When and how to plant fruit trees?
growing fruit in your own garden can be a source of great joy. However, the path from planting an orchard to harvesting the first harvest is long, and one of the most important questions for a novice gardener is: how and when to plant fruit trees?
Soil type
Selection of fruit trees https://knyazhiysad. com. ua/ru/catalog/fruit-trees/ for our garden depends on the quality of the soil. Apple, pear and cherry require fertile clay soils. Poor sandy soils are suitable for planting cherries, apricots and peaches. All fruit trees on dwarf rootstocks have an increased need for water and nutrients, so it is recommended to grow them on light clay soils. You should not plant an orchard in areas located in depressions where frozen puddles form in winter, or on soils with close groundwater.
Autumn planting
Autumn is the recommended time for planting fruit trees. Seedlings are usually dug out from nurseries in mid-October, and this is when the buyer has access to the largest selection of varieties. Another advantage of autumn planting is sufficient soil moisture. Trees planted in October will have time to repair damaged roots before winter sets in, allowing them to begin growing early next spring.
Spring planting
The best seedlings can be bought in Kyiv https://knyazhiysad. com. ua/ru/ it is recommended to plant species sensitive to low temperatures — apricots, peaches and cherries — in the spring. Specimens planted from mid to late March, when the ground is saturated with water after a thaw, take root best. Remember that as the growing season begins, young trees will require more watering than plants planted in the fall.
Site preparation
6 weeks before the planned autumn planting, the site should be deeply dug and the soil mixed with manure or compost. Also, when we choose a spring planting date, we apply fertilizer in the fall, and just before planting the plants in the ground, we only loosen and level the ground.
Transportation and storage of seedlings
For transportation, the bare roots are wrapped in a jute bag. Before planting, you should keep them in a bucket of water for 2-3 hours. Trees purchased in the fall can be left for the winter and planted only in the spring. In a quiet, protected corner of the garden, we dig a trench 40-50 cm deep, into which we place the seedlings, tilting them to the south. Carefully cover their roots with sand, sawdust or soil.
Landing technique
The distance between fruit trees depends on their species and the type of rootstock. For actively growing apple and cherry trees it should be 6×4 m, for cherries and apricots — 5×3-4 m, and for pears and plums — 4×2 m. Dwarf trees, and semi-dwarf plants can grow more densely, 3 x 1. 5 m. Buy seedlings of berry bushes here https://knyazhiysad. com. ua/ru/catalog/bushes/ the holes should be wide enough so that the roots of the seedlings do not curl up (minimum diameter 50-60 cm), and deep enough so that the grafting sites are 10 cm above the ground. Most trees, especially dwarf ones, need to be planted near stakes and tied up. Also remember to thoroughly compact the soil, mulch and water newly planted trees (5-10 liters of water per seedling). In spring, their side shoots should be pruned, restoring the balance between the reduced root systems and the overgrown above-ground parts.
