The experimental design was a randomized complete blockreplicated in the two locations. The variability factor was repre-sented by the transplant soil tested at three levels: a silt loam soilcollected in the Tartano orchard (FR), a sandy loam soil collectedin the Ponte orchard (SY) and a peat from sphagnum (pH 4.28, EC(1:5) 0.03 mS/cm). Treatments were fully replicated on five blocks.Within each block, five consecutive trees were grown on the samesubstrate, for a total of 25 plants per treatment. Plants were moni-tored throughout two growing seasons until September 2015.2.2