Cultivation techniques of red plum

Red plum is a kind of plum blossom, its bright color, can be used for garden, courtyard decoration. How is the beautiful red plum planted? Let's learn about the cultivation techniques of red plum.

Cultivation techniques of red plum

1. Red plum is not strict with soil, and can grow well on clay, loam, sandy loam and slightly alkaline soil with good drainage. It is best to choose sandy loam with more humus in leeward sunny slope or semi-sunny slope.

2, according to the need for appropriate close planting, the plant distance of 3-5 meters is appropriate. The plum blossom tree belongs to the shallow root tree species, and the root system is distributed in the surface 40 cm soil layer, so the specification of the tree hole is generally 50cm × 50cm × 40cm.

3. Choose suitable varieties and adjust measures to local conditions.

4. it is generally chosen to plant from November to December, which is beneficial to its rooting and growth ahead of time. When planting, apply base fertilizer in the dug tree hole. If the soil is too sticky, add fine sand, crushed straw or coal ash in the tree hole to facilitate drainage. The excessively long root system must be trimmed before planting, and if possible, it is best to plant the root system after dipping it with mud. Rooting powder, carbendazim and plant growth regulators can be added to the mud. The planting depth is the same as that of the original seedling, it is watered thoroughly after planting, and the seedlings are cut when 50-70 cm. In order to prevent the strong wind from shaking, triangular bamboo poles can be used.

5. In Rain Water's more seasons, red plum should be drained to prevent rotting roots and high temperature fermentation caused by insect pests. The breeding methods of red plum include sowing, grafting, cutting and striping, and the most common planting method is grafting. Because the grafted red plum seedlings not only grow fast, can preserve the basic characteristics of red plum, but also improve the disease resistance and cold tolerance of red plum. Red plum trees generally grow to about 10 meters, bear fruit around June and blossom around February.

June, May-June, the general red plum flower buds began to differentiate, at this time can not be watered, to wait until its leaves rolled up and shrunk, so over and over again, the flower buds slowly develop, and then return to normal watering. Fertilizing can also be done once or twice before the flower bud is formed, and then fertilized two or three times in autumn. In this way, after careful care, the blooming red plum can be seen when the Spring Festival is approaching.

The planting method of red plum is relatively simple, it can not only be cultivated in open field, but also can be planted in potted plants. Interested friends can learn more about it.