Ensure the survival of your young fruit tree

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Some people think that keeping a fruit tree healthy is very strenuous and time-consuming job but if you want to get healthy fruits from it you have to properly maintain your tree. One can maintain a complete list of vital things he or she needs to do in order to make sure the plant is growing healthy.

First off, never harvest all of the fruit on the tree at once and secondly, pests should be kept away from the tree. Moreover, there should be a proper check on the soil. A young plant catches the diseases very easily so make sure that you do proper care when it is in early stages of its life. Let’s talk about these all advices in detail.

• Never harvest all of the fruit at same time: If you are planning that you will harvest all the fruits at the same time when they will be ripen up, you are doing no good to your tree. The combined un-bearable weight of all the fully grown fruits can snap the branches. So remember, collect some of the fruits before they are ready to harvest so that the branches of your tree stay safe.

• Plant your tree in fertile soil: Your fruit plant needs nutrients and the only source of nutrients a tree has the “Soil”. So make sure that the soil in which you are planting your fruit tree is full of those nutrients which it needs. Remember, planting the right tree in right kind of soil is a key to healthy growth of your tree. Make sure you won’t plant a fruit tree which likes damp soil in a dry soil and of course also not the other way round. Do a good research on the type of nutrients which your plant needs and then modify your soil accordingly before planting.

• Watch out for pests: Have a proper look on places around your tree where pests could be hiding. Old piles of brush, old leaves, weeds and any place where any kind of matter is decaying is normally the house of pests. Use repellents and bug sprays to clear off the places around your tree. Some harmful pests may be hiding under the soil, completely out of your sight. So, change the upper level of your soil after few weeks in order to maintain a healthy fruit tree.

• Plant your tree correctly: Make sure your tree is perfectly vertical when you plant it, otherwise it would grow very abnormally in the later stages of its life. A healthy tree is always stable and you can ensure the stability of tree by spreading its roots properly while planting it. There will be a sharp increase in life of tree as a result of spreading out of roots because it ensures maximum intake of underground water.

• Do better care of tree when it is young: A young tree is not so stable and powerful and strong winds can shake its base easily. So one should tie it to stake so that it can survive fierce winds. And don’t tie it very hard as it will stop the tree trunk to grow openly. A young tree should also be fenced properly so that if there are any animals around, they can not eat its newly grown barks.

If you properly follow all these advices you will have a joyful experience of growing a healthy and full of fruits tree. Just try to learn from the mistakes of others so that you won’t do the same mistake! Final words, always keep on doing research about your tree at different stages of its life so that you keep getting on knowing what it exactly needs at that specific time……Happy Gardening!!!

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