Turnkey orchard planting: design, trellis, irrigation and saplings.

What turnkey orchard planting includes

A turnkey project puts saplings, design, site preparation, trellis, drip irrigation and planting under one plan. The nursery does two parts itself: it grows the saplings and advises on cultivars, rootstock, layout and dates. Partner contractors carry out the rest.

The nursery does not sell trellis, irrigation equipment or hail nets: materials and installation are contractors’ work. How each part is built is in trellis for an intensive orchard, drip irrigation for an orchard and hail nets for an orchard. If you already have a contractor, the nursery supplies saplings for their project.

Why an orchard needs trellis and irrigation from year one

Trees on the dwarfing M9 rootstock need support for their whole life, so the trellis belongs in the project from day one. Posts and wire are easier to set before planting: machinery works on an empty plot and saplings are tied to the support at once. Drip lines are laid in advance so water reaches the trees on planting day. The nursery agronomist sets row layout and in-row spacing, and the contractors calculate post spacing and line length from them.

How a project starts

A project starts with a request and plot data, not with an estimate. The order is:

1. You send a request through the form on this page or the contact page: area, region and the cultivars you want.
2. You send data about the plot: relief, soil analysis, water source.
3. The nursery agronomist proposes cultivars, rootstock and a planting layout. The scope and price of contractor work are given in the quote.
4. After the contract and the 30% payment, saplings are reserved for you in the lifting window that suits the project.

What to send for a quote

The first proposal needs six pieces of information.

• Plot area in hectares and its shape.
• Region and the nearest settlement.
• Soil analysis results: humus, acidity, main nutrient content.
• The water source for irrigation and its capacity, if water is already available.
• Crop and cultivars: apple on M9 or sweet cherry on Gisela 5 or 6.
• Preferred planting season: autumn or spring.

If there is no soil analysis, the agronomist will say which indicators to order from a laboratory. The cultivars that suit your region’s climate are shown on the page supplies by region.

Saplings for the project: price list, lots, dates

Saplings enter the project at the regular price list. As of 9 October 2026 a knip apple tree on M9 costs RUB 360 in grade 1+, RUB 400 in 3+ and RUB 450 in 5+, sweet cherry on Gisela 5 and 6 costs RUB 800, VAT included. The list price applies from 6,000 saplings in steps of 250 per cultivar. Lots from 1,000 saplings carry a small-lot surcharge, priced in the quote.

Example for 5 ha on a 3.5 × 1.0 m layout: it needs 14,286 trees, and with one cultivar the order rounds up to the step of 250, that is 14,500 saplings. Grade 3+ gives 14,500 × 400 = RUB 5,800,000 with VAT at the prices of 9 October 2026. Other areas and layouts go through the sapling calculator; prices by grade are on sapling prices.

Lifting runs in October and November and in March and April, and the lot is collected from Sunzha with a phytosanitary certificate. Saplings for a season can be reserved through pre-order. The page saplings for contractors and agronomists describes lots for client projects.

Cost, subsidies and the order of work

The price of an orchard depends on plot size, layout and project scope, so the nursery gives it only in a quote. What makes up the cost of a hectare is in how much a hectare of intensive orchard costs, and the order of work from soil analysis to first-year care is in intensive orchard planting: the technology by month.

Under appendix No. 19 to the State Programme (Decree No. 717, as amended by Decree No. 1722), the subsidy for planting perennial crops is calculated at a per-hectare rate, including with account of installing a trellis and/or hail netting; the rate and the payment procedure are set by the region. Check the conditions (in particular, Russian-produced planting material and a planting project) with your regional ministry of agriculture before signing contracts; they are covered in subsidies for orchard planting. This is not legal advice.