When will the winter peach ripen

Peaches usually ripen in summer, but there is also a kind of peach that ripens in winter. This kind of peach is winter peach, so when does winter peach ripen?

When will the winter peach ripen?

Winter peaches generally begin to mature in mid-November every year, but the ripening time of winter peaches in different regions is not exactly the same, depending on the actual local ripening time.

Winter peach is a deciduous tree, cold-resistant and drought-resistant, which can be divided into growth period and dormant period throughout the year, generally sprouting in mid-February, flowering in mid-March and fruiting in April. Winter peach growth needs sufficient light, the soil requirements are not strict, the general soil can be cultivated.

2. Cultivation techniques of winter peach

1. Select the place

Fields, mountains and hills can be planted successfully, and it is suitable for mountains with low-lying mountains and gentle slopes below 30 °, ditches should be opened in places with low-lying terrain or high groundwater level, contours should be planted on slopes, and ventilation and light should be ensured in flat land.

2. Planting

Winter peach is suitable for dwarfing and dense planting, 2.5m × 3.5m for flat land and 2m × 3m for sloping land. The method of digging and planting ponds is adopted for soil preparation, and the specification is 60cm × 60cm × 60cm.

3. Pruning

The key point of young tree pruning is to cultivate tree shape and main branches. Timely twisting, twisting and coring of auxiliary branches in summer can promote their early flowering. When cutting in winter, remove some dense branches, cut long branches lightly, put more long branches, and cut less short branches, so as to expand the crown and increase the yield earlier.

4. Fertilization

The fruit growth period of winter peach is about 240 days. It is necessary to apply sufficient base fertilizer and topdressing fertilizer in order to improve the yield and quality. In the first year of fertilization and colonization, the first fertilizer was applied after spring germination, and then topdressing every 20 days, which was applied with available nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer combined with organic fertilizer.

5. Pest control

The main diseases and insect pests of winter peach are bacterial perforation, anthracnose, leaf shrinking disease, glue disease, leaf moth, aphids and so on. "Prevention first, integrated control" is the basic policy of pest control. There are many kinds of diseases and insect pests in winter peach, and comprehensive control must be carried out in order to achieve the desired results.