Establishment and Maintenance of a Peach Orchard

Establishment and Maintenance of a Peach Orchard

Establishing and maintaining a peach orchard requires a lot of careful planning, as the future success of the cultivation depends on it. Adapting the machinery to the cultivation form or vice versa, choosing the varieties, selecting rootstocks, timing of planting,...
Selecting apricot varieties

Selecting apricot varieties

Selecting apricot varieties suggests that it might be best to graft apricots onto seedling rootstocks, as they are least sensitive to apoplexy. Additionally, choosing less vigorous varieties makes harvesting without ladders possible. Aurora This variety ripens in...
The selection of rootstocks for apricots

The selection of rootstocks for apricots

The selection of rootstocks for apricots is still not well-defined, which leads to difficulties in cultivating and spreading this attractive fruit species. In Croatia, generative rootstocks are used more than vegetative ones. In Croatia, apricots are most commonly...
Fertilization of apricot

Fertilization of apricot

Fertilizing apricots requires soil analysis; however, other factors are also very important, such as calculating fertilizer requirements based on soil analysis, keeping records of individual fertilizer usage, fertilizer stocks, etc. Table 1. Fertilizing Apricots in...