Chicagoland Acre Test Plot (201 Varieties)

Doing a monthly foliar spray based roughly on the brix mix used by cannabis growers. have to check if any others ingredients.

Aea sea shield
Aea calcium
seaweed
humax
sulfate of potash
molasses
powdered sugar

sprayed mycorrizal on all ground bases

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Intriguing project! Will be watching any future updates.
Have you had any shot hole disease on any of your peaches?

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Thanks for the list of late honeyberries! I’ve been seeing honeyberries in nurseries this year, but I don’t trust nurseries to know that late ones are most likely to succeed this far south (TN). This list saves me the trouble of looking up each honeyberry I come across.

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blue forest honeyberry died and replaced with Aurora

Fuji blue honeyberry died and replaced with honey glen

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im looking into it im not familiar with that disease but I may

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If I can track down Elliot pear i will plant that next year, or graft and plant in 27

Planting summercrisp, golden spice and tennosui pears as replacements.

Looking forward to more American pear cultivars being released over coming years, seems like lots in the works from usda

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rust is making an apperance on the apples planted this year, the ones planted last year are all resistant.

Scab is really picking up as well. the ones planted last year again all resistant but need to watch the ones planted this year

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