{"id":5227,"date":"2015-02-02T10:28:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T10:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/?p=5227"},"modified":"2016-04-08T10:29:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T10:29:13","slug":"a-note-from-farmer-al-february-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/a-note-from-farmer-al-february-2nd\/","title":{"rendered":"A note from farmer Al : February 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"Dear CSA Members,\r\n\r\nThis week, the first week of February, we will plant trees, just under 1600 of\u00a0them. These are all replants; replacement trees needed for several reasons.\r\n\r\n1. Old age. 760 peach trees are replacements for the 2 blocks of old trees,\u00a0planted 30 years ago in 1985 that we removed last Fall.\r\n\r\n2. Gopher Damage. There are 300 Cherry tree replants. Gophers love them!\r\n\r\n3. Sunburn Damage. 200+ trees were so severely sunburned they needed to be\u00a0pulled out. Peaches and Nectarines seem to be especially susceptible to this\u00a0never ending problem. The bark burns, then cracks, leaving the trees\u2019 skin open\u00a0to invasion from boring insects such as the flat headed borer. This worm eats the\u00a0cambium layer just below the bark, eventually girdling the branch, thus killing it.\r\n\r\n4. Fire blight. The dreaded scourge of every apple and pear grower in North\u00a0America. Pears are the most susceptible. Last Spring, 2014, was probably the\u00a0worst Fire blight year in history for California pear growers. Here at Frog\u00a0Hollow, it took out 700 trees, mostly our Golden Russet Bosc, but also a good\u00a0many Taylor\u2019s Gold as well. Thankfully, the Warren Pear is \u201cuntouchable\u201d, being\u00a0totally resistant to Fire blight.\r\n\r\nWe were only able to get about 300 pear trees from our nursery. Hopefully, the\u00a0additional 400 trees will be available to plant next year.\u00a0The planting begins Monday. We\u2019ve done our ground preparation already, with\u00a0each replant spot getting about 15 lbs of compost last Fall. This year\u2019s replants\u00a0will be our first major test of our hypothesis that the replant syndrome is a \u2018biological' problem, not a mineral one. Our biological approach will be a combination of compost, vermicompost, humus, and compost tea laced with mycorrhizae.\u00a0A wizard\u2019s brew of fungi, bacteria and protozoa! Stay tuned for the results; we\u00a0should know if it\u2019s working by mid-summer.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear CSA Members, This week, the first week of February, we will plant trees, just under 1600 of\u00a0them. These are all replants; replacement trees needed for several reasons. 1. Old age. 760 peach trees are replacements for the 2 blocks of old trees,\u00a0planted 30 years ago in 1985 that we removed last Fall. 2. 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