HORTICULTURE

General Information for fruit growers and hobbyists

I have another page for Backyard Fruit Growers & Orchardists
I have split this page into several smaller pages
For Specific Insect Information see Fruit Insects
For Specific Disease Information see Diseases

General Interest Articles:

Spring Bud Critical Temperatures for Frost Damage in Fruits (text only). Critical Temperatures PDF
Pictures of Spring Bud Stages and their Critical Temperatures.
Other Frost - Freeze Related Articles and Links
Dormancy and cold hardiness in woody plants
Think Twice Before Using 2,4-D
Examples of Herbicide Injury in Fruit
Miscellaneous Pesticide Mistakes and Damage
Collection of Pictures

An Essay On Tough Times in the Fruit Industry
An Essay on How Roots Grow.
An Essay on Water and Plant Growth.
An Essay on Managing Bitter Pit in Apples with a picture of Bitter Pit.
An Essay on Managing Pesticide Resistance in Plant Diseases.
An Essay on Optimizing Fertilizer Applications for Fruit Crops.
Article on Tissue Samples for Fruit Crops.
MSU Bulletin Plant Tissue Sampling to Determine Fertilizer needs (E-2482) E-2482 PDF File
MSU Bulletin on Fertilizing Fruit Crops - (E-852) with 19 color plates.
MSU Bulletin on N-P-K Fertilizers - (E-896).
The MSU Michigan Fruit Pest Management Guide, (E-154) is no longer posted on the Internet.

Also see the Specific Commodity for Web Sites and
other information posted elsewhere in Michigan.

For specific commodities click below
For Apple information see Apples.
For Blueberry information see Blueberries.
For Cherry information see Cherries.
For Cranberry information see Cranberries.
For Grape information see Grapes.
For Peach information see Peaches.
For Pear information see Pears.
For Plum information see Plums.
For Strawberry information see Strawberries.
For Raspberry information see Raspberries.

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Created December 5, 1996
Last modified: April 17, 2008