Building a resource list

General Fruit Growing
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Hey all, I know we all love this forum, and I also know there are a lot more great resources out there. So, I’m hoping you all can help me geek out even more by building a list of the best of the best. Here are some categories off the top of my head, along with some resources I have enjoyed. Please add other relevant categories and favorite resources below. As you do I will update the main list so we don’t have to do a bunch of scrolling :slight_smile: Thanks!

Video channels/personalities (YouTube/Vimeo/etc)
SkillCult
Stephen Hayes
Permaculture Orchard
Paul Gautschi (Back to Eden)
Michael Phillips
GreenGardenGuy1
Dave Wilson, Backyard Orchard Culture
Fruitmentor (citrus grafting)

Podcasts

Books
Apples of Uncommon Character, Jacobsen

Blogs
Growing Greener in the Pacific Northwest

Documentaries
Permaculture Orchard

Magazines

Other websites
http://www.groworganicapples.com/
The Penn State Fruit Production for the Home Gardener - http://extension.psu.edu/plants/gardening/fphg1
The Cornell Guide to Growing Fruit at Home http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/fruit/homefruit.html1
Cornell Organic Apples http://nysipm.cornell.edu/organic_guide/apples.pdf
U California Backyard Orchard page - http://homeorchard.ucanr.edu
Dave Handley: David Handley - University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Blueberries: http://umaine.edu/publications/2253e/2
Raspberries: http://umaine.edu/publications/2066e/
Integrated Pest Management
Propagation resources: http://www.seattletreefruitsociety.com/grafting-and-budding

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You may want to check out GreenGardenGuy1 in YouTube.

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Thanks Bob, added to the list :slightly_smiling:

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There is also the Dave Wilson Nursery videos and website. Brady

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Here are some standard references.

The Penn State Fruit Production for the Home Gardener - http://extension.psu.edu/plants/gardening/fphg

The Cornell Guide to Growing Fruit at Home http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/fruit/homefruit.html

Cornell Organic Apples http://nysipm.cornell.edu/organic_guide/apples.pdf

U California Backyard Orchard page - http://homeorchard.ucanr.edu

Alexis Zeigler’s online book, http://conev.org/fruitbook9.pdf - good overview for easier fruits like figs, jujube, pawpaw etc

There are countless online grafting guides out there, I don’t know which one is the best. I have used various ones over the years.

Once you get further along it can be good to peek at the commercial guides. Here for example is the current NJ one: https://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs/publication.asp?pid=e002

Notice page 1 is “NOT TO BE USED BY HOME GARDENERS” :smile:

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David Handley at the University of Maine is a very good resource for raspberries and high bush blueberries…

Blueberries: http://umaine.edu/publications/2253e/

Raspberries: http://umaine.edu/publications/2066e/

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BYOC: https://m.youtube.com/user/DaveWilsonTrees
Citrus Grafting: https://m.youtube.com/user/fruitmentor

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This is great! Let’s keep it rolling…

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Integrated Pest Management site from the University of California at Davis. .

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Thanks @Vohd!

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http://www.seattletreefruitsociety.com/grafting-and-budding
This is a link to the Seattle Tree Fruit Society’s propagation page.It gives connections to videos and other sources. Brady

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Thanks @Bradybb, looks really helpful!

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My website: http://www.gardenregister.com

You can keep a log of your harvests, bloom dates, etc.

I rolled out a feature yesterday that provides forecasted harvest dates for the current season based on historical harvest dates for that specific plant and statistical likelihoods based on other experiences from other growers.

Just create an account and start logging your progress. The algorithm adapts and should provide more accurate projections the more data you log. Eventually I hope to roll out a harvest forecast chart specific to each user.

Here’s the page for my spice zee: http://gardenregister.com/garden/plant/7/

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Thanks, @ChrisHashtags!