Orchard Pollination Planting Grid and West Windbreak

Sources: Inventory_PrairiePlants.xlsx (what was found at Prairie, saved October 4, 2026), matched to Trees.xlsx, Fruit sheet (cultivar, rootstock, fertility, and flowering-group data, including the September 24 bloom research). Owner-reported losses, outside-orchard plans, and rootstock planting are recorded separately; only living trees assigned to the orchard are counted in the plan. Canonical JSON records now drive this page; the linked workbooks are retained as original source records. See the property data guide.

Orchard plot
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West windbreak
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Tractor alley
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Tree spacing
18 ft in-row
Row spacing
20 ft N–S
Diagonal neighbor
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Orchard trees
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Open positions
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Rows
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Windbreak · hedge · guilds
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Planting Map — South at Top, West Fence on the Right

▲ SOUTH
▼ NORTH

▲ Dashed border = triploid, excluded as a pollen donor and placed near two different diploid cultivars. ★ Gold glow = good pollen donor in the workbook, not a guarantee of compatibility with every nearby tree.

◥ Yellow corner = Pseudomonas (bacterial canker) positive, untreated in the inventory. When one tag covers several trees and only some tested positive, the inventory does not say which, so all of them are flagged.

S = self-fertile according to the planning notes; ? = information missing or needing confirmation; UNK / SWT = unidentified tree (not counted as a pollen donor until identified; see the possibility lists for the apples and for the cherries, peaches, and apricot). Hover over a tree for its cultivar profile, or click or tap it to jump to its row in the inventory table, which links to the cultivar guide. Different trees of the same cultivar, including color sports, are not counted as different pollen partners.

Apple FG means flowering group, not harvest season. * after a group number means sources differ; the planning value follows Orange Pippin. FG 2? marks a provisional estimate. Midseason; FG ? records nursery bloom guidance without inventing a numbered group.

West Windbreak (35 ft Strip) and East Elderberry Hedge

Blow-up plan view
Profile, looking south: plant heights step down from the fence toward the orchard
Layer (west → east)PlantCountFrom west fenceIn-row spacingFirst plantLast plantMature sizeNotes

Site Plan — To Scale, South Up

Lot coordinates: x here is the same as on the site master grid, and a spot N ft north of R1 is at grid y = 585 − N (R1-C1 is at x 38, y 585, cell A12; R15 runs along y 305). The whole-site maps, the homestead plot map, and the water plan all use that grid.

Windbreak, hedge, and berry guild notes

Metal Tag to Orchard Position — Planting Checklist

Start at the south end of the orchard with R1 and work north. Within each row, start at C1 on the west/windbreak side and work east toward C13. Match the exact metal Tag ID first; the tree name and inventory row are cross-checks. When several trees share one Tag ID, the sequence identifies each otherwise identical inventory instance.

Spot SiteRef: CELL-Eoffset-Soffset locates the listed orchard spot. Both offsets are feet from the master cell's northwest corner; B10-E33-S35 is the M-111 at R6-C3. E and S are compass directions, not page directions on this south-up map. Codes stay with vacant spots for 2027 replacements; the Urban apples' new outside-orchard locations remain PENDING. See the master-grid guide.

PlantedGrid positionSpot SiteRefMetal Tag IDCodeTreeInventory row

Planting Updates — October 4–11, 2026

Prairie Inventory vs. Purchase List

Purchased vs. found in the October 4 inventory — differences only

Purchase record(s), Trees.xlsx Fruit sheetPurchasedAt PrairieElsewhereDifferenceNotes
Show every inventory line used in this plan and where it goes
Inventory rowPrairie inventoryQtyMatched purchase record(s)Plan / positionsNotes

Apple Flowering-Group Research — September 24, 2026

Research covers the apple records that were missing flowering groups plus Harrison, mirrored from the dated notes in the Trees.xlsx F Group cells. Numbered assignments generally follow Orange Pippin; Foxwhelp follows Raintree, its recorded vendor; seed-grown Kerr uses an owner-approved best guess. Flowering groups are not universally standardized, and local bloom overlap still needs checking.

Apple / inventory recordTrees at PrairieWorkbook FGPlanning bloom / FGEvidence, limitations, and sources

Pollination Layout Check

Counts use the same screening as the partner lists below. Self-fertile trees are not counted as needing cross-pollination. Unidentified trees and trees without bloom or compatibility data have no screened partner yet; proximity alone is not counted as evidence.

Fruit typeRowsTreesNeed cross-pollinationWith a screened candidate ≤ 50 ftWith 2 distinct candidates ≤ 50 ftTriploid/disputed with 2 mutual donors ≤ 50 ftNo screened partner yetAdjacent same-cultivar pairs

Pollination Design Notes

RowFruit typeTreesOpenPlacement notes

Priority Pollination Pairings

Trees that are not self-fertile, plus triploid or disputed apples. Candidates are screened by fruit type, bloom timing, and recorded compatibility; distances are between tree centers.

Tree needing pollenPositionNearby candidatesEvidence / limitation

Full Tree Inventory by Row

Living orchard trees and records of vacated planting positions, south (R1) to north and west (C1) to east. Dead and outside-orchard trees retain their original planned slots as history; those slots are open, not their current locations. They are excluded from orchard counts and pollen partners. The planted M-111 rootstock occupies R6-C3 but is not counted as a fruit tree or pollen partner without a recorded scion cultivar. The Pineapple's open slot moved from R8-C3 to R8-C1 when the owner found the Asian pear (PR-Asian) in R8-C3. Original workbook fertility values are retained.

Spot SiteRef identifies the listed planned or vacated orchard position, not an outside-orchard tree's current location. It is generated from the shared grid coordinates and is separate from the metal tag and individual Plant ID.

PositionSpot SiteRefCodeVariety and tagFruit typeRootstockBloom / FGFertility (workbook)Planning notes / nearest candidatesInventory row (Fruit row)

Not in the Main Orchard

Nut trees are kept out of the main orchard. Rootstock quantities below are the remaining stock, excluding the M-111 already planted at R6-C3. The three Urban apples are living trees planned for planting outside the orchard; their new grid locations have not been supplied. The Boise trees were not moved to Prairie. Windbreak, east-hedge, and berry guild plants are covered in the windbreak section and the site plan notes.

A SiteRef of PENDING means no individual location has been supplied; it does not assign one coordinate to an inventory quantity group.

Inventory rowItemQtySiteRefStatus and notes

Planning Corrections and Sources