Tree fruit and small fruit production in Minnesota high tunnels, 2015

Tree Fruit and Small Fruit

Production in Minnesota High

Tunnels Terrance T. Nennich

Extension Professor

Fruit and Vegetable Production.

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High Tunnel Research Sites in

Minnesota

Experiment Stations

Grower Coopeators



Project Funding

• Northwest Minnesota Sustainable Regional

Partnership

• Northwest Minnesota Foundation

• Blandin Foundation


Tree fruit utilized in this research

Project that went well

• Apples ( Bud 9 )

• Plums

• Cherries ( Tart )

• Apricots




Questionable tree Fruit

• Sweet Cherries

• Peaches

• Some plums

• Most apricots


Questionable tree Fruit

• Sweet Cherries

• Peaches

• Some plums

• Most apricots


Small Fruit That worked well

• Raspberries

• Strawberries

• Honeyberries


Small Fruit – Questionable

• Blackberries

• Grapes - research


Small Fruit -Problems

• Blueberries







Questions

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Tree fruit and small fruit production in Minnesota high tunnels, 2015

Education

university of minnesota

small fruit production

research project

plums cherries tart

high tunnel research

vegetable production

wellapples bud