Stone Fruits in Super High Density
SHD Stone Fruits Trees
Super high density stone fruit tree cultivation
The cultivation of stone fruit trees in super high density systems is widely accepted by fruit growers and is recognised as a high-value system when it comes to lowering the cost of cultivation, maximising production and improving fruit quality. There are peach, nectarine, Saturn peach, plum and cherry super high density orchards all over the world.
These farms are viable thanks to our Rootpac rootstock series (Rootpac 20, Rootpac 40 and Rootpac R). These are clonal patterns multiplied in-vitro to preserve the utmost genetic and health quality, adapting perfectly to the super high density system.
SHD Stone Fruits Trees
Rootpac Rootstocks features
- They contribute low vigour.
- They allow quick entry into production.
- They advance ripening.
- Larger size and more colourful fruit.
- Increased production.
Advantages
- Higher productivity per unit of area.
- The super high density system in stone fruit trees has coined the term “pedestrian field” for a system that allows a mechanical thinning and pre-pruning. Another advantage is that, although harvesting is done manually, harvest times are reduced compared to traditional goblet-trained cultivation.
- Likewise, the exposure and ripening of the fruits is more homogeneous, so harvesting takes place in fewer passes than with goblet-trained cultivation.
- Harvesting in these fields is done manually without ladders and in which the rest of the cultivation tasks are fully mechanised (topping, hedging, thinning, etc.).
Super High Density Culture of Stone Fruit Trees for Industry
At Agromillora we champion super high density systems because we believe they are the solution to a large number of problems involved in traditional agriculture. This is why we continue researching, to maximize the number of species that can be cultivated in high density.
