how to care for apple trees
Apples are the annual fruit crop from West Asia to sub-tropical climate. In Indonesia apples
have been planted since 1934 to the present. Therefore if you want to get results / maximum
production, planting apple require optimal maintenance.
Some of the maintenance treatment of apples can be observed on the following stages:
Stitching
Stitching performed on plants that die or be turned off because it does not produce fruit.You do
this by planting a new crop or old crop embroidery. Stitching should be done in the rainy
season.
Weeding
Weeding done around the parent plant when there are many weeds that are considered to
interfere with the plant. Weeding also depends on the spacing of the apple. In the apple orchard
with dense spacing (± 3m x 3 m), weeding is almost not necessary because the canopy of
leaves covering the ground so that grass can not grow. While the spacing apples rather large
(more than 3 mx 3 m), weeding done if weed actually impair growth and beauty.
Pembumbunan
Pembumbunan usually done in conjunction with weeding weeding which was followed by
pembumbunan ground. Pembumbunan intended to raise again the soil around plants so that
apples are not stagnant water and also to menggemburkan ground. Pembumbunan usually
done after the harvest, or concurrent with fertilization.
Trimming / perompesan
Prune when the seed has been grown as high as 80 cm or shoots that grow below 60 cm, other
than pruning done on it, shoots from the top end of several sections of 4-6 eyes and former
canopy fruit stalks that are not fertile, branches are diseased and not productive, which makes it
difficult branch bending twigs or leaves that cover the fruit. Trimming done since the age of 3
months to obtain the desired form (4 years - 5 years). Perompesan done to break the dormancy
period in sub-tropical climates / medium. In the tropics perompesan done to replace the fall in
the sub-tropical climate. Perompesan done either manually by a human using a hand 10 days
after harvest or by spraying chemicals such as urea 10% plus 5000 ppm ethrel given 1 week
after harvest 2 times with an interval of one week.
Drainage and Watering
For growth, the apple crop requires adequate irrigation throughout the season. In the rainy
season the water shortage problem does not exist but should be considered not to plant under
water. Because it needs good drainage. While in the dry season water shortages must be
overcome by watering the plants at least 2 weeks dikocor way.
Branch bending
After dirompes done to flatten the curvature of the branch lateral bud by pulling on the tip of a
branch with a rope and tied down. The average lateral buds will spur the growth of shoots,
which means spur the formation of fruit.
Fruit thinning
Thinning conducted to improve the quality of the fruit is uniformly large fruit, good skin, and
healthy. The trick is done by throwing fruit that is not normal (attacked by pests or diseases into
small pieces). To get good fruit of the branch should contain 3-5 pieces.
8). Pembelongsongan fruit / Fruit Closure
Pembelongsongan or closure pieces performed 3 months before harvest by using a paper-white
oil to ash-gray / brown the bottom hole. The goal for fruit avoid the attack of birds and bats as
well as maintain the color of fruit to keep it smooth.