Pruning Technique of Fig Seed

Fig trees are easy to cultivate and have high yield. Fig trees are capable of parthenocarpy and bear fruit many times a year. The tree began to bear fruit 2 ~ 3 years after planting, entered the full fruit stage for 6 ~ 7 years, and the yield increased year by year. In order to promote high yield, stable yield and high quality of trees, pruning should be done well.

The growth potential of fig tree is very strong, the annual growth of new shoots or overgrown tillering branches of young trees can reach more than 2m, and have the habit of growing many times, but the sprouting ability and branch forming ability of branches are weak. Trees have many latent buds and have a long life, so trees are easy to form adventitious buds on backbone branches. Therefore, it is easier to renew fig trees. According to the growth and fruiting habits of the above fig trees, attention should be paid to the following points when pruning:

The main results are as follows: 1. The method of short pruning is less used when dealing with branches: fig trees bear fruit on the new shoots of the same year, except in the axils of the leaves at the top of the new shoots at the end of autumn, differentiate into the primitive body of the receptacle, and continue to differentiate and blossom to form spring fruits in the second year. At the same time, the receptacle fruit can be formed from the base of the new shoot upward, and grow into summer fruit and autumn fruit. This is the reason why fig trees can produce a lot of fruit, so prune figs. When dealing with branches, you should be careful to cut short and keep it as short as possible.

2. Different methods of thinning and pruning branches are different: thinning and pruning branches should be carried out according to different purposes. Different pruning methods should be adopted when thinning branches according to the purpose of pruning. Fig annual branches (except only long branches), almost all can become fruit mother branches, bearing fruit branches on fruit mother branches. Therefore, in line with the principle of selecting the best and eliminating the bad, the dense branches and thin and weak branches should be removed. In order to stabilize the fruiting area and slow down the outward movement of the fruiting part, the weak lateral branches and auxiliary branches were removed from the base of the branches to promote the germination of new shoots. For the varieties with weak sprouting ability, the annual branches should be thinned less, and the cutting method can be used to promote the sprouting of new shoots in the middle and lower part of the annual branches. this cutting method can also prevent the fruit parts from moving out. The purpose of thinning and pruning weak branches is not only to promote the growth of new shoots, but also conducive to the rejuvenation and renewal of branches.

3. Timely renewal and pruning: fig trees can bear fruit on almost all new shoots except sprouting shoots and overgrown tillers. However, after entering the peak fruiting period, the growth gradually weakens, and the new shoots are gradually transformed into fruiting branches. after the fruiting branches are senescent, when they can not produce robust mixed branches, they should be renewed and pruned in time.

4. Pay attention to summer pruning: the pruning of fig trees is beneficial to increase yield, but it should be noted that only winter pruning can not achieve great yield-increasing effect. The branches of figs grow vigorously and continue to grow in the annual growth cycle. If it is not cut in summer, the growth of branches consumes too much nutrition and affects the secondary fruit. The varieties with weak branching ability and those mainly harvesting autumn fruits should pay more attention to summer pruning.

In order to enrich the vigorous growth of new shoots, we can leave 30cm on the new shoots around the middle of May to coring, promote the growth of secondary branches and promote the formation of flower buds. For the new shoot that has reached the predetermined length, it is necessary to pick the heart in time and not to make it continue to extend, so as to facilitate the early ripening and secondary fruit ripening of the lower part of the branch, and the time, quantity and retention of the fruit should be moderate, which should be beneficial to the fruit of the current year. it is also beneficial to the growth and fruit of trees in the coming year.