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RESULTS OF WALNUT/APRICOT INTERPLANTING
Article number
311_34
Pages
266 – 272
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Abstract
In the location of Lipar, there is a walnut/apricot orchard of 56 hectares.
The orchard was established ten years ago on the chernozem soil on loess.
The soil preparation for the establishment of the orchard consisted of subsoiling at 80 cm with a vibrational subsoiler and plowing at 50 cm.
Walnut trees were spaced 11 m by 11 m to form the equilateral triangle.
Apricot trees were interplanted between walnut trees at the ratio 5 to 1, respectively.
The sowing scheme thus included 95 walnut trees and 475 apricot trees per hectare.
Ten domestic and Bulgarian walnut varieties and six domestic, Hungarian and American apricot varieties were sown in the orchard.
The orchard was established ten years ago on the chernozem soil on loess.
The soil preparation for the establishment of the orchard consisted of subsoiling at 80 cm with a vibrational subsoiler and plowing at 50 cm.
Walnut trees were spaced 11 m by 11 m to form the equilateral triangle.
Apricot trees were interplanted between walnut trees at the ratio 5 to 1, respectively.
The sowing scheme thus included 95 walnut trees and 475 apricot trees per hectare.
Ten domestic and Bulgarian walnut varieties and six domestic, Hungarian and American apricot varieties were sown in the orchard.
A profit was realized already in the fourth year of the orchard.
By the tenth year, the average profit exceeded by 4.2 times the overall value of wheat production at the corresponding area, while the profit exceeded that for wheat by 11.6 times.
Apricot trees are removed 13–14 years after planting.
The described method of walnut/apricot intercropping has been accepted by Yugoslav growers.
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Authors
M. Korac, S. Cerovic, B. Gološin
Keywords
Intercropping, walnut, apricot, yield, production value, profit
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