What is most important to note when doing orchard work?

4 years ago

I plan to take notes for my orchard work, specifically orchard inspection, pruning and spraying. I have some ideas what I need to write down in order to have better understanding of the state of my orchard.

For example these are my inspection and pruning notes notes:

- I add tree species and sort

- Then I add some general note about inspection or pruning (what I saw in that moment)

- Finally I add current date

Similarly for spraying :

- The same as above

- Plus spraying chemical I used

The question is what more would you add in notes from above?

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ztom

4 years ago

Date of first flower bloom for each variety. It won't be the same every year but will follow a predictable pattern. This is especially useful if you have frost issues during bloom and have to protect the blossoms (which is neither fun nor easy)

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Granite City Services
4 years ago
Make sure your records include the rootstock and source for each tree. I've found I have much better results from one nursery vs. another. If you have a lot of varieties mark them. I use cow ear tags with species and year planted written with paint pen.
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4 years ago
Thank you guys. @ztom @Granite City Services @uncle molewacker z9b Danville CA (E.SF Bay)

As I'm a programmer beside having orchard, I'm thinking that I can create an app for orchard management, to wrap up everything I need.

Do you have something you are already using? Do you think that you would use it if it's suitable for you?
gekkodojo
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Its amazing what you are sure you will remember, but then quickly forget. So I take pictures and videos with my iPhone of anything unusual I see in the orchard - first I take a picture of the tree tag, then the tree and then the event I’m recording - such as first leaves, bloom, insect infestation, bark cankers, disease indications, etc. I also do periodic sets of pictures of all of my trees on the same day (such as Early September to gauge growth and general foliage disease condition). I find it’s faster and easier than taking notes in the field - no paper to get wet, pencil to get lost, I always have my iPhone, and with videos you can narrate to yourself what you are seeing. I write up general notes at the end of the year. I do the same in the garden...
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Vukasin Nikolic
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4 years ago
@gekkodojo Thank you. This is very useful feedback.

I understand you totally.

I decided to sit down and create app which can help us in orchard management.

Probably I will need few months for it. The plan is to be publicly available.

Would you agree if I ask you to be one of the early adopters, it will help me to create something useful?

Thanks again for taking your time to respond to me.

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