Orchard Maintenance

Join Andy Howard from The Heritage Fruit Tree Co. for a theoretical and practical hands on event.

You'll learn all the keys aspects surrounding essential tasks and when to do them to keep your orchard well maintained. 

Subjects covered  include:

• When to prune and why 
• Rootstock growth- what to look for and how and when to remove
• Pest and diseases - what to look for, when they come and how to offset them 
• Mulching and feeding trees - when and why 
• Staking and guarding - for how long?
• Fruit damage - causes and what to do
• Maintaining a grass swarth …Mowing…. wild flowers, Livestock!!

All attendees receive a copy of our annual orchard maintenance planner.

Practical / case study with site visit and practical work in FarmED's own on-site heritage orchard.