Stone Fruit - cherries, plums and apricots

How to increase stone fruit yield?

The right combination of an optimum fruit load on the tree and a high fruit weight or size is essential to achieve high stone fruit yields. A farmer can influence the number of fruits per tree and the size of the fruits through a proper nutrient management. By choosing a balanced crop nutrition approach, farmers can optimize yield and investment in fertilizer while minimizing the opportunity for excess nutrients to negatively impact the environment.

Stone Fruit Crop Nutrition Programmes

Yara's crop nutrition programmes for stone fruit can help you to achieve excellent crop performance and maximise the yield and quality of your crops.

See our stone fruit crop nutrition programmes

Yara agronomist advice on stone fruit

How to increase stone fruit yield

The right combination of an optimum fruit load on the tree and a high fruit weight or size is essential to achieve high stone fruit yields.

How to increase stone fruit number

Whereas the effect of nitrogen on the number of fruits per tree is not clear, particularly phosphorus and magnesium have been found to increase fruit number. Boron, iron and zinc also support higher yields by helping the tree to produce more fruits.