How to cultivate apricot seedlings with apricot kernels

Apricot is a very common fruit. after eating apricot, many people will leave apricot kernels to sow and cultivate new apricot trees. So how to cultivate apricot seedlings with apricot kernels?

First, sowing seeds

Choose the land with deep soil layer, loose soil and general fertility. The sowing land is first ploughed deeply with a mountain plough, raked flat and fine, and ditched with a plough to sow seeds. The row spacing is about 30 cm, the sowing depth is generally 10-15 cm, the seed per mu is about 25-40 kg, and the sowing width is wide and narrow, that is, one blank line is left for every two rows. The seeds should be collected in the same year with full maturity and full seeds. If the seeds are old, bleach the blighted seeds and moldy seeds with clean water before sowing, and increase the amount of seed properly. The sowing time is that the sowing effect is good before the land freezes in autumn and winter, the seedlings emerge neatly in the next year, and the seeds do not need sand storage treatment, which is simple and easy.

Second, fertilizer and water

When the new tip grows to about 15 cm, quick-acting fertilizer is applied, and underground topdressing and foliar spraying are carried out alternately. Organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer were applied from the end of September to the beginning of October. After buckling the shed, urea was applied before sprouting, potassium sulfate compound fertilizer was applied after flowering, urea and potassium dihydrogen phosphate were sprayed 10-15 days, and 500 times yield-increasing bacteria could be sprayed at the same time. The seedlings should be watered once after planting, and then the amount and time of watering should be determined according to the specific conditions.

III. Management

If cultivated in solar greenhouse, the flowering period of apricot can be prolonged, but the blooming time of single flower is shortened, and the high air humidity is not conducive to pollen transmission and pollination and fertilization. Therefore, measures should be taken to strengthen pollination and fertilization: point pollination with stored pollen, brush with feather duster, and the height of the beehive at flowering stage is close to that of the middle and upper part of the crown, so that the bees will encounter flowers as soon as they come out of the box.

IV. Diseases and insect pests

Apricot diseases and insect pests are mainly apricot brown rot, apricot scab and apricot shell insects, etc., according to the growth of apricot to timely control diseases and insect pests, it is best to give priority to prevention.

Apricot tree from sowing to fruiting cycle is relatively long, usually takes three to four years, in planting, need to consider carefully.