Setting the Standard:
From our nursery to your orchard
Our Two-Year Finished Tree has been the premier choice of industry plantings for years. Strong roots and a One-Year top, these trees are ready to thrive when they reach your orchard. At Willow Drive we strive to produce trees that you will be excited to plant! We also can provide dormant & one-year bench grafts, Certified Virus-free Inspected budwood, and produce our own rootstock.
Learn moreYear 1
Rootstocks grown from previous year
Rootstocks graded
Dormant Grafts and One-Year Grafts made
Dormant Grafts shipped
Field Maps drawn up
Rootstocks and One-Year Grafts planted
Trickle irrigation installed
Cultivation to make bud union higher
Weeding
Spray applications
Rootstocks budded for Two-Year Trees
Sleeping Eyes budded
Topping newly budded rootstocks
Pre-emergent herbicide application
Year 2
Spring budding for late orders
Suckering and limbing
Spray applications weekly to bi-weekly for full growing season
Steel rods placed for every tree
First tie-up
Suckering, limbing, and weeding
Twin-Leader Tree training starts
Limbing
Second tie-up
Trellising for Geneva® 41
Weeding and limbing
Training
Third tie-up
Weeding and limbing
Fourth tie-up with strong tie
Weeding
Defoliant applications
Plastic ties removed
Steel rods and trellising removed
Irrigation removed and trickle tape disposed of
Topping if desired by customer
Mechanical defoliation assistance/leaf stripping by hand
Trees lifted mechanically and by hand
One-Year Grafts lifted
Sleeping Eyes lifted
Grading
Storage
Shipping
Year 1
Rootstocks grown from previous year
Rootstocks graded
Dormant Grafts and One-Year Grafts made
Dormant Grafts shipped
Field Maps drawn up
Rootstocks and One-Year Grafts planted
Trickle irrigation installed
Cultivation to make bud union higher
Weeding
Spray applications
Rootstocks budded for Two-Year Trees
Sleeping Eyes budded
Topping newly budded rootstocks
Pre-emergent herbicide application
Year 2
Spring budding for late orders
Suckering and limbing
Spray applications weekly to bi-weekly for full growing season
Steel rods placed for every tree
First tie-up
Suckering, limbing and weeding
Twin-Leader Tree training starts
Limbing
Second tie-up
Trellising for Geneva® 41
Weeding and limbing
Training
Third tie-up
Weeding and limbing
Fourth tie-up with strong tie
Weeding
Defoliant applications
Plastic ties removed
Steel rods and trellising removed
Irrigation removed and trickle tape disposed of
Topping if desired by customer
Mechanical defoliation assistance/leaf stripping by hand
Trees lifted mechanically and by hand
One-Year Grafts lifted
Sleeping Eyes lifted
Grading
Storage
Shipping
