Agriculture Reference
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ABOVE:
B) Raised planting areas work well for fruit crops grown in a
landscape setting.
Planting on raised beds is rapidly becoming a standard practice in commer-
cial berry production in many parts of the world. For very little investment,
you can ensure excellent soil drainage. Saskatoons and bush cherries and
plums, for example, can be grown in raised beds that are 10 to 12 inches high
and 3 to 4 feet wide. Even for the larger tree fruits, more fruit specialists
are now recommending the use of raised beds. Because fruit trees have lar-
ger root systems than berries, the beds must be somewhat wider. While the
use of raised beds in commercial tree fruit orchards is still largely novel and
untested, it appears likely that the practice would work best with relatively
small trees on low-vigor rootstocks.
