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Resources for Commercial Growers: Fruits and Nuts

Resources for Commercial Growers: Fruits and Nuts

Getting Started

  • Fruit and Nut Cultivar Nursery Sources - 2020
  • Fruit and Nut Cultivar Nursery Sources Directory
  • UK Center for Crop Diversification Production Resources
  • KY Fruit Facts 
  • Go with the Flow Simple Calculations for Small Drip Irrigation Systems (HO-122)
  • Kentucky State Horticultural Society
  • Orchard Site Rating Sheet (HortFact-3005)
  • Organic Farming in Kentucky - A Survey
  • Promoting Branching on High-density Dwarf Fruit Trees (HortFact-3011)
  • Reproducing Fruit Trees by Graftage (HO-39)
  • Rootstocks for Kentucky Fruit Trees (HO-82, revised)
  • Small Fruit Yield and Berry Weight Compilation (HortFact-3010)
  • Small Fruit Yield and Berry Weight Compilation (Spreadsheet)
  • USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
  • Web Soil Survey
  • Agricultural Lime Recommendations Based on Lime Quality (ID-163 )
  • Berry information (from The Ohio State University Extension)
  • Peach Cultivar Performance (HO-6)

Videos

  • Pruning Apple Trees to a Central Leader
  • Pruning Tall Spindle Trees
  • Vole Management in Blueberry Production

Marketing

  • Kentucky Farmers Market Manual (from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture)
  • UK Center for Crop Diversification Marketing Resources
  • Kentucky Farmers Market Report
  • Kentucky Produce Auction Report

Pest Management

  • Cultural Calendar for Commercial Apple Production
  • Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide (ID-232)
  • An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Apple mobile website
  • An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Brambles in Kentucky (ID-251)
  • An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Grape in Kentucky (ID-254)
  • An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Peach in Kentucky (ID-260)
  • An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Strawberry in Kentucky (ID-238)
  • Disease and Insect Prediction Fruit Models for Kentucky Counties
  • Fruit Insects Calendar for Kentucky
  • Fruit Scout Website
  • Herbicide Crop Injury, Herbicide Residual Injury
  • Herbicide Cross-Reference List
  • Herbicide Cross-Reference List (PDF)
  • Herbicide Injury Symptoms on Other Crops
  • Herbicides Mode of Action
  • Honeyvine Milkweed Control in Tree Fruits, Small Fruits, and Grapes (HO-85 )
  • Insect Problems
  • IPM scouting manuals and fact sheets
  • Midwest Small Fruit Pest Management Handbook (B861)
  • Midwest Tree Fruit Pest Management Handbook (ID-93)
  • National Pesticide Information Retrieval System
  • Orchard Chemical Suppliers 2022
  • Diseases of Small Fruit
  • Diseases of Tree Fruit
  • Predicting Insect Development Using Degree Days (ENTFACT-123)
  • Recordkeeping Manual for Private Pesticide Applicators 2019
  • Understanding the Risk of Herbicide Drift to Horticultural Crops
  • Bird Netting Pictures and Ideas for Bramble and Blueberry Plantings
  • Fruit Crop Tissue Analysis

Research Reports

  • 2023 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-832)
  • 2021 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-798)
  • 2020 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-779)
  • 2019 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-762)
  • 2018 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-757)
  • 2017 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-739)
  • 2016 Fruit and Vegetable Annual Research Report (PR-721)
  • 2015 Fruit and Vegetable Crop Research Report (PR-706)
  • 2014 Fruit and Vegetable Crop Research Report (PR-688)

Nuts

  • Kentucky Nut Growers Association
  • Nut Tree Growing in Kentucky (ID-77)
  • Nut Pests

Apples

  • A Profile of Commercial Apple Production in Kentucky 2017
  • Apple Cultivar Performance (HortFact-3006)
  • Apple Production - Best Management Practices (ID-137)
  • Influence of Pruning and Training Systems on Apple Yields
  • Training and Culture of Dwarf Apples Using the Vertical Axis System (HortFact-3501)

Apples : Pests

  • University of Kentucky Apple IPM

Apples : Diseases

  • Apple Rust YouTube Video

Blackberries

  • 2017 Kentucky Blackberry Cost and Return Estimates (ID-149)
  • Growing Blackberries and Raspberries in Kentucky (HO-15)
  • Irrigation Recommendations and Weed and Bird Control for Blueberry and Blackberry
  • Site Selection for Thornless Blackberries Based on Past Kentucky Low Temperature Weather Data

Blueberries

  • 2019 Blueberry Cost and Return Estimates (CCD-BG-2)
  • 2019 Kentucky Highbush Blueberry Production Budgets - Pick-Your-Own Marketing (CCD-BG-3)
  • 2019 Kentucky Highbush Blueberry Production Budgets - Wholesale/Retail Marketing (CCD-BG-4)
  • Blueberry Production
  • Growing Highbush Blueberries in Kentucky (HO-60, PDF)
  • Irrigation Recommendations and Weed and Bird Control for Blueberry and Blackberry
  • Midwest Blueberry Production Guide
  • Preparing Blueberry Sites for Planting (HortFact-3009, PDF)

Grapes

  • Fertilization of Grapevines (Hortfact - 3104)
  • Kentucky Viticultural Regions and Suggested Cultivars (HO-88)
  • Kentucky Wine
  • Midwest Grape Production Guide (B-919)
  • Grapes: Marketing, Production, Decision Tools
  • Vineyard Site Selection in Kentucky Based on Climate and Soil Properties (HO-87)
  • Crop Estimation in Vineyards (HO-86)
  • Herbicide Injury Symptoms on Grapes

Grapes : Budgets-Economics

  • 2011 Regional Winegrape Marketing and Price Outlook
  • 2016 French-American Hybrid and American Wine Grape Budget
  • 2016 Kentucky Grape Costs and Returns: Budget Summaries and Assumptions
  • 2016 Table Grape Budget
  • 2016 Vinifera Wine Grape Budget
  • Wine Distribution for Small Farm Wineries in Kentucky (HO-116)

Grapes : Diseases and Insects

  • Crown Gall Video
  • Downy Mildew of Grape Video
  • Grape Powdery Mildew YouTube Video

Grapes : ViNews: Grape growers vine to wine information

  • Volume 1, Issue 1: Introductory Issue
  • Volume 1, Issue 2: Heat and Water Stress

Grapes: Winemaking

  • New Procedure for Handling Headspaces in Wine Containers

Pawpaws

  • Pawpaw Production Website, Kentucky State University

Peaches

  • Growing Peaches in Kentucky (HO-57)
  • Peach Cultivar Performance (HO-6)

Raspberries

  • Growing Blackberries and Raspberries in Kentucky (HO-15)

Strawberries

  • Problems of Strawberry Scouting Guide
  • Strawberry Production in Kentucky (HO-16, PDF)
  • Midwest Strawberry Production Guide (B-926)
  • Strawberry Cost and Return Estimates
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