Dr. Ashley Thompson

Tree fruit extension horticulturist and assistant professor in the Pacific Northwest. Get fruit tree updates @OSUPearCherry. Opinions are my own. 🍐🍒🍏

[Good Fruit Grower @goodfruitgrower]

Grim conclusions in @OSUAgSci’s fresh pear enterprise budget: Even high-density doesn’t pay off. @FruitTreeAshley
https://t.co/HWLPtmXWzN

[Dr. Ashley Thompson @FruitTreeAshley]

@goodfruitgrower @OSUAgSci As Clark said, it’s not all doom and gloom!

[Dr. Ashley Thompson @FruitTreeAshley]

@GalimbaKelsey You look so enthused….

[Agricultural Research Service @USDA_ARS]

Apple orchards today can produce about 10x more than they did 100 yrs ago, thanks to @USDA_ARS researchers & their partners @Cornell. The fruits of their labor are easy to see and taste, but their most impressive work is underground. ➡️https://t.co/ENkEvgCkmT #NationalAppleMonth

[Good Fruit Grower @goodfruitgrower]

Early-season record heat wave cost the Northwest 20 percent of its cherry crop, but discussion of impacts will continue for months.
https://t.co/7hF0OYGLEl

[Good Fruit Grower @goodfruitgrower]

OSU’s @FruitTreeAshley knows of many cherry viruses that don’t rhyme with Chittle Larry.
https://t.co/3Yt2u7bCjT

[Soil Science Society of America @SSSA_soils]

Researchers air-dried harvested apple roots and were further dried in an oven to measure biomass. #Composts such as chicken litter and yard waste were found to be an effective way to improve #soil health at apple orchards: https://t.co/ydqOcUN4s5 @FruitTreeAshley

📸@DoctorApples

[Good Fruit Grower @goodfruitgrower]

There’s increasing interest in trellising and training pears in the Hood River area, according to @FruitTreeAshley. Learn from the tips shared at an @OregonState Extension field day. https://t.co/SHHW0WdufA

[gregory michael peck @DoctorApples]

"Compost and Geneva® series rootstocks increase young 'Gala' apple tree growth and change root-zone microbial communities" Free download at: https://t.co/Dk7NgoTl8e

[Dr. Ashley Thompson @FruitTreeAshley]

@bphillips4149 Hadn’t seen this on the West Coast before!

[Dr. Ashley Thompson @FruitTreeAshley]

This will be an exercise in letting go/learning to be a better PI. It’s tough to trust my very new technician and student workers to get ever detail perfect, but I will for the next six week. #Cherries might be a lost cause, but I’m coming for those #Anjous! #OregonStateExtension

[Dr. Ashley Thompson @FruitTreeAshley]

A red fleshed #pear at the #USDA Pear Germplasm Repository in Corvallis.

[Dr. Ashley Thompson @FruitTreeAshley]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year #cherries @OSUPearCherry @OregonStateExt

[Dr. Ashley Thompson @FruitTreeAshley]

Frost rings or as I like to call them: Frost Halos. #marketing #Horticulture

[Dr. Ashley Thompson @FruitTreeAshley]

If you all could bring me more of these and less cherries filled with larva, that would be great.

[Hood River and Wasco County Fruit Tree Extension @OSUPearCherry]

#R19 from the #WSU breeding program. A nice early cherry.

[Hood River and Wasco County Fruit Tree Extension @OSUPearCherry]

Dr. Anderson and Professor Long talk about the Pear Series #cherry #OregonStateUniversity

[Dr. Ashley Thompson @FruitTreeAshley]

Getting ready for the #Cherry Pre-Harvest Tour 2019. Come see the Pearl Series and learn more about Cherry viruses. #extension #OregonState

[Dr. Ashley Thompson @FruitTreeAshley]

New #biodegradable fabric trial is alive in #HoodRiver thanks to my partners at 3M and Willis Farm. @OregonStateExt

[Hood River and Wasco County Fruit Tree Extension @OSUPearCherry]

#Crop and #soil folks, OSU is hiring a crops extension agent for Wasco and Sherman Counties: https://t.co/yNoKfsveKx

[Oregon State Extension Service @OregonStateExt]

The chicks are beginning to hatch!