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Is the soil beneath your fruit trees helping or hindering your orchard\u2019s health? Water, nutrients and healthy roots are essential to get the highest quality fruit and most productivity from your orchard trees. And a better understanding of the biological, physical and chemical characteristics of soil can help you make the most of these essential functions in orchards.<\/p>\n
Join Clallam County Master Gardener Paul Kolesnikoff:<\/p>\n
Thursday, November 10th from noon \u2013 1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
for the Green Thumb Garden Tips Zoom presentation<\/p>\n
\u201cAn Orchard Floor Experiment\u201d<\/p>\n
and discover what you can do to optimize your orchard\u2019s soil potential.<\/p>\n
In addition to the basics of the soil ecosystem, Paul will cover various methods for soil treatment in an orchard. He will also look at some methods that have been used locally, their results and plans for future improvements. \u201cGardeners will improve their understanding of the soil around their fruit trees and how they can improve it,\u201d Paul said.<\/p>\n
Paul\u2019s love of gardening began early at age eight when he begged his parents to let him plant a garden. \u201cEvery day, my eager child eyes watched for the first signs of life. When I first saw beans poking through, I ran to tell my Mom, but I was so excited that my legs wouldn\u2019t work, and I fell down repeatedly,\u201d Paul remembers. His green-thumb life followed him across the country with gardening stints in New England, New Jersey, the Colorado mountains and then finally to Port Angeles, Washington. When not gardening, Paul enjoys biking, hiking, and sailing. He is a graduate of WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners class of 2019.<\/p>\n