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Orchard People

Susan Poizner, OrchardPeople.com

Learn how to grow and care for fruit trees with fruit tree care educator Susan Poizner of OrchardPeople.com. Discover how to create permaculture plantings, food forests, and forest gardens in both urban and rural settings. Meet experts on all aspects of comprehensive fruit tree care, including pruning, pest and disease prevention, fruit tree grafting and budding, and soil management. Show host Susan Poizner, creator of the fruit tree education website OrchardPeople.com, is an award-winning author

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70:52

Why Pests Can't Attack Healthy Plants with Thomas M....

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2022/09/27

According to Entomologist Thomas M. Dykstra, Ph.D. of Dykstra Laboratories in Gainesville, Florida, insect pests can't attack healthy plants. Learn more and ask your questions in this live radio show.In the show, Thomas mentions that anyone can measure leaf brix with two tools: A garlic press that you can easily cleanA refractometer Thomas also mentions a PDF Leaf Brix Chart. Here are two versions of it to download:Leaf Brix ChartLeaf Brix Chart with Insect GroupsThe prize for today's show

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61:43

Growing Heirloom Peaches

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2022/08/30

There are some fantastic heirloom peach cultivars that are not available at your local supermarket....but you can grow them at home! Lawton Pearson of Pearson Farm talks about his family's history of growing peaches in Georgia and his favourite cultivars. You can find a video excerpt from the show here: https://youtu.be/zZtV8o1B4EYThe host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com. Tune into The Urban

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61:32

How to Grow a Fruiting Wall

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2022/07/26

Commercial growers are increasingly growing sweet cherries and other fruits in an easy to prune, maintain and harvest fruiting wall structure. Matthew Whiting, Extension Specialist from Washington State University, played a key role in developing the UFO cherry fruiting wall system and he explains how they are grown. During the interview, Matthew mentions this document which describes the steps for creating a UFO cherry tree. Our show prize this month was a copy of Micro Food Gardening:

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57:38

Turning Your Backyard into a Food Forest

Orchard People ·

2022/06/28

Learn how to transform your backyard into a food forest, integrating existing fruit trees and shrubs into the design. Dani Baker, author of The Home-Scale Forest Garden: How to Plan, Plant and Tend a Resilient Edible Landscape is our show guest. Dani is the owner of Cross Island Farms in Wellesley Island, NY and the creator of The Enchanted Edible Forest. The host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com.

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65:32

Espalier Fruit Trees for Small Gardens

Orchard People ·

2022/05/31

Fruit trees can be productive, but they can also be beautiful! In this episode learn how to create an espalier fruit tree planting where the tree is trained up against a wall or fence. Our expert guest will be Ron Perry, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Michigan State University (MSU) (Retired) and Co-Author of Espalier Fruit Trees for Northern Gardens: Creating Fruit Trees as Art (affiliate link). Email in a question during the live show and you will be entered into

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62:01

Do Plant Hardiness Zones Matter?

Orchard People ·

2022/04/26

In the past, you would consult a plant hardiness zone map if you wanted to know whether a fruit tree or any other plant could survive in your climate. But our climate is quickly changing. Are plant hardiness zone maps still helpful? In this episode, we chat about plant hardiness zones with two research scientists from the Canadian Forest Service. They are Dan McKenney, PhD and John Pedlar. You can learn more about their work and download plant hardiness maps here. To watch a video excerpt

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61:22

Grow Fruit Trees Fast!

Orchard People ·

2022/03/29

How do you encourage young fruit trees to grow faster and produce an earlier harvest? Susan Poizner of OrchardPeople.com chats with John Cline Ph.D, Professor in the Department of Plant Agriculture, at the University of Guelph in Ontario. John’s focus is on tree fruit physiology and his goal is to discover what factors affect fruit quality and yield. Email in a question during the live show and you will be entered into our contest to win a copy of Susan's new book Grow Fruit Trees Fast: A

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65:07

Grafting Fruit Trees

Orchard People ·

2022/02/23

Steph Roth from Silver Creek Nursery in Ontario talks about how she grafts fruit trees. We will cover collecting fruiting wood, rootstock choices, bench grafting and more. The host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com. Tune into The Urban Forestry Radio Show LIVE by going to RealityRadio101.com on the last Tuesday of every month at 1.00 pm Eastern Time.Learn to grow organic fruit trees successfully

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62:30

Making Perry Cider

Orchard People ·

2022/01/25

Cider apples are a hot commodity these days. But what about perry pears? In this episode, Barry Masterson, of Kertel Reiter Cider talks about perry and tells us how to make it and what pear varieties to use. Barry, who is from Ireland, lives with his German born wife, Ines, in the village of Schefflenz in North Baden, Germany. The prize for this week's contest a copy of the book Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden: Planting and Tending Small Fruit Trees and Berries in Gardens and Containers

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62:44

Irrigation Systems for Fruit Trees

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2021/12/28

There is a right way and a wrong way to water your fruit trees and other plants. And how you irrigate will affect the health of your plants and the quality of your harvest. Learn the science behind irrigation with sustainable food gardening expert and author Robert Kourik. The prize for this episode is a PDF copy of Robert's book Roots Demystified valued at $12. Robert sources his irrigation equipment from https://www.dripworks.com/.The host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is

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64:00

Heirloom Fruit Recipes for The Holiday

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2021/11/30

Learn to use your home grown heirloom fruits in recipes from centuries past. Show guests include orchardist Darren Turpin of Orchardnotes.com, historic cook Paul Couchman of Regencycook.co.uk and culinary historian Brigitte Webster of Tudorexperience.com. The host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com. Tune into The Urban Forestry Radio Show LIVE by going to RealityRadio101.com on the last Tuesday of

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45:28

Being a Tree Detective

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2021/10/26

Lindsay Mitchel, Editor at the International Society of Arboriculture's publication Arborist News and Sarah Ruark, technical advisor at the Davey Institute, the research arm of Davey Tree, talk about the Detective Dendro® educational mystery series, what it's like to be a real life tree detective, and ways that we can all investigate the mysteries that we encounter in our own trees.The host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education

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62:13

Food Forest Design

Orchard People ·

2021/09/28

Lincoln Smith from Forested.us explains how listening to the landscape is the secret to growing healthy fruit trees and fruiting plants. Lincoln will talk about some of his top picks including persimmons, mulberries and black raspberries. Today's show prize is: The Modern Homestead Garden: Growing Self-Sufficiency in Any Size Backyard by Gary Pilarchik (affilate link).The host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website

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60:27

Drought Resistant South West Peaches

Orchard People ·

2021/08/31

Reagan Wytsalucy, Extension Assistant Professor, Agriculture & Natural Resources at Utah State University, talks about her journey to find the last orchards growing the age-old, drought resistant South West Peaches. First Nations communities in the U.S. have been growing these peaches for hundreds of years. Reagan explains why it is essential NOT to plant these trees on a large scale yet. This month's contest prize is: Micro Food Gardening: Project plans and plants for growing fruits

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65:15

Will Nitrogen Fixing Plants Improve Soil Fertility?

Orchard People ·

2021/07/27

Do nitrogen fixing plants and trees actually improve soil fertility? Will your fruit trees benefit if you plant nitrogen fixing plants in your garden? Susan speaks to permaculture orchardist Stefan Sobkowiak of Miracle Farms in Quebec, Canada to find out! The host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com. Tune into The Urban Forestry Radio Show LIVE by going to RealityRadio101.com on the last Tuesday of

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63:28

Custom Fruit Tree Spray Recipes with John Kempf

Orchard People ·

2021/06/29

Learn how to boost your trees health with fruit tree foliar sprays that you can make at home from sugar, molasses, epsom salts...and Coca-cola? Our show guest is regenerative agriculture expert John Kempf. The host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com. Tune into The Urban Forestry Radio Show LIVE by going to RealityRadio101.com on the last Tuesday of every month at 1.00 pm Eastern Time.Learn to grow

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59:03

Bury Your Briefs to Evaluate Soil Microbes

Orchard People ·

2021/05/25

Soil microbes play an essential role in releasing nutrients from the soil in a form that our fruit trees and other plants can access. So, if your soil doesn't have a healthy and diverse microbe population, your fruit trees will not thrive. The problem is that microbes are so tiny that we can't see them with the human eye. How do we know if we have a good microbe population? According to the Soil Conservation Council of Canada all you have to do is bury a pair of 100% cotton underwear in the

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56:19

Soil and Tissue Testing

Orchard People ·

2021/04/20

Jack Legg, an agronomist from SGS Canada, talks about soil and tissue testing and how that can help ensure that your fruit trees and plants have the nutrients they need. Click here to see a video excerpt from this show. The host of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com. Tune into The Urban Forestry Radio Show LIVE by going to RealityRadio101.com on the last Tuesday of every month at 1.00 pm Eastern

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61:32

Growing Blueberries

Orchard People ·

2021/03/15

What is the secret of growing blueberries successfully? In this episode of The Urban Forestry Radio Show and Podcast we speak to Kathleen Demchak, Senior Extension Associate at Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences about blueberries and how to grow them successfully. Click here to watch an 8-minute video excerpt from the podcast. Download Kathleen's PDF on growing blueberries, Keys to Establishing a Successful Blueberry Planting. The prize for this episode's contest includes two

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61:20

Creating a "Tree of 40 Fruit"

Orchard People ·

2021/02/18

Sam Van Aken is an award winning artist and an associate professor in the Art Department of Syracuse University who uses grafting techniques to create his "Tree of 40 Fruit" art installations across North America. His trees will grow multiple different types of fruits including peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines, cherries and almonds. The prizes for this episode's contest include The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2021 Garden Guide valued at $5.99. To see a 10-minute video excerpt from the show,

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