How many years does the plum tree bear fruit?

Plum is a kind of fecundity-loving and water-resistant varieties, because of its high yield, so it is very common in our lives. In many rural areas, plum trees are planted in their own homes. So, how many years do plum trees bear fruit?

1. The results of plum for several years

Under normal circumstances, plum trees will bear fruit 3-5 years after planting, with a fruiting period of 15 years and a life span of 20 years. If managed properly, it can grow longer. Its fruit ripens between July and August, full and round, exquisite and transparent, beautiful in shape and sweet in taste. It is one of people's favorite fruits. It is now widely cultivated worldwide.

Second, plum tree to increase the rate of fruit setting skills

1, flowering pollination

Pollination of plum flowers directly affects fruit setting rate and plum quality. Specific pollination methods include: First, spray 0.1% borax and 0.1% ammonium molybdate mixture on leaf surface once, evenly spray all flowers inside and outside tree crown, which can enhance pollen vitality, promote pollination and fertilization, prolong flower and pollen life, and improve pollination and fertilization probability; secondly, pollinate, which can adopt manual point pollination, liquid spraying, blower pollination and feather duster rolling and other methods; finally, bee pollination, put bees in orchard during flowering period, and one box of bees can ensure pollination of one hectare orchard.

2. Thinning flowers and fruits

Because plum trees have large flowers and high seed setting rate, proper flower and fruit thinning can save nutrients, regulate the distribution of nutrients, improve fruit setting rate and ensure fruit quality. Thinning flowers are generally carried out in full bloom. When thinning flowers specifically, remove the flowers at the base of the fruiting branches and leave flowers in the middle and upper parts. It is best to leave single flowers. The flowers on the prepared branches should be completely thinned out, the flowers in the middle and lower parts of the crown should be sparsely left, and the flowers in the outer and upper layers should be sparsely left. The flowers of auxiliary branches and strong branches should be kept more, and the flowers of backbone branches and weak branches should be kept less. On a fruiting branch, want sparse two ends, leave the flower that develops normally in the middle. For flowers on bouquet fruit branches, leave the middle and sparse periphery. Thinning young fruits can be carried out 1-2 weeks after flowering, determining the yield per plant according to variety, age, tree vigor and fruit size, thinning out diseased fruits, injured fruits, abnormal fruits, sun-facing fruits and fruits with unclean fruit surface, thinning fruits should be carried out in the order of branches from top to bottom and from inside to outside.