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- The fruit tree care in a quick overview
- When should you water fruit trees?
- Do you need to fertilize planted fruit trees?
- When is the best time to cut the fruit trees?
- How is a fruit tree cut done best?
- Why should one lime the trunks of the fruit trees?
- Is mulching of the root area useful?
- Which pests should you pay particular attention to in fruit trees?
- Which diseases are common in fruit trees?
- What protective measures should be carried out in winter?
- Tips
Fruit trees should be cut back once a year
The fruit tree care in a quick overview
In addition to the pruning, further care measures are required in the orchard, so that the trees bear abundant fruit, grow vigorously and remain healthy.
When should you water fruit trees?
Freshly planted fruit trees need plenty of water, especially in the first year. Older fruit trees, however, are only watered if it is dry during vegetation for a long time. Especially during the flowering period and in the weeks before the harvest, but also in very hot summer weeks should be watered extensively.
Do you need to fertilize planted fruit trees?
Whether the fruit trees must be fertilized, decides after a soil investigation. Fertilize preferably with compost or other organic materials.
When is the best time to cut the fruit trees?
Cut your fruit trees preferably in autumn or in late winter.
How is a fruit tree cut done best?
Freshly planted fruit trees get a planting cut, in the first years after that to build a light crown an educational cut. This is followed by the annual maintenance session.
Why should one lime the trunks of the fruit trees?
The liming of the tree trunks does not protect them, as is often mistakenly assumed, from pests, but from frost-induced cold damage.
Is mulching of the root area useful?
Mulching is the most important care measure with regard to a good water supply. From spring, tree trunks are covered by high and half trunks, but also by spindle bushes and berry bushes with organic material. This is very well suited for lawn cutting.
Which pests should you pay particular attention to in fruit trees?
Many fruit tree pests have specialized in certain species, others have a very broad host range such as leaf, lice and scavenger lice, ants, spider mites, caterpillars, wasps, leafminers or voles.
Which diseases are common in fruit trees?
Also pathogens are often determined on certain fruit tree species. Diseases that can occur in several include: Monilia fruit rot, the red pustule disease, mildew, fruit tree cancer, fire blight or scab.
What protective measures should be carried out in winter?
Planted, hardy fruit trees do not require any further protective measures (except for a lime coating). Some exotic fruits such as apricots and peaches are not always hardy, as are potted fruit trees.
Tips
A very strong fruit hanging weakens the fruit trees so that there will be little or no harvest next year. Therefore, you should thin out in June, removing too dense, too small, malformed, or infested with pathogens. The remaining ones will be much bigger and the fruit tree will last even next year.