If you have just recently planted a new fruit tree, I think it is safe to assume you are not yet an expert on the subject. More fruit trees die in their beginning years, due to poor care, than from any disease, or pests. Therefore it is vital that you understand how to care for your trees, in a way that will ensure their immediate success, as well as future good health.

During the first stages of the tree’s life, the roots, trunk, and branches have not yet fully developed, to a self supporting strength. Therefore, if your tree is growing fruit, it happens occasionally, that the combined weight is enough to snap off an entire branch. If this is the case, you should provide external support for your branches. Prop them up with sticks, or tie them to some branch, at a higher altitude. As long as you can provide your tree the support it needs, in these early years, it should grow to be independent in no time at all.

Proper nutrition is not only necessary for the production of healthy fruit, but is also necessary for the tree to survive longer than one season. The exact specifications vary with the area, climate, and type of tree, but I’ve found that there is no better source than a nursery employee. Maybe they’re just eager to sell you the right type of fertilizer, but in my experience, they are almost never wrong.  Just inform them of the conditions, of your tree and how healthy it is looking and they should be able to help you find something, to improve the state of your tree.

Lots of people think that the only way to ensure a tree’s health, is to provide it with insane amounts of water. This is not the case at all. As a matter of fact, giving too much water to a tree, can be more harmful, than making it go thirsty. At best it will have a negative effect on the taste of the fruit. But, at worst, your entire tree could die and prevent you from ever growing fruit in the future. So do not ever try to solve your problems, by giving it lots of water! Solve your tree’s health problems, at the root, so to speak. Go to where the problem originates from, and fix that.

If it is too late and you’re already starting to see unhealthy branches, that look either diseased, or damaged, you should remove them. If the tree is wasting nutrients, by sending them out to the branch, that cannot be saved, it is practically throwing away all the nutrients, that it could use on the other, healthier branches. As soon as you see a branch that is deteriorating, or becoming unhealthy, chop it off right away. At the very least, trim down the unhealthy part, but leave all the segments that still look like they could continue growing.

Once your tree reaches the picking stage, never leave any of the fallen fruit lying on on the ground. Be careful to get every piece off of the tree. Even if it is an ugly looking fruit, that you don’t want to keep, you should still pick it and throw it away. Once these fruits begin to rot, they provide a perfect home for unwanted insects, or disease, that can transfer to the tree itself. So always remember to rake up these fallen fruits, and prevent yourself a lot of future grief.

Getting a fruit tree and caring for it, throughout it’s life, can be a daunting task. It may even seem impossible sometimes, to keep track of all the factors, that make a tree healthy. But, if you just pay attention to the nutrients, that your tree needs, you should be on a good path. In addition to nutrients, figure out the precise amount of water, that you should be giving it, to keep your tree’s thirst quenched, without drowning it. Just do all these things and you will have a great tree, that produces delicious fruit.

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