The method of pruning branches

Whether it is fruit trees, green trees or bonsai, they should be pruned after growing for a certain period of time, in order to improve the viewing degree and fruit rate, what are the methods of pruning branches?

What are the methods of pruning branches?

1. Twist the tip

It is twisted by hand in the semi-lignified part of the upright shoot, so that the xylem and phloem are sprained at the same time without breaking. The sprained shoots droop or flatten, generally about 30 cm in length, and twist the shoots 15 cm from the base. Twisting shoots can transform long branches into fruiting branches, improve light conditions, ease the tree potential, and prevent overgrowth.

2. Pick the heart

Is to remove the young part of the top of the growing branch, picking the core can change the distribution of nutrients. The temporary cessation of the growth of the coring branches is not only beneficial to the fullness of the branches and improve the plumpness of the flower buds, but also can reduce the nutritional competition with the adjacent branches and pick the coring when the shoot length is 20 cm. After picking the heart, the new tip is 30 cm long and then twisted.

3. Pull branches

Can open the angle, ease the tree potential, improve the lighting conditions, prevent the lower part of the branch bald, pull branches are generally carried out in May-June, when easy to pull shape, pull branch angle of about 80 degrees, can not be pulled into water.

Why should the saplings be trimmed in winter?

1. In winter, the leaves of fruit tree seedlings will fall off completely, which is also an instinctive reaction of fruit trees to resist the cold winter. Fruit trees should keep all the nutrients absorbed from their roots on the trunk and branches to spend the winter. The purpose of pruning the branches is to cut off the extra branches that are not growing well, so that the nutrients can be kept in the most exuberant state.

2. The reason why branches must be pruned in winter is also closely related to the growth habits of fruit trees. Because plants must have better photosynthesis, fruit trees will grow vigorously, fruit will grow bigger. The purpose of pruning branches is to reduce the density of branches and allow fruit trees to carry out photosynthesis in all directions.

3. After all, fruit trees are managed manually to be more efficient and high-yielding, but not any kind of fruit tree is suitable for high yield. This has to be calculated according to the age of the tree. If your fruit tree is younger, pruning the extra branches will take away the flower buds from the branch, so as to reduce the density of the fruit and prevent the branches from being broken by too much fruit.