{"id":157,"date":"2016-02-26T16:11:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T22:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.widespreadmalus.com\/?p=157"},"modified":"2016-04-01T12:17:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T18:17:56","slug":"new-orchard-at-63rd-street-farm-plotted-and-holes-dug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.widespreadmalus.com\/?p=157","title":{"rendered":"New orchard at 63rd Street Farm, plotted and holes dug"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new orchard going in on the Andrus property, owned by the City of Boulder and managed by Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP), for 63rd Street Farm is well underway.\u00a0 Working with 63rd Street Farm, we developed the orchard plan over the past 9 months and have reach two major milestones.\u00a0 First, the orchard blocks were measured and plotted, using several different colored flags to outline the blocks and locate individual trees, by rootstock and wild\/domesticated varieties.\u00a0 Second, the holes were dug\/bored.\u00a0 The OSMP agriculture team was kept in the loop, ok’d all of the plans as well as provided a work team with bobcat to bore the holes.\u00a0 The team was composed of the bobcat and operator and a work crew from the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office.\u00a0 Thanks to both organizations, OSMP and Sheriff’s Office for boring the orchard tree holes.\u00a0 This happened about a month ago, giving plenty of freeze\/thaw cycles to work on the sides and bottom of the holes before the trees are planted in a few months.\u00a0 This process, the freeze\/thaw cycle, is important for this type of soil when holes are bored instead of hand dug.\u00a0 The boring compacts the clay in the soil on the bottom and the sides.\u00a0 If the bottom and sides are not broken up prior to planting, the hole tends to form a clay pot, constraining the tree roots and severely compromising the long term health and productivity of the tree.\u00a0 Had we bored the holes in the spring, immediately prior to planting, we would have had to manually break up the bottom and sides of the holes.<\/p>\n

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The OSMP\/BCSO team bore trees holes on the Andrus Property in late January 2016, they are nearly finished, working on the last of the holes in the western block of trees.\u00a0 Photo is looking NNW<\/p><\/div>\n

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The western block of the Andrus Property, where the wild apple trees will be planted.\u00a0 Photo is looking close to due south<\/p><\/div>\n

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The orchard as planned will be 231 trees, with a mix of dwarf, semi-dwarf and full sized rootstock, and a wide mix of wild, dessert and multi-purpose apple varieties.\u00a0 First to fruit will be the dwarf trees, which will be taken out as they are shaded by the full sized trees, in 10 to 15 years.<\/p>\n

Next big step, grafting…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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