fruit arboriculture training
Gain expertise in fruit arboriculture for apples, pears, and cherries through this comprehensive course. Master the design of training systems, development of pruning calendars, implementation of block-specific protocols, and strategies to improve yield, fruit quality, labour efficiency, mechanisation, and worker safety in modern commercial orchards, ensuring consistent profitability.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course offers practical guidance on designing efficient training systems for apples, pears, and cherries. You will learn to select appropriate rootstocks, spacing, and canopy structures based on climate and infrastructure, create pruning schedules, enhance yield and fruit quality, optimise labour and mechanisation, and integrate pruning with irrigation, nutrition, pest management, and worker safety for profitable orchard production.
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Develop skills
- Design effective training systems by matching rootstocks, planting density, and climate for maximum yields.
- Develop detailed pruning calendars, scheduling cuts, tying, and renewal pruning for each orchard block.
- Perform precise pruning techniques to build canopy structure, control tree vigour, and renew fruiting wood.
- Integrate pruning with integrated pest management, aligning canopy management with sprays, irrigation, and nutrition.
- Optimise labour efficiency and ensure worker safety through streamlined harvesting, mechanisation, and protection measures.
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