Pruning techniques of peach trees

Peach tree is one of the main fruit trees in China, which has the characteristics of strong adaptability, fast growth, early fruit, low planting cost and so on. Now there are many varieties of peach trees, and many people also like to eat peaches, but in the process of planting peach trees, one thing is very important, that is, peach tree pruning. So how do we prune the peach tree? Now let's learn the technical points of peach tree pruning.

1. Pruning time

The pruning time of peach trees is the same as that of many other fruit trees, usually in summer and winter. The market price of summer pruning is usually from early May to July, with the first pruning in May, the second pruning in early June and another pruning in early July. Winter is pruned every year from late November to early December.

2. Pruning young trees

Young trees usually begin to be pruned slowly after they are transplanted and survive. The main purpose of the pruning of young trees is to expand the crown of peach trees, so we usually use short cutting and light pruning. In general, we need to trim off the messy branches of the lower part of the young tree and the upper part of the branches, leaving only a small part of the branches and leaves, so as to promote the growth of the young tree, and then slowly trim the tree shape at a later stage.

3. Pruning adult trees in the early fruit stage

The pruning of adult trees in the early fruit stage mainly refers to the pruning of peach trees in the past two years when they have just begun to bear fruit. At this time, the fruit of peach trees is still relatively few, so the main purpose of our pruning is to reshape, facilitate later harvest, and improve the fruit rate of peach trees in the later stage. Generally speaking, the method of light cutting and long release is used to cultivate the fruiting branches slowly.

4. Pruning adult trees in full fruiting period

The pruning of peach trees in full fruit period is also the most important, it can affect the growth of peach trees and its fruit yield. We need to prolong the flowering period of peach trees on the basis of maintaining the growth of peach trees, which can increase the yield of peach trees to a certain extent. This is the pruning principle of peach trees is to remove the weak and stay strong, and gently cut off dead branches, old branches, diseased branches, weak branches, dense branches and so on, so as to promote the growth of new branches and maintain the light and wind permeability of peach trees.

5. Pruning in the later stage of growth

The late pruning of peach trees is also a stage of slow aging of peach trees. At this time, the main purpose of pruning is to prune off the old branches and re-cultivate new branches, because the previous branches are basically aging and its fruiting ability is degraded. As a result, the quantity is greatly reduced, and the fruit is small and the taste is not good, so all these branches need to be trimmed off. This can not only prolong the useful life of peach trees, but also maintain the yield and quality of peach trees.

In a word, the purpose of pruning is to improve the yield and quality of peach trees, whether they are young trees, primary fruit trees, fruit trees or aging trees. The above is the editor for you to sort out, peach tree pruning techniques at different stages, as well as its pruning time, I hope to give you all the help to everyone.