Farm Services Victoria (FSV) - Fruit

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Current News & Alerts Twenty Reasons to plant Walnuts Woolly Aphid Gets Wired Regulated Deficit Irrigation Wrap Up. Orchard Netting

Current Articles By Topic (Alphabetical) A - C Adjusting and Scheduling Irrigations Basic Comparison of Monitoring Equipment Bore Water Used to Irrigate Fruit - Spring 2007 Calculate Readily Available Water (RAW) Checking Your Irrigation System Chill Unit Prediction Calculator Conserve Soil Moisture - Control Weeds Converting to Drip Irrigation Cutting Post Harvest Irrigation: Can it save you money? D - H Drought Strategy Checklist Drought Strategies and Fertilisers in Orchards Fire Recovery In Olive Groves Fire Recovery In Orchards How much stress can an apple tree tolerate? I - O Introduction - Goulburn Valley Deficit Irrigation (DI) Trials Introduction - Swan Hill Regulated Deficit Irrigation [RDI] Demonstration Site Irrigation Savings Crucial to Finish Commercial Quality Fruit Irrigation System Application rates and benchmarks Orchard Netting P - Z Post leaf-fall bud assessments Protecting Your Orchard From Frost Reducing Canopy Size During Drought Regulated Deficit irrigation Regulated Deficit Irrigation Wrap Up. Rootzone Depth Salinity Importance Salt Sensitivity Benchmarks Seasonal Water Allocations For Horticulture Soils and water Soil Sampling Procedures Swan Hill Regional Premium Pickings Stone Fruit Water Budgeting Tool Thin to Win – Stone Fruit Thinning For Drought Tiny Tips For Drought Twenty Reasons to plant Walnuts Useful Articles (Season 2006/2007) Water Needs for Stone Fruit Weather Data Woolly Aphid Gets Wired

All Articles By Crop (Alphabetical) Blueberry Blueberry Industry Development Nuts Walnut Industry Development Twenty Reasons to plant Walnuts Pome (Apples - Pears) Bore Water Used to Irrigate Fruit - Spring 2007 How much stress can an apple tree tolerate? Intensive Pear Production Irrigation Savings Crucial to Finish Commercial Quality Fruit Pears Popping Early Post leaf-fall bud assessments Woolly Aphid Gets Wired Rubus Australian Rubus Growers Association (external link) Fire Recovery in Rubus Stone Fruit: Bore Water Used to Irrigate Fruit - Spring 2007 Chill Unit Prediction Calculator Fire Recovery In Orchards Irrigation Savings Crucial to Finish Commercial Quality Fruit Post leaf-fall bud assessments Protecting Your Orchard From Frost Swan Hill Regional Premium Pickings Stone Fruit Water Budgeting Tool Thin to Win Thinning For Drought Water Needs for Stone Fruit Regulated Deficit Irrigation Wrap Up. Olives: Fire Recovery In Olive Groves Various: Rural Financial Counselling Service (external Link) Whole Farm Planning

Information Notes (Alphabetical) Latest Information Notes Dry Season Information: Apples Dry Season Information: Pears Dry Season Information: Stone Fruit Dry Season Information: Young Fruit Farm Gross Margins Frost - its nature and control Fire Recovery In Olive Groves Fire Recovery In Orchards Fire Recovery in Rubus Gypsum Blocks for Measuring the Dryness of Soil How to use Tensiometers How to Sample Soils Used for Flower, Fruit, Grape and Vegetable Production Irrigation Scheduling for Regulated Deficit Irrigation (RDI) Irrigation Scheduling for Vegetable Crops Trickle Irrigation: The Water Needs of Young Peach Trees Why water Fruit Trees?