Granny Smith apples organically grown
They are tree ripened, unsprayed, no chemical fertilizers/irrigation applied and grown in Lower Moutere.
A banana box full (approx 15kg) $32 ($2.1/kg)
🚚Delivery & payment 🚚
We are in Lower Moutere.
👉Pick-up or drop off
👉I can sometimes do drop-off between Lower Moutere and Brooklyn.
Please tell me where you live when you email or message me😉
kumichoconeco@gmail.com
👉Cash or bank transfer after receiving
🍎Expectations for our apples🍏
They are tree ripened, unsprayed, no chemical fertilizers/irrigation applied and grown in Lower Moutere.
Common apple diseases are found on our apples such as black spot, apple scab and sooty bloch.
Conventional orchards spray a lot to prevent these.
I check through our apples to leave out badly infected/blemished or apples too small for sale, but they may not be perfectly clean like store bought ones because we don’t even use sprays like copper, which some organic labels allow.
I’ve been researching and practicing pruning/thinning methods to minimize those diseases.
We mow around the apple trees and I crawl under them and crimp glass to give good ventilation.
Also we manually dig up invasive pest plants (blackberry, old mans beard, morning glory) to keep the orchard spray-free.
Thanks for reading
Kumi
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From what we've heard, some Christmas trees are already being assembled and decorated.
What are your thoughts on the best time to get your Christmas tree up?
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4.6% Second half of November
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43.4% 1st December
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17.6% A week before Christmas
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33.3% Whenever you wish
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