The method of pruning branches in spring

Spring is the season for the recovery of all things, and pruning branches can not be ignored. Today, the editor will introduce to you the method of pruning branches in spring. Let's take a look at it.

Methods of pruning branches in spring

Pruning branches in spring is mainly to check disease and insect branches and thin and weak branches. Remove the diseased branches left in winter and water them in time to get light.

2. Pruning methods of peach trees in spring

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.