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Apple tree - Bending branches to increase fruit production

How to make apple, pear and other trees produce more fruit. Simple and useful secret!

Learn how to increase fruit production on productive trees such as apple and pear trees with this simple technique. It has long been observed that the branches of deciduous productive trees (e.g. apple, pear, peach, lotus, quince, cherry, apricot, etc.), which had a certain slope relative to the trunk, produced more fruit. What was the […]

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Plant trees – Winter is the right season

December and January are holiday months. Christmas and New Year. This year give one or more gifts to your garden, to you around the world and plant new trees! You can plant productive trees and have fruit production for years to come. You have so many options! Olive, Orange, Lemon, Plum, Damask, Apple, Almond, Peach,

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New olive trees from offshoots?

I’ve wanted to do it for a long time, but I kept saying leave it for later. In my village they call it Procrastination. So today, I cut 4 offshoots from our olive tree that makes big, perfect fruit for edible olives. i lovingly “stoned” their limbs and put them in rooting hormone. I planted

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Μπόλιασμα Οπωροφόρων Δέντρων. Οδηγός Συμβατότητας

Fruit Tree Grafting – Compatibility Guide – What tree can we graft on what?

Below is a practical guide to which fruit tree you can graft onto which other tree. E.g. graft a quince tree to a pear tree, a pear tree to a muskmelon tree, a water chestnut tree to a lemon, orange, kumquat or other citrus tree. The combinations are many and useful. Before grafting a fruit

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Plant a tree in your garden today – Don’t put it off!

A Chinese proverb says: “If you want 1 year of prosperity, plant corn. If you want 10 years of prosperity, plant trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, educate the children.” It is no accident that he makes special mention of trees. I imagine he is referring to productive trees that bear fruit for

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Πορτοκαλιά - Μπόλιασμα Νερατζιάς με μάτι

Grafting / Staking of sour orange tree in orange with a bud. One of the best grafting techniques for fruit trees

Do you want to graft a sour orange tree in orange tree? This is probably the best bud grafting technique for orange trees and fruit trees in general that I have come across. I’m sure you’ll find many instructions and videos describing various techniques for bud grafting into orange trees. So do I. I’ve watched

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Έρευνα Φυτώρια και Γεωπονικά Καταστήματα - Αποτελέσματα

Survey Results: Nurseries, agricultural shops and consumer behaviour

I present to you the results of the survey on our consumer behavior in nurseries and consumer shops. It comes from Greece and Greek amateur gardeners. It answers questions such as: The survey was conducted between 4 February 2021 and 13 February 2021 and was based on responses from questionnaire published on my.kalliergo.gr/en/ and on

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How many years do fruit trees live?

In this article you will find information about the life span of fruit trees in years and after how many years they start to produce fruit. You will find information about: Almond tree, Pear tree, Apricot tree, Damask tree, Olive tree, Citrus tree (Lemon, Orange, Mandarin), Walnut tree, Cherry tree, Cherry tree, Pine tree, Cinnamon

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Growing Pomegranate in Garden and Pot. Tips, Pests, Diseases, Tips

Growing pomegranate trees will reward you in many ways as they provide us with delicious pomegranates. Scientific name: Punica granatum, genus PunicaceaeCommon name. Punicaceae. The pomegranate is a shrub native to southern or western Asia, which in ancient times was transported to the Mediterranean area where it has adapted very well. Tradition has it that

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Pine needles in the garden. 6 uses

In a pine-rich country like Greece, dry pine needles are abundant. They can be used in the garden. They are very useful if used properly and with care. But they are misunderstood and treated as difficult to manage waste. Under a pine tree, whole layers of dry pine needles are created that fall from the

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How to plant bare root trees

“How do I plant bare root trees?” a friend asked me the other day. Suitable bare root trees for this kind of planting are woody fruit trees and ornamental deciduous trees, such as: Almond trees, Peach trees, Cherry trees, Pear trees, Constantine Acacia, Linden (Linden) trees, Mulberry trees, Maple trees, etc. These are the trees

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Πότε Ρίχνω Λίπασμα σε Δέντρα και Λαχανικά

When to fertilize trees and vegetables – Per month feralization instructions

“When do I apply fertilizer to trees and vegetables“? This is a very basic and essential question that new and old growers alike ask. If you don’t apply fertilizer to trees and vegetables at the right time and in the right amounts, there is a high risk of doing harm instead of good. At best,

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How to grow apricots in your garden and in pots. Tips and problems

Want to learn about growing apricots in your garden or in pots in the city? Here you will find tips and valuable information. Figure 1. Apricot flowers. Apricot flowers have the same shape as peach flowers but are white. Apricot is a fruit tree, deciduous and is cultivated in all temperate countries of the world.

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Gardener Ilias Antonopoulos planting a tree

How to plant trees in your garden the right way – Step by step instructions

Want to learn how to plant trees in your garden? Trees that will produce fruit for years to come! Autumn and Winter are the perfect time to plant new trees in your garden. Do you miss orange trees, apple trees, cherry trees, tangerine trees, pomegranates, quince trees, almond trees, lemon trees, fig trees, etc.? Now

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How to grow peach trees in the garden or pots. Tips and problems

Peach cultivation is one of the most important in Greece, with table peaches accounting for 40% and industrial peaches or concentrated peaches for 60%. Other European countries that produce large quantities of peaches are Spain, France and Italy (mainly table peaches). Figure 1. Peach fruits Picture 2. Peach blossoms Greek name. Ροδάκινο, ροδακινιά (rodakino, rodakinia).

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Preventive pesticide and fungicide applications to trees – How to prevent tree diseases

Preventive tree spraying is what we can do for our trees to prevent diseases. S.O.S.: We need to know that no matter what we read, no matter what we are told, no matter what we hear, it is good to act in accordance with the agricultural warnings for our area and consult with local agronomists.

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Bonsai – Miniature trees

We are all familiar with bonsai trees. Many of us have offered them as a gift to our loved ones, or even accepted them with great joy. But what most people don’t know is that the term bonsai is the name of the technique of growing a miniature tree, not the tree itself. But in

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Which fertilizer and when to apply for trees and vegetables

In this article we will talk about what fertilizer and when to apply it on trees, vegetables and other crops. Fertilizer is any substance provided to plants (by top dressing the soil or by foliar application), intended to supply them with the elements necessary for their nutrition. Basal fertilization is carried out at the stage of

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Handbook for cultivation of cherry trees (in Greek) from DDFT and ΕΛΓΟ Δήμητρα

A useful Handbook for cultivating cherry trees. The Department of Deciduous Fruit Trees (DDFT), in cooperation with Ελληνικός Γεωργικός Οργανισμός “Δήμητρα”, taking into account the growing interest of farmers in Greece and the shift of many of them to cherry cultivation, proceeded in 2011 and 2013 to the compilation of a useful Handbook for Cherry

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How to grow cherry trees in the garden and pots. Cherry pollinators

Do you want to grow cherry trees in the garden? The cherry tree forms a lot of white flowers, which is why it is also used as an ornamental tree in city parks. The production of cherry trees in Greece depends on the weather conditions during the flowering and harvesting period. Rainfall during the flowering

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