We love our trees here at K and S, however we agree with the time honored philosophy of “right plant, right place”. This means you can love blue spruce and maple trees, just plant them away from the home, with the room they need to grow properly and not damage property. There are a wide …
There are three main soil classifications in your yard, depending on the size of the particles, in millimeters. Sand being the largest at 2 mm-0.05 mm, silt being next largest at 0.05 mm-0.002 mm, and finally clay being the smallest particles at 0.002 mm or smaller. The ideal soil is 40% sand, 40% silt and …
To study the growth of plants, the cycle of insects, and when we can harvest crops, we devised growing degree days.(GDD) There are a few ways to calculate them, but I’ll discuss the one we like. Add the high and low of the day, and divide it by two. For example, if the high of …
We’re starting our first applications of apple scab fungicide and fertilizer. It’s critical to spray at quarter, half, and three quarter bud break. Soil injections of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium help your trees with the nutrients they need to do well this season. Nitrogen to push growth, phosphorus for its critical aid in root, stem, …