Staying on top of tree health

January 2023 | Presented by Nic Finger and Jorika Cronje | Future Orchards® video

This Future Orchards® video focuses on maintaining tree health through regular observation, timely diagnosis and an integrated view of orchard performance. Rather than reacting only when decline becomes obvious, the presentation encourages growers to use tree appearance, growth, crop performance, soil and nutrition information as early indicators of emerging problems.

The discussion links practical field assessment with the need to distinguish between nutritional, soil, root, irrigation and disease-related causes. A systematic approach helps avoid treating symptoms in isolation and supports more targeted follow-up testing or management changes.

For growers, the value is in building a repeatable tree-health routine: inspect blocks, compare weak and strong areas, record patterns, investigate underlying causes and monitor whether corrective action changes tree response over time.