Effect of herbicide fallow and mulching the tree rows on the soil properties, growth, and yield of apples, var.Elstar

The subject of the present research has been to study the influenceof herbicidal fallow and mulching in the tree-rows on some of the soil properties and yields of apples var.Elstar.In the experiment the following combinations of soil treatmentwere applied:herbicidal fallow, pine bark, black foil and non-woven polyethylene. The applied combinations of treatments affected changes in the physico-chemical and chemical soil properties. These properties varied in the quantity and quality of organic material and intensity of nutrient teaching. The results obtained showed that mulching was a simple treatment that improved yields. In growing var. Elstar apples, mulching with pine hark yielded positive production effects.