Fruit Pickers

Get the job done faster with our selection of harvesting tools!

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Why Choose Fruit Picker Tools?

Fruit pickers are essential tools for any orchard or home garden with fruit trees. These specialized implements make harvesting easier and more efficient. Discover the benefits of using fruit pickers to gather apples and other fruits at their peak, ensuring a successful harvest. Shop our selection of fruit picker tools and maximize your harvest with ease and convenience.

Types of Fruit Pickers:

  1. Fruit Picker Baskets: Fruit picker baskets are one of the most common and versatile tools for harvesting fruits. They typically consist of a lightweight, elongated pole with a wire basket or bag at the end. The basket is designed to securely hold fruits as you reach up into the tree. It allows you to gently twist or cut the fruit from the branch and safely collect it without causing damage.

  2. Fruit Picker Heads: Fruit picker heads are attachments that can be affixed to an extension pole or a telescopic pole. These heads usually feature a set of soft, flexible fingers or prongs that surround the fruit when you reach up and squeeze the handle. Once you grip the fruit, a slight twist or pull releases it from the branch into the attached bag or basket.

  3. Telescopic Fruit Pickers: Telescopic fruit pickers are designed for reaching fruits high up in the tree canopy. These tools come with an extendable pole that allows you to adjust the length as needed. They often have a fruit picker head or basket attachment at the end. Telescopic fruit pickers are ideal for tall trees or when you need to access hard-to-reach fruits.

  4. Handheld Fruit Pickers: Handheld fruit pickers are compact tools designed for small-scale fruit harvesting. They are perfect for gathering fruits from low branches or shrubs. These pickers typically feature a small basket or pronged attachment that allows you to pluck fruits directly from the tree without the need for a pole.

Uses of A Fruit Picker:

  1. Efficient Harvesting: Fruit pickers enable you to harvest fruits quickly and efficiently. With their extended reach, you can collect fruits from various heights without the need for ladders or climbing, making picking fruit a breeze and reducing the risk of accidents.

  2. Gentle Handling: Designed with care in mind, fruit pickers feature soft fingers or baskets that ensure gentle handling of the fruit. This prevents bruising or damaging the fruit during the harvesting process, ensuring that your produce, including apples, remains in optimal condition for consumption or storage.

  3. Minimizing Waste: Using fruit pickers reduces the likelihood of dropping or damaging fruits during harvesting. This minimizes fruit waste and helps you collect as much of your crop as possible, maximizing your harvest.

  4. Safety: Fruit pickers are a safer alternative to climbing trees or using ladders, especially when dealing with tall fruit trees. They provide stability and reduce the risk of falls and injuries, ensuring a safer harvesting experience.

  5. Preserving Tree Health: Proper fruit picking techniques, facilitated by fruit pickers, help preserve the overall health of the fruit tree. By avoiding excessive shaking or pulling, you can prevent damage to the tree and support future fruit production.

  6. Versatile Applications: Fruit pickers are not limited to just one type of fruit. They can be used for harvesting a wide range of tree fruits, including apples, pears, peaches, plums, and more. Their versatility makes them invaluable tools for orchards and home gardens.

  7. Time-Saving: Fruit pickers save you time during the harvesting season. They allow you to collect fruits quickly and efficiently, freeing up more time for other essential gardening tasks. Features like a foam cushion add extra comfort, making the process even more efficient.

Advantages of Using Fruit Picker Tools

  1. Efficient Harvesting: Fruit pickers streamline the process of collecting fruits from various heights without the need for ladders or climbing. This tool allows you to access different branches of fruit trees, such as apples, pears, and plums, with ease. By using a fruit picker, you can quickly gather your apple harvest or any ripe fruit while standing securely on the ground.

  2. Gentle Handling: Designed with soft fingers or baskets, fruit pickers prevent bruising and damage to fruits. The gentle grip ensures that your harvest, whether it's apples, avocados, or oranges, remains in pristine condition. This careful handling is crucial for maintaining the quality of your fruit and minimizing any impact on the overall harvest.

  3. Minimizing Waste: By reducing the likelihood of dropped or damaged fruits, fruit pickers help you maximize your harvest. Unlike traditional methods, which might result in a higher rate of fruit loss, a fruit picker tool ensures that more of your fruits, from apples to mangos, are safely collected and stored in your container or basket.

  4. Enhanced Safety: Avoid the risks associated with climbing trees or using unstable ladders. Fruit pickers provide a stable and safe alternative, reducing the chance of falls and injuries. Their sturdy design allows you to pick fruit securely from high branches without worrying about accidents.

  5. Preserving Tree Health: Proper picking techniques facilitated by fruit pickers help preserve the health of your fruit trees. By using these tools, you can avoid damaging branches or disrupting the tree's natural growth, ensuring that your trees remain healthy and productive for future seasons.

  6. Versatile Applications: Fruit pickers are suitable for a wide range of tree fruits, including apples, pears, peaches, plums, and more. Their versatility makes them an invaluable addition to any garden or orchard, allowing you to efficiently harvest different types of fruits with the same tool.

  7. Time-Saving: Utilize fruit pickers to save time during the harvesting season. With their efficient design, you can quickly gather ripe fruit, freeing up more time for other gardening tasks. Whether you are working in a small backyard or a larger orchard, these tools help streamline the harvesting process and enhance productivity.

How to Choose the Right Fruit Picker

When choosing the right fruit picker, consider factors such as the type of fruit you're harvesting and the height of the branches. A high-quality fruit picker tool should be lightweight and adjustable, allowing you to access different lengths and heights easily. For optimal results, select a picker that ensures gentle handling to avoid bruising and provides a sturdy grip to save time during your apple harvest or other fruit picking tasks.

Fruit pickers are indispensable tools for anyone who grows fruit trees or shrubs in their garden. These tools make the process of harvesting apples and other fruits easier, safer, and more efficient. With a quality fruit picker, you can avoid the risks of falling from a ladder and instead use a basket or bucket to safely collect apples. By investing in a good fruit picker, you enhance your harvesting experience, ensure you can securely grab and collect ripe fruit, and help maintain the health of your trees while minimizing waste.

Why Buy Fruit Picker From Us?

Our fruit pickers are designed with quality and efficiency in mind, perfect for any apple harvest or general fruit harvesting needs. Whether you’re picking apples, pears, or plums, our fruit picker tools feature lightweight, sturdy construction, adjustable lengths, and foam cushions for comfort, making them ideal for reaching high branches and accessing ripe fruit without the need for ladders. With our fruit pickers, you can save time, reduce bruising, and ensure a successful harvest every season.

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FAQs: Annie's Perennials

What are perennial plants?

Perennial plants live for more than two growing seasons. If properly cared for, they will return year after year with consistent bloom times to add color and diversity to your garden.

What is the difference between annuals and perennials?

The key difference between annuals and perennials is their lifespan. Annuals live for one growing season, although some of our annual plants do re-seed, thereby prolonging their benefits past a single season. Perennial plants and perennial flowers persist for several years, returning year after year, every growing season. Another difference is that true annuals will bloom throughout the entire season; whereas, perennials may bloom intermittently during or between seasons.

What are the benefits of growing perennials?

Perennial plants and flowers provide lasting beauty and structure to your garden. They have specific seasonal bloom times that remain consistent year after year, ensuring vibrant color for your garden throughout the seasons. Perennials also contribute to biodiversity and help the overall environment. Their deep root systems help prevent soil erosion and retain nutrients, while also sequestering carbon. Planting lots of different perennials with varied bloom times ensures consistent, reliable food sources for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and beneficial wildlife.

When should I buy perennials to plant?

The ideal time to plant perennials is spring or early fall. This allows them to establish their root system before extreme weather.

How do I care for perennial plants?

In general, Perennials need watering, occasional fertilization, and deadheading to encourage repeat blooming. The specific care needs can vary by type. At Annie’s Annuals & Perennials, we offer many native and low water, low-maintenance perennials to make planting and caring for them easy. We want to make gardening success attainable for everyone.

Can you plant perennials in pots or containers?

Yes! We have hundreds of perennial plants that work well in containers as well as in garden beds. Just make sure your pot size is adequate for the root system of your particular plant.

Do perennials require full sun?

Some perennials prefer full sun, which typically means at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily. Other varieties require full or partial shade. At Annie’s Annuals & Perennials, we offer you many options for both shade and sun plants to fit every gardening need.

Do perennials attract pollinators and wildlife?

Yes! Perennials, with their reliable bloom times, are valuable additions to a pollinator-friendly garden. They provide consistent food sources for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other beneficial wildlife. Planting many different perennials with varied bloom times will attract and feed pollinators throughout all of the seasons.

What are some popular perennial flowers?

Some common perennials include <strong>Yarrow</strong> (Achillea millefolium), </strong>African daisies</strong> (Arctotis) </strong>Butterfly Bush</strong> (Buddleja davidii), <strong>Campanula, Dahlia, Delphiniums, Peonies (Paeonia), Roses (Rosa), Irises, and Coneflowers</strong> (Echinacea). At Annie’s Annuals & Perennials, we offer almost hundreds and hundreds of popular perennials – like the ones previously mentioned, along with more unusual and hard-to-find varieties.

At Annie’s Annuals & Perennials, we also offer many more perennials that are quite unusual and hard to find

What are hardy perennials?

Hardy perennials are perennial plants that grow for multiple seasons and can survive very cold weather in their growing zones. For this reason, hardy perennial plants are the perfect plant selection for any garden.

Do perennials come back every year?

Yes, if planted and cared for properly, perennials will return year after year. At Annie’s, we offer hundreds of perennials that are perfect beginner plants– easy to grow and easy to care for - so everyone can garden successfully.

What are different types of perennials?

Flowering Perennials: Are known for vibrant, consistent and long-lasting blooms. Examples include peonies (Paenonia), roses (Rosa), coneflowers (Echinaea), Abutilon, Alstroemeria, african daisy (Arctotis), foxglove (Digitalis pupurea), carnations (dianthus), geraniums, sages (Salvia), Strawflowers (helichrysum bracteatum), hollyhocks and impatiens, among many others.

Foliage Perennials: Are known for their striking, colorful foliage. Hostas, heucheras, and ornamental grasses are some common varieties.

Shade-Loving Perennials: Thrive in low-light or partial shade conditions. Examples include astilbes, ferns, and bleeding hearts (dicentras). Some of our favorite shade perennials at Annie’s are Begonias, Fuchsias, Sedges, Hellebores, Heucheras, and Impatiens.

Sun-loving perennials: Thrive in full sun conditions (meaning full sun for at least 6 hours per day). Some common examples of sun-loving perennials are lavender (Lavandula), sage (Salvia), African daisy (Arctotis), and yarrow (Achillea millefolium). At Annie’s Annuals & Perennials, we offer almost one thousand sun-loving perennials – like the ones previously mentioned along with more unusual and hard-to-find varieties.

Herbaceous Perennials: These are perennial plants that die back to the ground each Fall or Winter, but whose roots remain alive and send up new growth and reemerge in the Spring or Summer. They include a variety of flowers and foliage, like columbines (Aquilegia), delphiniums, foxglove (Digitalis pupurea), and Iris.

Woody Perennials: These are shrubs and small trees that persist for many years, bringing useful structure and seasonal blooms to your garden. Examples include hydrangeas, California lilac (Ceanothus), fuchsias, and butterfly bushes (Buddleja).

Native Perennials: are well-suited to specific regions and often need less maintenance and human intervention. California native plant species might include yarrow (Achillea), California poppies (Eschscholzia californica), milkweed (Asclepias), monkey flowers (Mimulus), and some sages (Salvias), depending on your location. At Annie’s Annuals & Perennials, we offer one of the largest selections of CA native perennials to be found anywhere.

Long-Blooming Perennials: Have extended blooming periods and can include varieties like Alstroemeria, Abutilon (Flowering Maples), African daisies (Actotis), Agastache, coreopsis, yarrow (Achillea), and sages (Salvias).

Drought-Tolerant Perennials: Can withstand periods of dry conditions and need less watering. Examples include lavender (Lavandula), yarrow (Achillea), sedum (stonecrop), Agastache, Aloe, milkweed (Asclepias), and some sages (Salvias).

Deer-resistant Perennials: Have characteristics that make them less appealing to deer. Options include yarrow (Achillea), lambs' ears (Stachys byzantine), Agastache, and some ornamental sages (Salvia).

Perennial Bulbs: Some perennials grow from bulbs, including favorites like tulips, daffodils, freesias, ranunculus, and irises. They return year after year, adding color to your garden each spring.

Climbing Perennials: Perennial vines like clematis and wisteria add vertical interest to your garden, climbing trellises, arbors, and fences.