What about citrus fruit drop?

Recently, many citrus growers reflect that the phenomenon of citrus fruit drop is very serious, so they have been consulting how to solve it, otherwise they will suffer heavy losses. In fact, a small amount of citrus fruit drop is very normal, because the fruit tree has a poor supply of so many oranges, so it will automatically drop some of it, but if a large number of fruits are dropped, it will be more serious. So the editor of the pro-agriculture network collates and analyzes this according to the projection situation of the growers, hoping to help the planting friends.

The cause of fruit drop

There are many reasons for fruit drop. The editor sorted out the most common problems, first of all, the phenomenon of fruit drop caused by weather changes such as Rain Water, typhoon and high temperature, and secondly, the weak growth of fruit trees is easy to cause fruit drop. Then, the amount of fruit is too large, not thinning flowers and fruits will also cause fruit drop, and lack of nutrients or lack of certain trace elements will also lead to fruit drop. And the harm of diseases and insect pests is also the cause of fruit drop, and finally, there are more newly growing treetops, no pruning of branches and leaves, and rapid aging of treetops will also cause fruit drop, which are common reasons for a large number of citrus fruit drop.

The stage and phenomenon of fruit drop

Citrus fruit drop generally has three stages, namely, the first physiological fruit drop, the second physiological fruit drop and the fruit drop before harvest. The first period of fruit drop is mainly due to the weak growth of citrus trees, nutrition can not keep up with, so it will cause part of the fruit drop, at this time the citrus is about the size of the little thumb. The second fruit drop is when the citrus grows to the size of the thumb, if there are no measures to protect the fruit, then the yield will be seriously reduced, and then the fruit drop before harvest is the most loss, because the citrus is almost ready to eat.

Prevention and cure method

Prevention and control methods we need to prescribe the right medicine, according to different causes of fruit drop to prevent and cure this is the most sensible choice, prevention and control methods can not be abused, weather factors we generally through timely drainage and cooling, wind prevention and other measures, the second is to increase the application of organic fertilizer to improve the immunity of citrus trees. The weak growth of citrus trees and the lack of trace elements require scientific fertilization. For too much fruit, timely flower thinning and fruit thinning is the best control method. Flower thinning and fruit thinning is carried out according to the principle of removing diseased fruit, weak fruit, abnormal fruit and so on. Pruning and disinfection are carried out in early spring or winter every year, which can also prevent fruit drop.

These are the reasons for citrus fruit drop and its solutions sorted out by the pro-agricultural network. If you have any other problems, or if there are any omissions in the arrangement of the editor, you can add to the editor's message. At the same time, you can also follow our website to learn about the planting information you want to know.