky Farmers Market Manual (from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture)
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Food and Agriculture: Consumer Trends and Opportunities - Fruit (ID-58D)
Pest Management
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An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Apple mobile website
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An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Brambles in Kentucky (ID-251)
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An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Grape in Kentucky (ID-254)
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An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Peach in Kentucky (ID-260)
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An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Strawberry in Kentucky (ID-238)
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Disease and Insect Prediction Fruit Models for Kentucky Counties
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Dual Magnum Herbicide Kentucky Section 24(c) Special Local Need Label (only until December 31, 2023)
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Honeyvine Milkweed Control in Tree Fruits, Small Fruits, and Grapes (HO-85 )
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Predicting Insect Development Using Degree Days (ENTFACT-123)
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Understanding the Risk of Herbicide Drift to Horticultural Crops
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Bird Netting Pictures and Ideas for Bramble and Blueberry Plantings
Research Reports
Apples
Apples : Pests
Apples : Diseases
Blackberries
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Bird netting pictures and ideas for bramble and blueberry plantings
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Irrigation Recommendations and Weed and Bird Control for Blueberry and Blackberry
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Site Selection for Thornless Blackberries Based on Past Kentucky Low Temperature Weather Data
Blueberries
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2019 Kentucky Highbush Blueberry Production Budgets - Pick-Your-Own Marketing (CCD-BG-3)
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2019 Kentucky Highbush Blueberry Production Budgets - Wholesale/Retail Marketing (CCD-BG-4)
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Bird netting pictures and ideas for bramble and blueberry plantings
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Irrigation Recommendations and Weed and Bird Control for Blueberry and Blackberry
Grapes : Getting Started
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Desired Soil Properties for Vineyard Site Preparation (HortFact-31-01, PDF)
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Grape Rootstocks for Kentucky Vineyards (Hortfact-3113, PDF)
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Kentucky Viticultural Regions and Suggested Cultivars (HO-88)
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The Kentucky Grapevine: Information Sources for Kentucky Grape Growers (PDF)
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Vineyard Site Selection in Kentucky Based on Climate and Soil Properties (HO-87)
Grapes : Budgets-Economics
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2016 Kentucky Grape Costs and Returns: Budget Summaries and Assumptions
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Wine Distribution for Small Farm Wineries in Kentucky (HO-116)
Grapes : Culture
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Acidification of Vineyard Soils by Nitrogen Fertilizers (HortFact-31-05)
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Dormant Pruning of Wine Grapes in Kentucky (HortFact-31-07, PDF)