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TreeCropper 96

 

Contents

2 From the editor
4 President’s report
6 Letters
8 Pests: Lemon tree borer
10 Hemp and pumpkin seeds for profit
15  Tarocco orange
16  Blue sausage tree
18 Do rootstocks impact flavour?
22  Native birds as alternative to pesticides
23  Conference 2019 – speakers
24  Conference 2019 – registration form
26  Conference 2019 – field trips
27  Rootbound plants
30 Eating acorns
32  Acorn pikelet recipe
33  Taro in Hawai’i
35 Film review: Edible Paradise
37 Cercis (Judas tree)
40 Forestry on erosible land
45 An insight into the good life
47  Pips & Pieces
48  Subscriptions

 

TreeCropper 95

 

Contents

2 From the editor
4  President’s report
5  Letters
7  Pine, pasture & kauri dieback
8  Aquaponics
10  Macadamias
11  Prunus leaf curl
16 Growing wasabi
18 Goodnature traps
20 Soil biology
22 How to plant a tree
24 Solanums in the forest
27 Cicada damage
31  Propagation tips
32  Natural dye plants in Franklin
34 Nelson conference 2019
36  A day in the life of the Membership Sec
37  Climate change & pests in agriculture
38  Obituary: Dick Endt
39  Pips & Pieces
40  Subscriptions

 

TreeCropper 94

Contents

2 From the editor
4 President’s report
6 Letters
8 Drought hardy ground covers for food forests 12 Honeyberry in the USA
14 Golden passionfruit
18 Avocado orchard field trip
20  Collecting scion wood
21  Tapping syrup from trees
25  Homemade bitters
26  Creating swales
27  Feijoas fight fungi
28  Potential crops in New Zealand
29  The HSNO Act
31  Untreated eucalyptus posts
32  Growing forestry trees
34 Pollination discoveries
39 Climate change may increase pests in conventional agriculture
39  World’s heaviest blueberry
40  Soilsayers: testing for deficiencies
42  Research update
43  Obituary: Don Hamilton
44  Dr Don McKenzie Award recipients
45  Honorary life members
47  Pips & pieces
48  Subscriptions

 

TreeCropper 93

 

 

Contents

2 From the editor
4  President’s report
5  Underplanting fruit trees
7 Haskap research update
10 American ginseng
15 Tree crop trial templates
17 DIY labels that last
19  Removing fruit from young trees
20  Conference 2018 – speakers
21  Conference 2018 – field trips
22  Knowledge in a nutshell – Rob Peden
24 Using plasterboard as mulch
26 What apple variety is that?
33 Pest – guava moth
35  Obituary – Russell Fransham
36  Index
38 Pips & pieces 40 Subscriptions

 

 

 

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TreeCropper 92

 

Contents

2 From the editor
4 President’s report
5 Letters
7 Macadamia nuts – pollination
8 Fig cultivars: What’s in a name?
11 Candy Cotton grapes
15 Summer tasks in the orchard
16 Nashi pears
20 New Zealand’s oldest fruit trees
23 Conference 2018 – speakers
24 Conference 2018 – registration form
26 Conference 2018 – field trips
27 Commercial pine nut orchards
31 The aliens have landed
32 Myrtle Rust update
34 Growing bananas
38 Knowledge in a nutshell: Derek Craig
40 Evaluating your land for planting
45 A lifelong lifestyle
47 Pips & Pieces
48 Subscriptions

 

 

 

TreeCropper 91

Contents

2 From the editor
4 President’s report
5 Inventive uses for crop waste
8 Capuli cherry
10 Spring tasks in the orchard
12 Growing frewood
14 The kakabeak: an endangered species
16 Snaffle the apple – saving heritage apples
21 Knowledge in a nutshell: David Whyte
23 The ins and ins of seed smuggling
26 Research update: haskap/honeyberry
28 Taro trials
31 Citrus brown rot
34 Trees for bees
38 Pips & Pieces
40 Subscriptions

 

Front cover:
Taro leaf

 

TreeCropper 90

Contents

2 From the editor
3 President’s report
4 Letters
6 New South Island vice president
7 DIY olla
8 Apple breeding using genetics
10 Field trip: Waiata Gardens
12 Truffles Q&A
15 Growing szechuan pepper
17 Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
19 Nitrogen fixing plants
24 Life membership recipient: Bill Rae
25 Avocado trials with mycorrhizal fungi
28 Field trip: Plant & Food Research Riwaka
30 Conifer grafting
34 Winter tasks
36 Research update
38 Mountain pawpaw breeding
39 Knowledge in a nutshell: Eric Cairns
42 Pests: Argentine ants
45 The vision for NZ horticulture
46 Pips & Pieces
48 Subscriptions

 

Front cover:
Fruit kaleidoscope

 

TreeCropper 89

Contents

2 From the editor
3 President’s report
4 New national secretary
5 Comfrey
9 Phenology in the field
12 Guava palaver
15 Feijoa maturity dates
16 Tree crops for every microclimate
21 Dung beetles
23 Fruit waste holds water
24 Hall Cup recipients
25 Nitrogen fixing plants
29 Biological farming in Australia
31 Autumn in the orchard
33 Knowledge in a nutshell
34 Conference 2017
35 Community fruit harvesting
36 Index – back issues 2015-2016
38 Pips & Pieces
40 Subscriptions

 

Front cover:
‘What the guava?” by Eric Buchmann.
Prints of his fruit inspired oil paintings, are available for purchase at www.saatchiart.com

 

TreeCropper 88

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Contents

2 From the editor
3 President’s report
4 Letters
6 Obituary: Les Gruebner
7 Mixed forest model for the West Coast
11 How to make a solar dehydrator
14 Oakleaf papaya
17 Cold hardy subtropicals
18 Research update
20 Hazelnut repository
22 Tree lateral tie downs
23 Conference 2017
27 Insiders guide to walnuts
31 Finding the right pollinator
32 A plum summary
33 Plum maturity chart
34 Non-crop host plants of tomato psyllid
37 Knowledge in a nutshell
38 How to shell a chestnut
41 The great avocado hunt
44 Using copper nails to treat tree diseases
46 Pips & Pieces
48 Subscriptions

Issue 88 References

Non-crop host plants of tomato psyllid

1. Munyaneza JE, et al. 2007. J Econ Entomol 100(3): 656-663.
2. Burckhardt D, et al. 2014. Fla Entomol 97: 242-246.
3. Knowlton GF, et al. 1934, J Econ Entomol 27: 547.
4. Wallis RL 1955. Ecological studies on the potato psyllid as pest of potatoes. US Department of Agriculture.
5. CRC Plant biosecurity 2016. Tomato potato psyllid host plants are not just solanaceae crops. 2 October 2016. http://www.pbcrc.com.au/news/2016/pbcrc/tomato-potato-psyllid-host-plants-are-not-just-solanaceae-crops.
6. Roy B, et al. 2004. An illustrated guide to the common weeds of New Zealand. New Zealand Plant Protection Society.
7. nzflora 2015. Lycium barbarum L. 26 June 2015. http://www.nzflora.info.factsheet/Taxon/Lycium_barbarum.html.
8. Webb CJ, et al. 1988. L. barbarum L., Sp. Pl. 192 (1753). In: Flora of New Zealand. Volume IV: Naturalised pteridophytes, gymnosperms, dicotyledons. 29 June 2015. http://FloraSeries.LandcareResearch.co.nz.
9. Parsons MJ, et al. 1998. Lycium barbarum. In: Current names for wild gymnosperms, dicotyledons and monocotyledons (except grasses) in New Zealand: as used in Herbarium CHR. Lincoln, New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Press. 102.
10. Vereijssen J, et al. 2015. New Dis. Rep. 32, 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2015.032.001

Using copper nails to treat tree diseases

1 Burke, E., Chlorosis of Trees. Plant Physiology Vol 2 No 7 1932
2 Koenig, R., and Kuhns, M, Control of Iron Chlorosis in Ornamental and Crop Plants. Utah State University Extension AG-SO-01 2002.
3 Chandler , W., Zinc as a Nutrient for Plants. Botanical Gazette Vol. 98, No. 4 1937
4 Shaaban, M., Trunk Nutrition. Advances in Citrus Nutrition, pp 101-112 2012
5 Perry, T., et al. Exploring Alternatives to Tree Injection. Journal of Arboriculture vol 17 no 8 1991

TreeCropper 87

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Contents

Front cover: Lichen (Xanthoria parietina)

2 From the editor
3 President’s report
4 Letters
5 Roots
8 The Food Act 2014
9 Understorey planting
12 Subtropicals in Australia
14 NZTCA research report
16 Controlling weeds
18 How to make potpourri
20 Pest: black cherry aphid
23 Knowledge in a nutshell: Clare Ryan
26 The permaculture orchard
30 Subtropical experiments
32 Almond trials in California
35 Lichen on your fruit trees
38 Pips & Pieces
40 Subscriptions
41 Camellia research