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eQuIpmeNT & SupplIeS

Equipment and supplies for successful planting

We have identi ed and tested a variety of fertilizers, fungicides, equipment, and production guides to assist growers, large and small. These products can be shipped with your plant order, or earlier if you choose. Products can be shipped year-round for your convenience and to get your plans in order.

Add these to the back of your plant order form or order online to be sure to give your plants the best chance for success!

fERTIlIZERS & fuNgIcIdE

90% Pelletized Sulfur (Soil Acidifier)

This acidifier optimizes soil pH for blueberries. low soil pH is the key to success for blueberries! Also turns pink hydrangeas blue! Contains 90% pure sulfur.

5 lb. $10.39

bioSafe disease control

Formerly OxiDate Foliar Fungicide Disease control for fruit and vegetable plants. bioSafe kills pathogens on contact. use as curative and preventive applications against such diseases as powdery/Downey Mildew, Anthracnose, early/late blight, bacterial Spot, pythium, phytophthora, or fusarium. We use bioSafe at Nourse 100% farms with great results! This cERTIfIEd size bottle connects to a hose ORgANIc for easy application, will cover

OMRI OMRI up to 12,000 sq.ft. Made in uSA.

lISTEd lISTEd 32 oz. rtu Bottle $25.95 orGAniC

PlANTINg AIdS & TOOlS

Agrigel®

ensure success with berry plants, vegetables and other garden transplants, too. Just add water and dip roots into the slurry. particles attach to the roots and act like little reservoirs to keep roots moist while plants are getting established. use 1 oz. per gallon of water. 4 oz. (enough for 400 raspberry or 2,000 strawberry plants) $3.90

8 oz. $7.00 • 16 oz. $11.50 Ammonium Sulfate

Ammonium sulfate is a great option to maintain an acid condition for blueberry plants. This product is water soluble and also intensifies blue color in Hydrangea.

4 lb. $9.99

Espoma Organic berry-tone® fertilizer orGAniC

This natural and organic, granular fertilizer can be easily be mixed into potting mix for container growing, incorporated into growing beds prior to planting, or side-dressed during the season. encourages best fruit production, promotes healthy plant growth. Contains 5% elemental sulfur to help maintain the acidic soil that berry plants love. long lasting, slow-release feeding with exclusive bio-tone Microbes.

4 lb. $9.99

Asparagus knife

Strong and sharp! used extensively by commercial growers yet a great tool for home gardeners. This knife has 9" shaft with a 5" wooden handle. Overall length is 19.5", and blade is 1.5" × 5.5". This knife will make a nice, clean cut and is the ideal tool to harvest asparagus spears. $16.99

Asparagus knife Replacement blade

This replacement blade for our Asparagus knife is 1.5", wide × 5.5" long. Includes 2 pop-rivets. $4.99

Jack’s Classic acid Special 17-6-6

Green up acid-loving gardens and houseplants. for acid-loving plants and for plantings next to concrete foundations, Jack’s Classic® Acid Special 17-6-6 is effective in reducing the soil pH. The extra nutrients keeps the leaves green and healthy by making iron and other trace elements available to the plant. promotes lush vegetative growth and better blooms for Azaleas, Camellias, Rhododendrons, pin Oaks, Holly, Hydrangea (blue), Magnolias, White and yellow pine, Spruce, Cedar, birch and blueberry plantings.

1.5 lb. $13.99 4 lb. $27.99

Espoma Organic bio-tone® Starter Plus fertilizer with both Endo & Ecto Plus fertilizer with both Endo & Ecto Mycorrhizae

Grows larger root mass to help plants orGAniC establish fast, reduces transplant loss, promotes bigger fruit. for everything you plant, use when planting berries, flowers, vegetables, trees and shrubs. Incorporate at time of planting to help produce large root systems very quickly. This will help ensure that new plantings get maximum water and nutrients from the soil.

5 oz. $2.99 4 lb. $11.99

12-inch All-Pro digging Trowel

A fine, narrow-bladed digger with a comfortable plastic hand grip. excellent for all-around gardening and transplanting. Made in uSA.

$17.94

PLASTICULTURE Junebearing & Everbearing Strawberry Production with Dormant Plants

Plasticulture guide

Call us for a copy of our plasticulture Guide, or view it online at noursefarms.com

The Best Berry Plants Since 1932 bIRdNETTINg & ROwcOvER bird Netting

Get a better net effect by protecting your blueberry bushes with professional-quality netting. Includes twist locks and plot plan. Visit noursefarms.com for instructions. lightweight 3/4” x 3/4” mesh with uV protection. 14 ft. x 45 ft. (covers 6 bushes) $49.99 14 ft. x 75 ft. (covers 10 bushes) $79.99

floating Rowcover

This non-woven covering is permeable to air and water, as well as being abrasion- and tear-resistant. Advantages of use include earlier sowing-out, better growth, earlier harvest and larger yields. Also acts as an insect and bird barrier.

50 ft. x 6 ft. (10 m x 1.5 m) $24.50 digital Soil pH Meter

(luster leaf 1845) Test the pH of you soil. This practice is essential for optimal blueberry and asparagus production. This handsome digital meter provides instant soil pH readings. It checks the pH at root level. It measures and displays the acidity/ alkalinity of garden and container soil. batteries are required and included.

$14.99 SEE OuR HOw-TO vIdEO ON-lINE! Plasticulture Tool

This 10.5” long, stainless steel tool is designed to push dormant, bare-root strawberry plants through plastic. The half-moon shaped end is designed to make only small holes in plastic. Made exclusively for Nourse farms.

$14.00 cOMMERcIAl PROducTION guIdES

Asparagus Production guide

from A to z. A comprehensive 66-page bulletin that covers the planting, harvesting and marketing of asparagus. Includes several color photos of insects, diseases and planting techniques to aid the grower. Written by Carl J. Cantaluppi, Jr., an asparagus expert with over 30 years of applied research experience, enabling growers to become successful. Additional sources of information are also given. $27.50

Asparagus Production---From A to Z

Carl J. Cantaluppi, Jr. Emeritus Extension Horticulturist North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service

A comprehensive 68-page regional bulletin that covers the planting, growing, harvesting, and marketing of asparagus, including a budget with costs and expected income per acre, for the serious commercial asparagus grower. The bulletin includes 25 color photos of insects, diseases, and planting techniques to aid the grower. Written by an asparagus expert with over 30 years of applied research experience in the northeast, southeast and Midwest, enabling asparagus growers to become successful.

The Mid-Atlantic berry guide

This full-color guide is produced by penn State in cooperation with Rutgers university, the university of Delaware, the university of Maryland, Virginia Tech and West Virginia university. Information includes: preplant considerations, soil management and nutrition, and pest management, as well as specific information for planting strawberries, blueberries, brambles, gooseberries and currants. Appendices provide information on expanded special topics, diagnostic services, nursery sources of berry plants, and production supplies and services. Additional sources of information are also given. $42.00

Raspberry and blackberry Production guide for the Northeast, Midwest, and Eastern canada

for novice and experienced growers. Information on all aspects of raspberry and blackberry culture including site selection, trellising, pruning, irrigation, pesticide application, harvesting, budgeting, marketing, cultivar descriptions. field, high tunnel, and greenhouse

production are reviewed. NRAeS $38.00

Midwest Small fruit Pest Managment Handbook

Information on strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, and grape production methods and pest management practices, including concepts and strategies of Integrated pest Management, pest monitoring, identifying and understanding the major diseases, cultural practices for disease control. OSu $47.60

Midwest Strawberry Production guide

An extensive instruction manual with full-color photos for both beginners and established strawberry growers containing comprehensive, regionally relevant information on growing strawberries for profit. This guide has in-depth information on current varieties and production practices, plasticulture in the Midwest, recommendations for insect, disease, and weed control with full-color photos. OSu $28.00

New England Small fruit Management guide (not shown) Information is specific to strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and grapes. The guide presents general growing recommendations regarding soils, nutrients, cover crops, water, and weed management. This guide also provides recommendations for insect and disease management for these fruit crops and pesticides that can be used for treatment. $24.00