Fruit tree plantingThe right tree, in the right place, at the right season

From November to March, outside frosty spells. A dormant tree has several months to grow roots before the first warm days. Planted in April, it will suffer from the first dry summer.

Cider apples and some hardy pears and plums cope with salt wind, provided they are sheltered from the prevailing wind in their first years. The further from the coast, the wider the choice.

Article 671 of the French Civil Code requires 2 metres for a planting that will grow taller than 2 metres, and 0.5 metres for the others, unless local rules say otherwise. A full-size fruit tree is therefore planted at least 2 metres away.

Yes, generously and rarely, for the first two summers. Better 30 litres once a week than 5 litres every day: the water has to go down to where the roots are heading.

Yes, or we plant the ones you have chosen. Either way, variety and size are discussed before buying: a young maiden whip often takes better than a large tree, and catches up with it within a few years.