Fruit Tree Care

Our Process

Managing Risks With Selection, Care and Control

Selection: Planting Site, Tree Types and Varieties

~Choose the best sizes, types and varieties for your planting site and goals
~Account for environmental factors: winter/summer sun, water table, soil moisture retention, air flow, proper pollination and proximity of disease spreading trees
~Integrate your preferences for specific fruits, harvest times and diversity

Care: Annual Pruning and Thinning

~Perform correct winter pruning which is essential to the health and performance of fruit trees
~Advise diligent spring hand thinning which is important to prevent fruit trees from biennial bearing

Control: Disease and Pests

~Best selection methods for zero-control (no spray) plans
~Awareness and identification of common disease and pest risks
~Consultation on Conventional Spraying, Organic Spraying and Integrated Pest Management
~Education of the tradeoffs between management programs

A modern fruit tree will not set itself up
to produce consistent crops of fruit.

Fruit trees do not naturally prioritize setting fruit as much as growing branches. They do not structure themselves for conditions optimal for fruit development. 

Farmers and researchers have experimented with types of trees and pruning methods in an attempt to master the tree and find the best branch structure for optimal fruit development. 

Left unattended, a fruit tree will:

~ Grow many vertical branches which will quickly shorten the useful lifespan of the tree.

~Enter biennial bearing which means it will overproduce one year and produce nothing the next.

Pruning

Why It's Important

Correct Structure

Space Efficiency
Avoiding Blind Wood
Height & Width Regulation
Spray Coverage

Fruit Quality & Disease Resistance

Air Flow
Sunlight Penetration
Limb Renewal

Fruit Quantity

Regulation of Fruit Buds
Target Bearing Capacity of Each Limb

Tree Health

Stimulation of New Growth
Removal of Diseased Limbs

Every Tree Requires Adaptive Pruning

No matter how your trees look, we prune to correct them.

Contact Details

E-Mail
  • Info@HomeOrchards.com
Call or Text
  • (272) 231 - 8129
    Kalan Schlegel