||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB |||
On Wednesday, October 19, at 10:30 am, the Orcas Island Garden Club will present a virtual (Zoom) meeting featuring James Most. James will speak about Growing Fruit and Nut Trees in the San Juan Islands. If you have a question about a specific fruit or nut tree problem, please email a photo along with your question prior to the meeting to oigcprograms@gmail.com, so we can share it with the audience while James addresses your question.
This presentation will be recorded. The link to the live meeting, hosted by the Orcas Island Library, is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
James will describe common obstacles and local tricks for solving existing fruit and nut tree problems and establishing new orchards. Topics will include site and varietal selection, establishment secrets, pest and disease challenges, grafting to change varieties and improve pollination, stimulating growth on lackluster trees, and controlling excessive growth on vigorous trees.
James Most has helped establish hundreds of fruit and nut trees on Orcas Island and operates as a landscape contractor with his business Orchards, Gardens, & Irrigation LLC. He and his family have vegetable gardens, fruit trees, and keep bees and chickens on their property.
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