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How to build a soil pit to evaluate and improve your apple orchard

Bernardita Sallato demonstrates how to create and use soil pits to better manage, and improve the health of commercial apple orchards. Sallato is a Washington State University tree fruit extension specialist in Prosser, Washington.

Download Bernardita’s root and pore size chart seen in this video here: https://www.goodfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/RootsAndPoresSizeChartWSU2020.pdf

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