Not all summer residents know how to care for apple trees growing in the garden with the onset of autumn.
At the same time, incorrect actions at this time of year, according to the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , will certainly affect the quality and quantity of apples in the future.
What is it that apple trees don't like?
Firstly, the trees will definitely not like it if you do not pick apples from them, and the fallen fruits remain lying at their feet.
The reason is that pests and diseases remain in such fruits for the winter, which are ready to attack the plantings as soon as their time comes.
Therefore, if you did not have time to harvest the apple tree, remove it from underneath it.
Secondly, in the fall, you should not use fertilizers that contain nitrogen.
The whole point is that it stimulates growth, while during this period the apple tree, on the contrary, is preparing for dormancy.
Thirdly, do not ignore such a procedure as pruning. In autumn, the apple tree should at least be freed from dry and diseased shoots.
