{"id":54123,"date":"2020-07-12T07:51:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T12:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54123"},"modified":"2020-07-12T07:51:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T12:51:09","slug":"polyculture-trial-apple-polyculture-vs-monoculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=54123","title":{"rendered":"Polyculture Trial \u2013 Apple Polyculture vs Monoculture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permaculturenews.org\/2020\/07\/11\/polyculture-trial-apple-polyculture-vs-monoculture\/\">Polyculture Trial \u2013 Apple Polyculture vs Monoculture<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How Do they Compare in Terms of Costs, Soil Health, Biodiversity, Production and Time?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m so looking forward to the spring to meet our Polyculture Study crew and get back into the gardens. This season we\u2019ll be shifting our focus to perennial polyculture experiments and forest garden yields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the last few weeks, I\u2019ve been working on a new perennial polyculture trial that we\u2019re aiming to start this April. It\u2019s a long term comparative study looking at the input and outputs of growing an Apple tree in polyculture vs monoculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you Simon Leupi for your feedback and suggestions on the study design, and to Chris Mallorie for discussing the trial with me, and working on the organic fertility and pesticide protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During this post, I\u2019ll present the trial garden and trial design, cover what we will record, and take a look at some of the shortcomings of the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, let\u2019s start with a look at the garden where we\u2019ll be growing the trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trial Garden Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Location:<\/strong>&nbsp;Shipka, Bulgaria, Southeast Europe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>K\u00f6ppen Climate Classification&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 Dfc borderline Cfb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>USDA Hardiness Zone:<\/strong>&nbsp;5b (conservative) \u2013 7a (risky)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Latitude:&nbsp;<\/strong>42\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elevation:<\/strong>&nbsp;565 m<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Average Annual Rainfall:<\/strong>&nbsp;610 mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prevailing Wind:&nbsp;<\/strong>NW &amp; NE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Garden Area&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 352m2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Garden Location on our Project Map&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 See here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll be growing four trials on the plot as seen in the below image. We chose this plot as each trial will more or less experience equal environmental conditions. There is a very mild slope on the site from N \u2013 S and no slope W-E.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plant we chose to feature in the trial is Apple \u2013 Malus pumila \u2018Red Cap\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s some info on this cultivar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polyculture Trial \u2013 Apple Polyculture vs Monoculture How Do they Compare in Terms of Costs, Soil Health, Biodiversity, Production and Time? I\u2019m so looking forward to the spring to meet our Polyculture Study crew and get back into the gardens. This season we\u2019ll be shifting our focus to perennial polyculture experiments and forest garden yields. 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