The right grower accessories make all the difference!

Comprehensive 66 page bulletin that covers the planting, harvesting and marketing of asparagus.  Includes several color photos of insects, diseases and planting techniques to aid the grower.  Written by Carl J. Cantaluppi, Jr., an asparagus expert with over 30 years of applied research experience, enabling growers to become successful.  Additional sources of information are also given.

Information on strawberry, raspberry, blueberry and grape production methods and pest management practices. Includes concepts and strategies of: Integrated Pest Management, pest monitoring, identification/explanation of major diseases, and cultural practices for disease control.

An extensive instruction manual with full color photos for both beginners and established stawberry growers containing comprehensive, regionally relevant information on growing strawberries for profit. This guide has in-depth information on current varieties and production practices, plasiticulture in the Midwest, recommendations for insect, disease, and weed control with full color pictures. Edited and compiled by Ohio State University Extension.

Published by UMASS Extension Services in partnership with the New England Vegetable and Berry Growers Association. Comprehensive pest management guide for small fruits in the northeast.  The guide presents general growing recommendations regarding soils, nutrients, cover crops, water, and weed management.  

Volume 1 Covers year one including site preparation, planting and winter protecton. 30 minutes.

Volume 2 Covers year two including harvest and renovation. 30 minutes.

Kit includes the following items:

Plasticulture DVD (volumes 1 & 2)
Plasticulture Guide Booklet
Plasticulture Tool (qty 2) 

For novice and experienced growers! This guide is specific for growers in the Northeast, Midwest and Eastern Canada. For novice and experienced growers. Information on all aspects of raspberry and blackberry culture including site selection, trellising, pruning, irrigation, pesticide application, harvesting, budgeting, marketing, cultivar descriptions. Field, high tunnel, and greenhouse production are reviewed. Published by NRAES Co-operative Extension.

Not just great recipes, but helpful hints on handling & freezing. Historic facts, folklore & poetry! Created by the North American Strawberry Growers Association.

This full color guide is produced by Penn State in cooperation with Rutgers University, the University of Delaware, the University of Maryland, Virginia Tech and West Virginia University. This guide provides general information on preplant considerations, soil management and nutrition, and pest management, as well as specific information for planting strawberries, blueberries, brambles, gooseberries and currants. Appendices provide information on expanded special topics, diagnostic services, nursery sources of berry plants, and production supplies and services. Additional sources of information are also given.

A fine, narrow bladed digger with a comfortable plastic hand grip. Excellent for all-around gardening and for transplanting.

Strong and sharp!  A commercial grower's knife which will make a nice, clean cut and is the ideal tool to harvest asparagus spears.  This knife has 9" shaft with a 5" wooden handle.   Overall length is 19.5", and blade is 1.5" x 5.5".  Replacements blades available.

Test the pH of your soil. This practice is essential for optimal blueberry and asparagus production.

This handsome digital meter provides instant soil pH readings. It checks the pH at root level. It measures and displays the acidity/alkalinity of garden and container soil. Batteries are required and included.

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This non-woven fabric covering is permeable to air and water. It is also abrasion and tear resistant. Advantages of use include: earlier sowing, better growth, earlier harvest, and larger yields. Also acts as an insect and bird barrier.  (50' x 6')

Stainless steel tool designed to push dormant, bare-root strawberry plants through plastic. Designed with a half-moon shaped end to make only small holes in plastic.  Made exclusively for Nourse Farms.

Ensure success with berry plants, vegetables and other garden transplants too!

Just add water to Agrigel and dip roots of transplants into the slurry. Particles attach to the roots and act like little reservoirs to keep roots moist while plants are getting established. Use 1 ounce per gallon of water. 

Ammonium sulfate is a great option to create an acid condition for blueberry plants.  This product is water soluble and also intensifies blue color in Hydranges.  4lbs.

Espoma Organic Bio-tone^® Starter Plus Fertilizer with both Endo & Ecto Mycorrhizae

Grows larger root mass to help plants establish fast, reduces transplant loss, promotes bigger fruit. For everything you plant, use when planting berries, flowers, vegetables, trees and shrubs. Incorporate at time of planting to help produce large root systems very quickly.  This will help ensure that new plantings get maximum water and nutrients from the soil to minimize transplant loss.

Espoma Organic Berry-tone^® Fertilizer

This natural and organic, granular fertilizer can be easily be mixed into potting mix for container growing, incorporated into growing beds prior to planting, or side-dressed during the season. Encourages best fruit production, promotes healthy plant growth. Contains 5% elemental sulfur to help maintain the acidic soil that berry plants love. Long lasting, slow-release feeding with exclusive Bio-tone Microbes.

Jack's Classic Acid Special 17-6-6 is very effective in reducing the soil pH, which keeps iron and other trace elements available to the plant. In planting next to the concrete foundations of the home, where pH is elevated, it will keep the leaves green and healthy, promoting lush vegetative growth and better blooms. This formula contains elevated levels of iron and sulfur which most of the acid-loving plants require. Feeds through both the roots and leaves.

Promotes lush vegetative growth and better blooms for Azalea, Camellia, Rhododendron, Pin Oak, Holly, Hydrangea (blue), Magnolia, White and Yellow Pines, Spruce, Cedar, Birch, and Blueberry plantings.

All purpose 20-20-20. For use only after plants become established. Use this well-balanced blend of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium on all indoor and outdoor plants, trees, shrubs, vegetables, and turf. Feeds through both the roots and leaves. More Professional growers use this general-purpose fertilizer than any other formula. 

This all-natural, fast-acting acidifier is also a long-lasting source of sulfur.  Optimizes soil pH and turns pink hydrangeas blue!  Perfect to use when planting blueberries to lower soil pH.

Keeping a proper moisture level throughout the season is essential to growing healthy berry plants.  For planting in raised beds, drip irrigation is imperative.  The complete system comes with everything you need for successful planting.  This efficient use of our most valuable resource provides great benefits to our environment and your plants!
 

Kit includes:

- 250ft. roll of drip tubing
- 5 Perma-Loc Tees
- 1 Perma-Loc Elbow
- 1 Perma-Loc Coupling
- 1 Regulator/Screen Assembly
- installation instruction sheet

This includes the netting, and the twist locks. All you need to supply is the upright supports and put it together.  Complete installation instructions are included. 

The 14’ x 45’ unit will cover 6 blueberry bushes.
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The 14' x 75' will cover 12 blueberry bushes.
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