Establishing orchards

sadThe seeds intended for the production of rootstocks should come from plantations qualified for this purpose. To ensure a constant source of good quality seed, instytucje odpowiedzialne w kraju za organizację i produkcję materiału szkółkarskiego zobowiązane są do …

Trees – Guiding, intermediate and inserts

The purpose of the guiding application is to replace the parts of the tree that are most sensitive to frost, which are the trunk and the roots of the branches, by a frost-resistant variety.
The use of such a guide effectively protects the trunk from freezing. Przez zastosowanie wytrzymałej na …

Roots for apple trees

ORDINARY ANTONNA SEEDING (S. ANT). It is a generative rootstock used in Poland for the production of apple trees. It is classified as resistant to frost. It grows well with all apple varieties recommended for cultivation. Jabłonie …

Harvesting apples and pears

sadApples and pears do not always reach maturity immediately after harvesting. Only summer varieties can be consumed immediately after being removed from the tree. These fruits usually ripen unevenly and therefore it is best to harvest them every day or every few days, ale tylko …

The crown is almost natural

Many types of crowns are known in fruit farming. The easiest to form, and at the same time they are very useful in allotment and home gardens: almost natural crown, loose-story and free lane. All these crowns retain a conductor, from which side shoots grow – later branches. …

Tree pollination systems

In practice, several mutual systems are known for the quarters of pollinators and pollinated cultivars. These systems are shown in the figure pollinationThe main difference between them is the mutual proportion of pollinators and pollinated cultivars. W układzie pełnych rzędów zapylaczy dobre zapylenie zapewniają pojedyncze ich …

Tree pollination

When determining the varietal composition of the orchard, one must remember, that only some varieties of fruit trees are self-pollinating. On the other hand, foreign-pollinated varieties predominate, which flowers, to bear fruit, they must be pollinated with pollen of other varieties. Pollen produced by one variety may pollinate the flowers of another variety, jeżeli …

Spring frosts

Poland is a country located quite far to the north and has a relatively short and cool growing season. The average summer temperatures are a few degrees lower than the regions, from which most of the fruit plants we grow come from. Mniejsza też jest liczba godzin …

Frost-freezing of plants

In the experiments carried out at the Institute of Pomology, in which the ground temperature was monitored in winter was found, that the roots of the frost-sensitive apple trees of the M and MM series were frozen at -10 ° C at a depth 10 cm, and the roots of Antonówka seedlings, podkładki A2 i …

Climatic requirements

The horticultural plants grown in Poland differ significantly in climatic requirements. These differences relate to the frost resistance of the aboveground parts and the roots, the necessary amount of heat during the growing season and the water content in the soil.
The resistance of plants to frost is a genetically determined feature, …