You should forget about the “plant and forget” principle if you want to have a healthy and abundantly fruitful apple orchard.
Thus, for those who have acquired young apple trees, the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh advises not to forget that part of caring for the plant is the formation of its crown.
This procedure should be carried out in the first 5-7 years of the tree's life, following certain rules in order to obtain a central trunk and skeletal branches that are properly located in the crown space.
We will not go into detail about how exactly the apple tree crown is formed.
Today we have a much more interesting task ahead of us, because we have to answer the question of what to do with a tree whose crown has not been formed.
Here, in fact, everything is simple - if for some reason the gardener did not do the shaping, he will have to cut the central trunk of the apple tree.
As a result, first of all, the height of the fruit tree will decrease, but that’s not all.
Pruning is necessary for the tree so that the apple tree enters the fruiting period more quickly.
But this is not the last reason why pruning is necessary. The whole point is that this procedure has an effect (positive, of course) on the growth of young shoots, which is very important for the apple tree's productivity.
Earlier, the expert told when and how to plant peppers to get a rich harvest.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
