Dopp Creek Orchard

Establishing a small apple orchard in the PNW. See the process from the start on Instagram @doppcreekorchard.

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It will be a very small crop from only a few of the varieties, but we actually get apples this year!

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Rootstock! Scionwood! Grafting!

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Trees trained. Tying the branches down encourages them to be fruitful. And we want fruit!

#appletrees #orchard #training #tiedown #branches #fruit

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@slakecider Heck yes it is!

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Taking a cider break from orchard work @slakecider.

#cider #slakeyourthirst

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Scionwood order has been placed with Fedco. Excited to graft these three new-to-us varieties this year - Roxbury Russet, Black Oxford, and Redfield. If you have experience with any of these and love them let us know! If you hate them, don't tell us because it's too late 😆.

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Happy holidays from the orchard!
-Amanda and Tristan

#appleorchard #happyholidays

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In response to the voles and borers attacking the orchard, we painted the trunks. And with the blue tubes off and mulch pushed away from the trees, hopefully the rodents will be exposed to the predators.

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Though it looks suspicious hanging out next to a girdled tree, the frog is innocent. The voles are not. Major vole damage in the orchard. There's always something...

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Discovered some #appletrees in the woods beyond the orchard!

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3D printing some variety labels to nail to trellis posts.
#prusa #3dprinter #orchard #applevarieties

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An established root system really makes a difference! The grafts we did this spring in-orchard to previously planted rootstock have had substantially more growth than the newly grafted trees we planted. Also, our overall grafting success rate this year was awesome!

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Last post about the deer fence because it's DONE!

#appleorchard #deerfence #cestfini

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The next step for us in the weed war is a layer of heavy weight paper to snuff out the weeds before decomposing. 48 inch wide roll... cut slits to slide into the tree row.
#appleorchard #weedcontrol #weedwar #weedguardplus

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@FruitDefender Yup. The cost is significant, but we just have to.

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#deerfence. It's happening.

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This past weekend was spent preparing for battle with the weeds.
#weedwacker #appletrees #orchard #weedcontrol #battletime

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@FruitDefender I'm not sure, this is our first experience with them.

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Dead tree. Broke it in half. Borer living inside. Ugh.

#borer #appletree #deadtree

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First time grafting to planted rootstock in the orchard since we had so many graft failures from last year. Hopefully better luck this year! 🤞