Fundamentals of Horticulture (2+1)

Introduction

Orchard Management

• Orchard is an area, often enclosed, devoted to the cultivation of fruit trees and as a unit it encompasses various resources like land, water, trees and external inputs.
• All these resources have to be well utilized to the best advantage for higher production per unit area on sustainable basis without adversely affecting the quality of environment.
• We should also understand that a good manager is one who gets maximum out of various inputs consistently without any loss of fertilizers and manure, plant, plant protection chemicals, produce etc.
• Therefore, one should understand the management of these qualities of both resource and output. Various resources are soil and water.