Transcript Project: Plant a Tree

PROJECT PLANT A
TREE
PROPOSITION
 Our Goal is to plant 3 apple trees and 3 cherry trees on the roof of the
oaks. WHY!
 The tree price would be determined by the size that would be best for
the roof. As seen on the budget sheet.
 The total amount for the materials would be $239.60 for the pots,
stakes, fertilizer, and potting soil.
 The budget sheet is on the next slide showing everything we will need
and the prices of these objects
 You can find all the materials needed at Low’s
WHY THIS IS A GOOD IDEA
 Apple and Cherry trees would be a great addition to the roof for many
reasons
 It would save money so you would not have to import fruit
 Saves from trucks polluting the air transporting it.
 Fresh fruit for the oaks and the students could enjoy straight off the trees
 It’s good for the environment and gives more oxygen
THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE
 Must have a crew that takes care of the trees
 Watering
 Fertilizing
 Planting
 Trimming
 Making sure the tree is placed where it will get enough light to grow at it’s fullest
 During the winter the trees will shed all the leaves and fruit and will
need very little attention
TYPES OF APPLE TREES
 Pristine
 Williams’ pride
 Redfree
PRISTINE
 Ripening season and bloom season is early
 Apple is medium to large size and has a yellow color
 Texture is fine and flavor is tart, which is good for cooking and fresh
eating
 This tree pollinates very well with the other trees
 Moderately resistant to fire bright and is resistant to powdery mildew
WILLIAMS’ PRIDE
 Ripening season is early
 Bloom season is mild
 Medium to large in size and a dark red color
 It is very juicy and spicy and is also good for cooking and fresh eating
 This apple is immune to apple scab and apple rust
 Resistant to powdery mildew and fire bright
 Pollunates well with the mid – and late - blooming
REDFREE
 Ripening season is early
 Bloom season is mild
 Apple is medium sized with bright red color
 Flavor is sweet and aromatic
 This apple is immune to scab and cedar apple rust and is moderately
resistant to powdery mildew and fire bright
 Pollinates well with other mid – and late - blooming
DWARF TREES / SEMI DWARF TREES
 Easier to manage
 Produces apples earlier than standard size trees
 Need to be supported because of the weak root anchorage
 Will grow to about 10-15 feet tall
WHERE TO PLANT
 Full sun
 Good air circulation
 Good soil drainage
 Ideal pH for apple trees is near 6.5
 Grow well in wide range of soil types
 They prefer soils with a texture of sandy loam to a sandy clay loam soil
WHEN AND HOW
 Purchased at garden centers as container-grown trees.
 Can plant any time during the growing season as long as sufficient water is
supplied.
 The depth of planting is dependent on soil type and mixture.
 In sandy loam soils that drain well, plants should be positioned in the planting hole at the level
they were originally grown in nursery .
 In soils that drain poorly, plants should be planted somewhat higher than they were in the
nursery.
 More air needs to reach the root system.
 2 to 4 inches higher than they were during their growth in the nursery.
 The width of planting hole should be at least 2 or 3 times the diameter of
the root ball
 Apply water at the rate of 2 to 3 gallons per tree every 2 to 3 weeks
FERTILIZE
 Each year in the spring
 Conduct a soil test every two years to determine the appropriate
fertilizer and application rates
Tree age
Amount of
fertilizer (lbs)
1
.5
2
1.0
3
1.5
4
2.0
5
2.5
6
3.0
7
3.5
8
4.0
9
4.5
10
5.0
11
5.5
12
6.0
13
6.5
14
7.0
15-35
7.5
WHEN ARE APPLES ARE RIPE?
 Mature at different times
 Not a specific date at which you can expect to harvest our apples
CHERRY TREE
 The skin of the fruit is smooth and ranges from pale to very deep red
 Generally either sweet or sour, but there are a few intermediate types
 Cherry tree ranges from 6 to 30 feet
 Has reddish brown bark
 Rows or patches of horizontal markings called lenticles
 Foliage = is a pale to dark green
 Leaves are 2 to 6 inches long and have a finely toothed edge
TYPES OF CHERRYS
 Sour Cherries
 Sweet Cherries
 Duke Cherries
SOUR CHERRIES
 Self-fertile
 Good for growing in northern Ohio
 Slightly more hardy
SWEET CHERRIES
 Not self-fertile, but need other varieties for crosspollination
 Popular for home gardening, but must surmount the hurdle of needing
several trees of different varieties to insure having a crop
 Is about as hardy as a peach
DUKE CHERRIES
 Supposed to be crosses between the sour and the sweet
 Also need other cherries for cross-pollination
PROBLEMS THAT COULD HAPPEN
 Birds eat a major part of the tree
 Cherries split if periods of heavy rain coincides with ripening
BLOOM SEASON
 Early spring before leaves appear, and hence the flowers are susceptible
to killing by late frosts
PRUNING
 Sweet cherries
 Are pruned least
 Grow taller than those of the sour cherries and they just do not seem to demand
the careful pruning required by many other kinds of fruit trees
 Sour Cherries
 Little pruning in necessary, especially if cross branched and weak branches are
removed as they appear
CHERRY CROSS-POLLINATION
 Should be careful
 All sweet cherries require cross-pollination and the chances are that it
is these which would be selected for the home gardening
 Good pollinizers = black tatarian, Grant, Seneca, and Lyons
 The duke cherries; Reine Hortense, and royal duke are self-sterile and
either sour or sweet cherries can be used as pollinizers for these
FERTILIZERS
 May be applied in the early spring at about the time the buds burst
DISEASES
 Brown rot causes lesion on twigs and rot on ripening fruit
 Bacterial leaf spot in which the spots often drop out, causing a shot-hole
effect
 Attacks both sweet and sour cherries and defoliates the trees
 Spraying the fungicide when petals fall and after harvest is very helpful