He told me that he currently has 1600 trees. It does seem to be a big waste of space between trees. but he believes that allows the tree to flourish. Every year he uses manure and tills it into the soil.
If you notice at the end of the orchard the trees in the hole. He digs a big hole and place the cuttings in to grow into a tree, the purpose of the hole is for the soil to stay moist.
Take a look at page 7 of this clip of his book on how he propagates his trees.
Here's the propagation chapter. in English
In the experimental Mut New Son
we use always planting branch or stake.
The first premise for a new planting
is "good fig, good hole," a hole wide and
deep, because that better is better is the breeding
fig. We have always followed this premise, which is
fundamental to the sour Mallorca.
We all adapting the structure of
ground, we do the holes of 3 x 2 meters wide, and
we cross a deep layer compact
limestone until al'argila, around 3 or 4 feet,
and more depth. This clay layer provides
Water the tree and the depth, the hole allows
a large anchoring. We use a "retro" string
or "retro" mixed, according to the characteristics of
ground.
Refill the hole with small stones, which
will drain, and add the ground surface
the same machine that has taken in more stuff
abundant organic. Over there we put new earth
substantial and peat up to 1.5 or 2 feet wherever
practice sowing.
To plant the branch or stake, it is
to achieve one of the more coarse and vigorous-
big, results are more satisfactory, since the
have a lot of surface roots and better
developed sooner. We observed that if
is'esqueixa breaks the tree, instead of cutting it
with scissors or saws, it is best to leave a stub
at the base, as well, grows best in this area there
adventitious buds-are. The branch must have wood
two or more years. If necessary, the eliminam
brancons side that could weaken the budding
the main stem, and we do a few cuts with the gatzoll,
transverse incisions in the party should be
underground in order to stimulate and subsequent rizògenesi
growth of the eye's main branch planted.
If we use tree branches weaknesses
aged or low vigor, we use
fitoreguladors, ie, rooting hormones:
naftilacètic acid (ANA) and indolebutyric acid (IBA)
combined 0.2%, along with acetic acid
(AIA), which is an activator of growth.
Also when we use these fitoreguladors
stakes are small. Thus, we use the ANA and IBA in
solution, by immersion of the stake. Interestingly
rooting cuttings have a better baseline
the apical.
Col. ∙ locam branch in planting hole, forcing
that it is bent in L, and we put so
eyes remain directed toward the bottom of the hole in the ground,
as this will take the tendency to emit roots into
Looking at the bottom moisture. Then pessigam
All eyes will be less than the new fig,
it stands, facing the exit of the pit,
toward the sun.
We put the branch into the hole and the ground stopper
with the hoe, leaving out the eye that become the
new fig, with two or three buds outside,
fails if the apex.
The branch is between 70 enclotada
centimeters and 1.50 meters or more deep. A
Once attached, it begins to develop the
terminal bud, and as it lasts, we go
filling the hole until it has left the surface
soil.
Once planted the branch, the regam
thoroughly so that water passes into the
bottom of the hole, hold more moisture in the
clay layer, compacting all ends of the earth
clot and adhere better to the branch. Finally
that we look around the empty areas are not
branch.
Normally plantam from January to
late March, although the best time that we
the first half of March, just before
budding, even during the winter rest, about the
vegetative awakening.
Plantam branches at this depth because
need to develop the tree roots
deep as they usually tend to
for the surface. Thus, to deepen the
strengthening its anchoring to the ground and that propiciam
to resist, as roots of a tree and great port
development, the strong winds that could not be
endure only with shallow roots.
Needless to say, long ago, no refill
although the stem hole and were outside the fig
brancada. So they started holding the three wind
trunk out of the pit, anchored to the ground, because not all
stem, or the tree roots should form as brancada
surface and grow the bottom of the hole, taking
thickness and consistency.
If a plantam rebroll, even if
rooted, so we do the same procedure
the stake, like a branch with no outbreak
side. The L-shaped and set about burying all
plant, leaving out the main eye, with two or three
buds on the outside.
If plantam small stakes, which causes
transport or because they are taken elsewhere, not
are sufficiently vigorous in plantam two, three or four
within the same pit, lying down with L-shaped and
underground, leaving one or both eyes in each
abroad. As we were holding on and growing in
Let alone one that will become the
primary eye and then the new fig.
Here's the English version of the propagation chapter.