Horticulture Support

New to growing - Start here!

• Know your region before you plant
• Understanding Your USDA Growing Zone
• Understanding Chill Hours
• When Should I Plant? A Zone-by-Zone Guide
• Why Growing Your Own Fruit is Great for Your Health
• Bareroot or Potted? What's the difference?

Plant Care Tips

• How to Manage Heat Stress!
• 5 Reasons Your Trees Won't Fruit
• Winter Care Tips for Your Orchard
• 🍂 Fall Planting Guide
• Organic Control of Some Orchard Insect Pests
• Mulching Fruit Trees

Pruning Resources

• When do I know when to prune
• Two Tried and True Pruning Strategies for Fruit Trees
• Espalier and Other Intensive Pruning and Training
• Extreme Pruning Strategies: Coppicing and Pollarding
• Structural Pruning on a Walnut

All things pollination

• The Raintree Nursery Guide to Pollination
• Appreciating Native Pollinators

Growing Guides

• Growing Teas & Spices
• Growing Tubers
• Growing Mushrooms

Horticulture Resources

• How to unbox and plant my Raintree order
• How to find your local agriculture extension office
• Native Edible Fruiting Plants of the Pacific Northwest
• I want to start propagating
• Grafting Paw Paw Trees
• How to Manage Pear Blister Mite

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Raintree Videos

• Caring for your young trees
• How to make Raspberry Liquor
• How to train your tree
• What to do with rhubarb