How to Gather a Rich Apple Harvest – Don’t Miss the Time at the Beginning of Spring
Often, a gardener is just one step away from a rich harvest of berries, vegetables or fruits, i.e. one specific action.
But in addition to knowing how to care for fruit crops, you need to have an idea of when to do this or that action. This is what separates you from a rich apple harvest.
We will tell you what is important to do in the garden at the beginning of spring.
In early spring, it is important to correct the mistake that is made in most private farms.
In addition to watering, fertilizing and treating trees against pests and diseases, we must not forget that the harvest at the end of the season will depend on whether pruning was carried out in the spring.
Even if the necessary work was carried out in the fall, sanitary pruning in the spring is never superfluous.
The fact is that some branches may freeze over the winter, while others may develop a disease in the spring.
Therefore, sanitary pruning should be carried out in the spring and done correctly.
First of all, you will need to remove all broken, frozen, dried out or pest (disease) damaged branches.
After this, if formative pruning was not carried out in the fall, you can thin out the crown, remove shoots growing inside the tree, crossing branches and those that do not bear fruit.
The most important thing is to cut the branches to the bud that faces the side so that the shoot grows in a horizontal direction, then fruits will form on it.
