03/19/2026
Here in Toronto (zone 5 or 6 depending on your microclimate), spring runs from mid March to late May. We begin to see plants coming out of dormancy, changing temperatures, and increasing daylight.
Here’s a quick recap of our Spring Healthy Harvest Habits blog post:
✂️ Habit #1: Pruning
Pruning is one of the best things you can do for your fruit tree to optimize the quality and accessibility of its fruit each season. It encourages healthy airflow, and allows you to manage the size of your tree and the direction of its growth.
🔎 Habit #2: Monitor for & Identify ‘Pests‘
It’s time to inspect your tree for fire blight, scab, powdery mildew, scale and mites in the early Spring. By late March, when orchard plants begin to wake up and come out of dormancy, disease can begin to spread.
🚰 Habit #3: Mulching & Watering
Mulch helps the soil retain moisture, keeping the fruit tree hydrated, and it also prevents weeds from growing around the tree (thus competing for resources such as nutrients and water).
🍴 Habit #4: Feeding & Fertilizing
A waking tree is a hungry tree! It is recommended to apply nourishment around four times after the tree breaks out of dormancy at the different stages of growth, including bud break, flowering, after petal fall, and another time after petal fall.
🌱 Habit #5: Planting
Okay, maybe this one is not a habit…but perhaps it could be! Consider planting a new fruit tree for yourself and for future generations.
Check out the details on our blog, including further reading, video demonstrations, and local Toronto recommendations for Spring!
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