Planting method of California Prunus mume (European Plum)

West plum is also called California plum, European plum, French black jujube and so on. It tastes sweet and sour and can be made into dried fruit or as an ingredient. So, what is the planting method of California plum? Let's get to know it together.

1. Variety selection

There are many varieties of western plum. We generally choose varieties with large and full fruit, good color and taste, high yield and small stone according to the local soil conditions and climatic conditions. At the same time, we also need to consider the market situation of western plum. What varieties of western plum sell better? at present, the best varieties of western plum on the market are French plum, Hong Ximei, Lanmi and Steinlei. It can be used as a reference.

2. Choose a place to build a garden

Prunus mume is a new type of fruit planting introduced from Europe in China. Its requirements for planting are not very high. It can be planted in many places in our country. Its planting site is similar to the traditional plum planting land in China. After the selection of planting land, it is generally to carry out hole reclamation, but if there are conditions, it can be completely reclaimed, so it can be threatened by water germs and insect pests. After finishing the land, sprinkle sufficient fertilizer in each hole as base fertilizer, then plant according to the spacing of three meters between rows and two meters between plants, and build a garden around the fence at the same time.

3. Fertilizer and water management

After planting, Prunus mume generally needs to be fertilized three times a year in addition to the base fertilizer. The first time is usually fertilized at the flowering stage to promote the flowering stage, mainly using urea and adding a small amount of potash fertilizer. The second time is when the fruit is growing. It is mainly potash fertilizer to promote fruit expansion, and it is necessary to spray an appropriate amount of foliar fertilizer and apply a small amount of urea to prevent the branches from aging. The third time is to apply fertilizer after harvest. It is mainly based on compost, which plays a good role in the conservation of Prunus mume trees and prepares for the yield in the coming year.

4. Pruning and shaping

Prunus mume needs to be pruned at least once a year. We mainly need to prune some very messy branches at the bottom of Prunus mume, at the same time, trim off some old branches, and mainly retain the main branches of Prunus mume to let it grow rapidly. When it grows to a certain height, pruning will allow it to grow new side branches and maintain a good crown and shape, while the adult Prunus mume tree We should mainly pay attention to pruning the weak, withered, diseased and dense branches of western plum to ensure the yield of western plum.

5. Artificial pollination

Prunus mume can be pollinated naturally, but the phenomenon of physiological fruit drop is more serious and pollination is unstable. In order to increase the yield of Prunus mume, we usually use artificial pollination to collect buds and pollen during flowering. Then choose to pollinate in the morning on a sunny day, so the success rate of pollination will be higher. It is generally possible to use point pollination, smearing and spraying, or even beating pollination with cotton-coated pollen.

6. Thinning flowers and fruits

During the flowering period, we should thinning flowers reasonably and gently knock down some very dense plum blossoms, diseased flowers and weak flowers, so as to ensure a reasonable fruit setting rate, followed by a fruit thinning after fruit-setting disease. remove some weak, diseased, deformed and dense fruits, which can reduce the probability of falling fruit and improve the yield and quality of western plum.

The above is the planting method of western plum arranged by Xiaobian. I hope it can help you!