Can you pile up pig manure by digging roots during dormancy?

Q: is it possible to pile up pig manure by digging roots during dormancy?

Answer: from the biological characteristics of sugar orange trees, there is no relatively clear so-called dormancy period. The so-called dormant period as you may understand means that the plant enters the flower bud differentiation stage after winter, that is, the vegetative growth of the plant slows down during this period (no longer sprouting shoots and leaves). In fact, the slowdown of vegetative growth does not mean that the plant stops growing so-called dormancy. It is just that the conditions of air temperature, water in the soil, and even the conditions of nutrient elements in the soil are naturally or artificially restrained, resulting in the moderate transformation of plants from exuberant vegetative growth to reproductive growth (flower bud differentiation and flower bud formation). If at this time, once the temperature, moisture, and nutritional conditions are appropriate, the new shoots, that is, winter shoots, will sprout. On the other hand, for hanging fruit trees, when the autumn shoots are fully mature, stop growing and enter the stage of flower bud differentiation, the fruit will still continue to grow and expand, but the direction of growth is different.

The so-called root digging, do you mean to turn the soil and cut the roots to inhibit the emergence of winter shoots and promote flower bud differentiation? Or digging fertilizer ditches under the crown drip line to cut off part of the absorbing roots? If the sugar orange you grow is not yet fruited, organic fertilizer can be applied throughout the year. However, if the plant has hung fruit, it is not suitable to apply organic fertilizer for the time being. Because the fruit-hanging plants, if the application of organic fertilizer is too early, once the winter temperature is warmer, Rain Water is more, it is easy to promote the emergence of winter shoots. The emergence of winter shoots will inevitably affect flower bud differentiation and flower formation in the following year. It is appropriate to apply a large amount of high-quality organic fertilizer to restore the tree potential by adding an appropriate amount of quick-acting fertilizer before and after fruit harvest. As for the pile of pig manure, does it mean that pig manure is piled on the topsoil of the tree plate? If this is the case, then this method of fertilization is not scientific. Because the fertilizer is stacked on the topsoil of the tree plate. A large amount of nitrogen in the fertilizer will be volatilized by the burning of the sun, and the fertilizer efficiency may be affected by the leaching of Rain Water. In addition, the application of fertilizer to the surface of the soil will cause the root group to float due to the tendency of fertilizer. The floating roots will be damaged by high temperatures in summer. Floating but not deep-rooted roots will weaken the cold and drought resistance of the plant. Moreover, the fertilizer piled on the topsoil of the tree plate. Under the scour of Rain Water, it is also easy to pollute other environments.