TLE 6

Preparing Layout Design

for Orchard garden
Why layout design of the orchard
is important?

it allow equidistance for each tree for

uniform growth
It allow easy orchard operations like
cultivation, intercropping,
irrigation,spraying of plant protection
chemicals and growth
regulators,harvesting
Proper utilization of orchard space
avoids wastage of land

It helps in proper supervision and

management of the orchard
System of Planting
Square system planting
 Square System
It is the most easy and popular
method of planting fruit plants. In
this system row to row and plant to
plant distances are kept similar.
The plants are planted exactly at
right angle at each.
 Rectangular system
In this system, the plot is divided into
rectangles instead of squares and trees
are planted at the four corners of the
rectangle in straight rows running at
right angles.
Triangular system
In this system, trees are planted as in the
square system but the plants in the 2nd ,
4th, 6th and such other alternate rows are
planted midway between the 1st, 3rd, 5th
and such other alternate rows. This system
has no special advantage over the square
system except providing more open space
for the trees and for intercrops.
Quincunx system
This system is similar to square system except one
additional plant is planted in the
center of each square . The plants that are planted in the
center of each square along
with tall growing plants at the corners of squares are termed
as ‘filler’ plants
Contour system
It is adopted in hilly areas for planting fruit plants
where land is undulated and soils erosion is a great
threat. Under such circumstances, contour terrace is
developed by scratching and leveling the hill-slope.
 Hexagonal system
In this system, the trees are planted at the corners of an
equilateral triangle and thus, six trees from a hexagon with
the seventh tree at the center.