How to Feed Stone Fruit Crops in Autumn: Secrets of the Harvest
Fruit trees need calcium and phosphorus, and among gardeners there is an opinion that stone fruit crops especially need these supplements.
They must be fed in the fall so that next year the cherries, plums and apricots will delight the summer resident with an unprecedented harvest.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", a scientist, agronomist, landscape designer, told how to feed stone fruits in the fall.
Cherries, plums, apricots and other stone fruit crops require increased calcium and phosphorus content in the soil.
The formation of seeds in future fruits depends on these elements.
What to feed
The ideal fertilizer would be a mixture of two ingredients.
It is not recommended to get carried away with folk remedies, but it would be better to add a phosphorus-calcium mixture.
You can add superphosphate at a rate of 2 kg per 3 trees.
It must be applied in the fall, because the fertilizer is absorbed slowly.
From folk remedies you can add eggshells.
One tree will require approximately 3-4 cups of eggshell powder, which is scattered in the trunk area, then covered with a layer of humus and watered.
