West plum can bear fruit in a few years.

West plum is originally a kind of dried plum, shaped like apricot plum. It is rich in vitamin An and cellulose, as well as minerals such as iron and potassium, but free of fat and cholesterol. So, how long will it take for West Plum to bear fruit?

First, how many years can western plum bear fruit?

West plum usually begins to bear fruit about three years after planting. When the plum is ripe, the skin of the plum is dark purple and the flesh is amber.

2. Cultivation techniques of Prunus mume

1. Build a garden

The row spacing of 2x3 rice plant was used. Leave 40-50 to dry after planting.

two。 Shaping

A. Natural happy winter shears leave 3-4 main branches short, the first main branch should be 30 cm away from the ground, and next year the main branches should be cut lightly, leaving 2-3 side branches per main branch.

B, the evacuation delaying the happy-shaped whole tree leaves 5-6 main branches, which are planted in the trunk in two layers, and the central trunk is cut off. When the new plant is slightly 20-30 cm in that year, the central stem and three main branches are selected for culture, and the others are flattened or. In winter shearing, the central stem extends and leaves 40-50 cm, the cut leaves the inner bud, the main branch remains a little shorter than the central stem, and the cut leaves exogenous buds.

C, many main branches are naturally happy without central trunk, and 4-6 primary and secondary backbone branches are formed by the trunk.

3. Artificial pollination

At the beginning of flowering, the flower buds were collected, the pollen was collected, and the plants were given by artificial tapping. It can also be pollinated artificially by beating flower branches with gauze cotton balls in full bloom.

4. Field management

Base fertilizer: apply base fertilizer after fruit harvest, and young trees apply base fertilizer 10kg/. 50Kg/ strain in full fruiting stage. The base fertilizer is generally applied in ditch, with deep 40cm and wide 30cm. Open a circular fertilization ditch along the projection of the crown, apply fertilizer evenly into the ditch, and fill it in time. Or dig fertilizer ditches on both sides of the canopy (east, west or north and south) and rotate fertilization from east to west to north and south every other year.

Topdressing: topdressing twice a year, respectively before flowering (mid-late March) and fruit expansion and flower bud differentiation (mid-June). The proportion of chemical fertilizer N:P:K was 2:1:2 when applying 100g-200g per tree for young trees and 400g for each plant at full fruiting stage. Topdressing can be used to dig shallow ditches with deep 15cm and wide 30cm in different directions of east and west and north and south under the projection of tree crown, and backfill the soil in time after fertilization.

Irrigation: irrigation should be carried out before sprouting (mid-late March), fruit development (early May), flower bud differentiation (mid-June), hard kernel stage before fruit ripening (mid-July), fruit harvest (mid-August) and soil freezing (early November). Irrigation quota is 400-600m3/667m2. In order to build a garden on the edge of the desert in the periphery of the agricultural area, water-saving irrigation methods such as drip irrigation or micro-sprinkler irrigation are recommended if possible. According to soil condition and evaporation, the irrigation period is 4-7 days, and the amount of irrigation each time should infiltrate into the main distribution layer of soil 50-60em root system.

In the process of planting Prunus mume, artificial pollination can effectively improve the fruit setting rate.