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Pick what you are planting and how much land you have. Every distance stays editable — the numbers update as you type.
Seedlings needed
2,857
These distances are guidance, not a planting plan. The right spacing depends on the rootstock, your soil and the training system you use — confirm it with us or with an agronomist before ordering. Rows and seedlings per row assume a square plot; the total is a density figure and does not subtract headlands or turning space.
The calculator runs one formula: your plot area divided by the ground a single seedling occupies. That ground is the row spacing multiplied by the in-row spacing, so a tree planted 4 m between rows and 2 m within the row takes 8 m², and one hectare — 10,000 m² — holds 1,250 of them.
The rootstock is what really moves the number. How large a tree finally grows is decided by the rootstock, not the variety. An apple on M9 stays small enough to plant at 3.5 × 0.9 m, roughly 3,000 trees per hectare. The same variety grafted onto a vigorous seedling rootstock needs 5 × 4 m and fits closer to 500. That is a sevenfold difference from a single decision, which is why the rootstock is a separate choice here rather than an average.
The variety matters less, but it does matter: a vigorous cultivar is given a little more room in the row than a compact one on the same rootstock. Soil depth, irrigation and your training system shift the figure again — which is why every field stays editable.