Permaculture Trees Flashcards
Espaliering technique helps
Limit tree size
Using a south facing wall espaliering helps
Provide more heat to heat loving trees
Grafting
Combine desirable fruit with desirable roots
Blue berry is good for _ layer
Shrub
Blueberry’s are candidate for
Netting
Best blueberry for Midwest
Chandler
Worlds largest blueberry
Chandler
Chandler blueberry bushes can grow (range)
5-7 ft tall
Good pollinator for chandler
Rubel
Help cool a building
Vines
Grapes attract
Beneficial wasps
To bear fruit, grapes must be
Pruned correctly
Grapes fruit on
Previous years growth
Cut grape canes down _ to fruit on previous years growth
2/3 buds
In summer _ so sunlight reaches them (grapes)
Pull leaves away from grapes
Maintain reasonable size
For grape canopy
If you don’t want raspberries/black berries to spread
You must be very consistent with your pruning
Raspberry clippings can go (2)
To compost
Stay around plants
Strawberries last
A few years
Strawberries ideal for
Edging beds and pathways
Strawberries spread by
Sending our runners
No need to prune strawberries because
Runners root themselves for new plants
You can periodically renovate strawberry beds by
Pulling out unproductive older plants
Pulling out unproductive older plants (strawberries)
Allows new plants room to spread
Traditional method keep strawberries clear of dirt
Mulch with straw
If strawberries plagues by pests (2)
Move to different area
Or grow in containers
Produces large berries in spring-Halloween
Seascape strawberry
Only edible part of rhubarb
Stems
