What are the advantages of shaving the skin of fruit trees in winter

In winter, fruit trees enter the dormant period, which is a good time to scrape, which is an important measure for fruit tree management in winter, which is very important to reduce the harm of diseases and insect pests in the coming year, promote the healthy growth of fruit trees and increase the yield of fruit trees.

Select the right age fruit trees

Generally more than 15 years of pears, persimmons, peaches, plums, apricots, plums, 8-year-old grapes can be scraped.

Scraping time

Generally from November to February of the following year, because this period is the dormancy period of fruit trees and diseases and insects, scraping not only does not affect the growth of the tree, but also can catch all the diseases and insect pests.

Skinning method

The auxiliary branches, side branches, main branches and middle cadres of fruit trees should be scraped carefully. General pear trees should be scraped deep to the present red endothelium, persimmon, peach, plum, plum, apricot and so on, can only gently scrape off the rough skin, must not scrape the white skin.

Disinfection after scraping

After shaving, it should be destroyed in combination with the garden cleaning in winter. And use quicklime 1 kg, salt 2 kg, animal and vegetable oil 50 g, sulfur powder 30 g, mix with water to rinse the scraped part.