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) 

A grower's guide to Pruning Highbush Blueberries is available direct from Nourse Farms. The 22 minute presentation features Dave Brazelton, a commercial grower and blueberry specialist, and the staff of Oregon State University. The film is designed for use by commercial growers and home gardeners to answer the how-tos in pruning your blueberry plants.

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.

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. 

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

Biosafe Disease Control (Formerly OxiDate RTS)

Disease control for fruit and vegetable plants. A ready to spray disease treatment for gardens and greenhouses, Biosafe kills pathogens on contact. Use as curative and preventive applications against such diseases as Powdery/Downey Mildew, Anthracnose, Early/Late Blight, Bacterial Spot, Pythium, Phytophthora, or Fusarium.  We use BioSafe at Nourse Farms with great results!

This size bottle connects to a hose for easy application, will cover up to 12000 sq.ft. (32 oz. bottle)

·        EPA Registered
·        OMRI listed
·        No residue allows for picking the same day as treatment
·        Indoor and outdoor use

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 17’ x 50’ unit will cover 6 blueberry bushes.
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The 17' x 100' will cover 12 blueberry bushes.
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Protect your harvest from many pests, including Spotted Wing Dsosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii, a new invasive pest which can cause extensive damage to many fruit crops. Its presence has been confirmed in most states.  Unlike native types of drosophila which deposit their eggs in fully ripe fruit, this one deposits eggs in fruit before fruit is ripe.  By the time the fruit is ripe, the larvae can be very well developed.

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Sluggo Kills Snails and Slugs but not domestic animals or wildlife! Easy-to-use granular forumulation with iron phosphate as the active ingredient. (one pound provides coverage for 1000 feet).