Do tree farms let their bigger trees produce fruit or do they strip them of fruit to concentrate on tree growth?
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Whar do you mean by tree farm? A lumber farm typically doesn’t use trees that fruit in a way that it is feasible to remove the fruit. A nursery (like growing trees to sell) wouldn’t really want faster growth after a certain point because it is hard to move really big trees. Orchards and groves might thin their younger trees, but the older bigger trees are typically the producers.
Fruit tree farm with trees in pots.
Freedom Tree Farm
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I think they do the formula of sticking a tiny whip into a 3 gallon pot and selling that ‘tree’ on year 2. Most folks would balk at buying a tiny bare root whip from a box store… they want ‘trees’. Or ‘Fast Growing Trees’.
I have investigated many of those pots and most are very heavy on the pine bark…sparing on the potting mix and a handful of fertilizer. Which is basically what im doing now with my bare roots… but im going with 50/50 pine bark and pro mix…
Their growing areas are devoid of any shade and get lots and lots of sun hours… so a great place to have open fields of pots for rapid growing.
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