Fruit that hangs from the lower branches is easy to pick – just reach out and take it. You don’t have to work very hard to get it, and it’s tasty enough.
But picking the lowest hanging fruit on big trees usually won’t make the best or most rewarding harvest. Especially in older, full-size fruit trees, as you get higher in the tree, the fruits get more exposure to the sun and have more leaves nearby harvesting more sunlight. And more sunlight means bigger fruits chock full of the things that make fruit bigger, sweeter, and more flavorful.
While the low-hanging fruit is easy to pick, carrying a ladder to the orchard and climbing up into the highest branches is going to get you something better.
Not to mention that when you’re picking the low-hanging fruit, you’re picking the fruit that everyone else can reach, too. It doesn’t take much in terms of effort, investment, or experience to reach out and grab the fruits that hang within easy arm’s reach.
When you’re in a situation with low-hanging fruit, it’s worth asking if focusing on the low-hanging fruit is going to get you where you want to go. Yes, it’s worth grabbing some on the way up the ladder, but focusing your attention on the low-hanging fruit might mean that you forgo the opportunity to get something great that leaves you standing out from the crowd.
Besides, the investment in a ladder and the skill to climb it might mean that you’re the only one with any fruit once all of the low-hanging fruit has been picked.
But picking the lowest hanging fruit on big trees usually won’t make the best or most rewarding harvest. Especially in older, full-size fruit trees, as you get higher in the tree, the fruits get more exposure to the sun and have more leaves nearby harvesting more sunlight. And more sunlight means bigger fruits chock full of the things that make fruit bigger, sweeter, and more flavorful.
While the low-hanging fruit is easy to pick, carrying a ladder to the orchard and climbing up into the highest branches is going to get you something better.
Not to mention that when you’re picking the low-hanging fruit, you’re picking the fruit that everyone else can reach, too. It doesn’t take much in terms of effort, investment, or experience to reach out and grab the fruits that hang within easy arm’s reach.
When you’re in a situation with low-hanging fruit, it’s worth asking if focusing on the low-hanging fruit is going to get you where you want to go. Yes, it’s worth grabbing some on the way up the ladder, but focusing your attention on the low-hanging fruit might mean that you forgo the opportunity to get something great that leaves you standing out from the crowd.
Besides, the investment in a ladder and the skill to climb it might mean that you’re the only one with any fruit once all of the low-hanging fruit has been picked.
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