Planning is key to success with planting fruit trees. This presentation will provide an overview of site selection and field preparation as well as orchard design, discuss considerations for rootstock and scion combinations, detail trellis and irrigation options, and explain fertility and pruning requirements for trees in year one. Establishment of both pome and stone fruit trees will be included in the discussion. Our speaker will be Kate Brown, Program Associate in Commercial Agriculture with RCE-Burlington County.
Presenter: Kate Brown (Program Associate in Commercial Agriculture, RCE-Burlington County)
