Rootstocks & stock6 min
The dwarfing M9 rootstock is the backbone of an intensive apple orchard: early fruiting, dense planting, predictable per-tree economics. We cover its traits, schemes and limits.
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Articles on saplings and orchard planting.
Practical material on rootstocks, cultivars, planting schemes and buying saplings wholesale — from the agronomists of the Sady Stavropolya nursery.
Rootstocks & stock8 min
Gisela 5 and Gisela 6 are the two clonal rootstocks an intensive cherry orchard is built on. We cover the differences in vigour, demands and fruiting and help you choose for your conditions.
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Planting & care8 min
The number of saplings per hectare is set by the planting scheme, and the scheme is set by the rootstock. We cover the formula, give a density table and show how much to order in reserve.
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Planting & care10 min
Autumn or spring is the perennial question of starting an orchard. We cover how autumn and spring planting of bare-root saplings differ, the risks of each window, and what to choose in southern Russia.
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Wholesale & paperwork8 min
A step-by-step guide to ordering saplings wholesale direct from the nursery — from stock list and booking to self-pickup with paperwork — and why a direct supply beats a reseller.
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Wholesale & paperwork9 min
A lot of saplings without documents is a blind purchase: the cultivar, rootstock and health status are all unknown. We cover which papers to request from the seller and what each one proves.
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Cultivars10 min
The cultivar decides who buys your crop and when. We cover the criteria for choosing commercial apple cultivars for an intensive M9 orchard: market, timing, marketability, storage and pollination.
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Cultivars9 min
Kordia and Regina are two late commercial sweet cherries that a commercial orchard is built on. We cover their traits and the main trap — both are self-sterile and need a pollinizer.
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