Plant fruit trees

With the fall of leaves from the end of the month - which announces the entry of plants into the winter dormancy - begins the autumn planting season for bare-root fruit trees. Apple, pear, plum, plum or cherry can be planted now. Other types of fruit such as peach, apricot, nectarine, fig, quince, walnut, blackberry, grapevine and kiwi are better planted in the spring, so that they can go into the first winter with more developed roots.

Pruning of trees and hedges should be done by the end of the month at the latest, as this is when the breeding season of native bird species begins. To protect the birds, more extensive pruning must now be suspended from March 1 to October 1.

To maintain the fertility of established fruit trees in the full yield phase, they should be fertilized every two years. Early spring is the right time for this.

Many diseases in the orchard, if detected early, can be controlled without the use of pesticides and their spread in the garden can be prevented.