Your orchard in January – what to do there

What’s in your Orchard in January to do? Here is a short list of tasks and helpful tips.

It depends of course on how much snow and frost you have in your area and whether you can devote yourself to your gardening early on or have to wait a bit longer. But if you have sunny days in January, now is the time for them Pruning measures in apple trees.

Orchard in January – pruning apple trees

You want healthy trees, yes? With a White paint frost damage to fruit trees can be avoided.

In mild weather, you can also prune fruit trees in January. This rejuvenates them. “Light and air give new juice” is the popular saying. Dense shoots have to be thinned out and for too long one shortens at least a third.

Orchard in January – White paint for fruit trees

The experts argue violently about which cut is better in principle – the one in winter or the summer cut? As with any dispute, there are very different opinions and points of view, but we can say yes, everyone is in favor of the summer cut. In warm weather, the wounds heal faster, so the trees can cope with the summer cut more quickly.

In mild weather it is possible that you can get the Plants fruit trees, such as fruit trees, berries, kiwi, different types of wine.

Plant fruit-bearing natural hedges in mild weather

If the January sun smiles friendly on some days, then gardening is not only possible, but also quite pleasant! Now you can also plant fruit-bearing natural hedges that hardly need pruning and maintenance and are suitable for wind and privacy protection. They are planted in one or two rows at a distance of 1 to 1.5 m. Always choose at least two plants of the same species so that fertilization with foreign pollen can take place.

Protect the roots of the berry bushes from frost with mulch

If January is too cold for you, you need it Berry bushes additional care. You need to protect your roots from frost with mulch! Since the roots of raspberries, blackberries, currants and gooseberries grow below the surface and are always on the lookout for water and nutrients, they are exposed to the risk of frost. So that strong frosts do not cause damage, you can protect the beds with a 5-7 cm high cover made of leaves, straw mulch and compost.

Protect strawberries with a fleece pad from mid-January

the Strawberries You can protect it from mid-January with a fleece pad, which you occasionally cover for a few hours on mild days over midday to ventilate the beds.

This is how you will slowly prepare your orchard for the coming spring! We wish you a lot of fun and many pleasant hours outside in your garden!