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Timothy Norton wrote:Welcome to Permies!

I am just starting my own venture into fruit trees, mostly apples, so I don't have any advice at the moment.

Where abouts are you growing if you don't mind sharing?

My experiences in the Northeast worrying about late frosts might be a non-issue for you if your located in a warmer region. It might help target better suggestions or expectations for you.

Thanks

I'm currently starting this journey so we are in the middle of looking for some land. I live in Quebec but my wife is American and we're thinking of relocating to either Upstate NY, Vermont, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, or Colorado. We lean towards staying in the Northeast to be closer to family but she also has family out in Colorado so that direction is a possibility. I've heard a lot about the dangers of fire blight so I wanted to get ahead of the issue by getting a better grasp of average crop losses per year.

Hey all, I'm in the middle of planning out a permaculture orchard and wanted to get a better understanding of the crop loss expected due to disease or unsold crop on a year to year basis.

Of course, this is all subject to what area people are growing in but I'm curious what peoples experiences are right now with managing fruit trees and fruit tree diseases? Currently I'm interested in growing apples, pears, and plums.

Anyone here willing to share their stories on disease management and what kind of crop loss I should roughly expect per year? My hope is to build a permaculture orchard around a small grouping of cabins for family and friends and the idea is for the orchard to fund most of this. Is this a realistic goal?