Time and method of pruning plum trees

Plum is a kind of fruit that tastes very sour. Many people eat plum first feeling is sour and sweet feeling, but it won't be very sour when it matures. Plum is the fruit borne from plum tree. When planting plum, we will find that in addition to daily water and fertilizer pipes of plum trees, we should also carry out overall pruning work on plum trees. Pruning is very important for the growth of plum trees. Then handsome below will tell you how to prune plum trees!

When do plum trees get pruned?

Plum trees are pruned in two main seasons each year, and the two pruning methods are different, respectively, in summer and winter, we continue to look down.

1. Summer pruning

Pruning in summer requires a total of three to five times. When pruning, we must first understand what objects we want to prune, because the first time we prune is at the beginning of summer, that is, when spring is about to pass. The objects to prune for the first time are buds that have not grown well, weak buds in double buds and ineffective branches. Like these, they are redundant branches. After pruning, they can bring a lot of nutrition to other branches. The second pruning is when their flowers fall. The third pruning is after the flowers have fallen, and pruning can control the density of branches.

2. Winter pruning

Winter pruning is only a supplement to previous pruning, and has no other purpose than to maintain balanced growth of branches and balance of the plum tree as a whole.

2. Pruning methods of plum trees

1. Pruning when young

First of all, plum trees are in the early stage of planting. At the beginning, plum trees are in the vigorous growth period, and the growth speed and growth trend of branches are very fast, and the trunk part grows very fast. Therefore, our pruning purpose is mainly to let them slowly lean towards a good tree growth and prune them. Because we want to ensure the yield of fruit trees in the early stage, we should not build too heavily, so that branches can normally loose nutrients to various parts. Keep the whole tree growing evenly. The other is to cut off some of the annual short branches, which will allow more medium and short branches to grow.

2. Early pruning of results

Plum trees will enter the fruiting period from the young stage after two to three years of planting. At this time, the yield can be predicted. The purpose of pruning in the fruiting period is to make the overall shape of plum trees grow better, so that the branches can grow thicker and wider. In addition to pruning, we should pay attention to the environmental conditions. When pruning, try to shorten the trunk as much as possible, which can reduce the density of branches.

3. Pruning in full fruiting period

After the fruiting period is the harvest stage, so the purpose of pruning at this time is mainly to improve the transportation of nutrients. The nutrient consumption of plum trees in the full fruiting period is very large, so we should try our best to reduce the unnecessary branches and reduce the nutrient occupation, and use more nutrients in the development of fruits to make the fruits grow bigger and better. The main purpose is to cut off the main branches, so that the branches of plum trees can grow better. Moreover, it can also reduce the consumption of some nutrients, and the more late it is, the more it tends to grow perfectly in the tree shape and promote the fruit.

4. Pruning during senescence and renewal period

Finally, the pruning after fruit picking, when the tree is in the aging and withering time, slowly will fall leaves, fruit yield reduced, branches wither old, then we have to do is to ensure that branches can be updated faster, grow new branches, mainly on the trunk pruning, so that the trunk can grow new branches as soon as possible, promote its fruiting ability, grow new fruits as soon as possible.

The above is the plum tree pruning time and method, plum tree pruning in its various stages of the purpose is not the same, so the pruning object is also different, if the pruning is good, the role of its growth and development is very large. But don't over-prune, control the number of times you prune at each opportunity. For more information, please continue to pay attention to the pro-agricultural network!