Rye Owen
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I would like a catalog sent to me
Thank you for your interest in a catalog. In 2019 we sent out our last round of paper catalogs. After looking at the environmental impact of paper catalogs and the rising cost of production, we hav...
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Native Edible Fruiting Plants of the Pacific Northwest
By Xander Rose Hello, I'm Xander Rose, the orchard manager at Raintree Nursery. We grow and sell many types of plants of course. On the nursery are many wonderful fruiting native pla...
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Structural Pruning on a Walnut
By Xander Rose I worked on an aesthetic and structural improvement to a nice, healthy, and attractive English walnut in the orchard at Raintree Nursery. The tree is quite productive of nuts as ...
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Appreciating Native Pollinators
By Xander Rose Pollinating insects are important for pollinating flowers so that they become fruit. Many fruiting plants need to be pollinated, which means needing more than one variety of tr...
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Grafting Paw Paw Trees
It's paw paw weather! The heat is upon us in the Pacific Northwest on this late summer day. Paw paw fruits need heat like this to ripen. The oblong, green paw paw fruits are growing at Rain...
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Considering Pawpaw Biology to Inform How to Grow Them
By Xander Rose The pawpaw has interesting biology. Establishing pawpaw seedlings need shade because their young shoots and leaves can scald or burn in full sun. Mature, fully grown ...
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Organic Control of Some Orchard Insect Pests
By Xander Rose A second fruit fly monitoring season in my work in the orchards at Raintree has come to a close. Certain flies can be significant pests of orchard fruit, but they can also be...
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The Persimmon Tree: Centuries of Fall Colors and Sweet Rewards
By Xander Rose I have really been enjoying the fall colors of the persimmon trees at Raintree. The trees’ foliage lends warm hues to gray days. From dark greens, yellows, and golds, to bu...
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Mulching Fruit Trees
By Xander Rose As I’m moving wood chips provided by a local arborist to put around our fruit trees at Raintree Nursery on a recent winter’s day (fortunately without too much rain), I ...
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Two Tried and True Pruning Strategies for Fruit Trees
By Xander Rose When a young fruit tree is being established after planting in its lifetime location some pruning may be involved to get the tree into proper shape. Even if an elaborate pruning s...