How does the cuckoo do plastic pruning?

Q: how does the cuckoo do plastic pruning?

A: the cuckoo has a strong ability to sprout and branch. It is necessary to adjust and control the distribution of nutrients in its body through pruning, so as to make the tree exuberant, form a reasonable and beautiful tree shape, blossom and flourish, and have bright colors.

The pruning method of coring is mainly used in the seedling stage, that is, coring is carried out every year when the branches grow to 4 or 5 centimeters, in order to promote branches. After picking the heart, 2 or 3 lateral buds will sprout at the top of the left branches. In this way, a good tree skeleton can be formed after 2 or 3 years of cultivation. But the thin seedlings should not pick the heart, otherwise the branches will be thinner and weaker, which is not conducive to the future growth. The buds formed at the seedling stage should be stripped as soon as possible so as not to waste nutrients and affect the growth of the plant. In the seedling stage, vegetable shears should also be combined, especially for the species and varieties with more branches, the inner bore branches, over-dense branches, thin and weak branches and disease and insect branches in the crown should be cut off in time.

For plants that have formed a certain fluffy shape, they should be pruned after blooming in spring or turning pots in autumn. When pruning, one is to cut off the cuttings. The base of the cuckoo plant often sprouts a large number of branches and consumes a lot of nutrients, thus affecting the growth of the plant and disturbing the tree shape, which should be erased or cut off in time. When grafted with rhododendron as rootstock, the sprouts on the rootstock should be removed as early as possible to ensure the growth of the scion; second, branch thinning should be carried out properly to cut off all branches that hinder growth and tree shape, so as to improve ventilation and light transmission conditions. concentrate nutrients to enhance the growth potential; third, cut short the fleeting branches that rise above the crown and the overgrown branches growing in the empty decadent places, so as to form and maintain a good plant shape. Because the buds of rhododendrons are terminal, short cuts will make the branches flowless, so they can not be widely used. After a short cut, many branches and buds often sprout from the cutting mouth, and the extra buds should be erased in time.

When the adult plant is in decline, it can concentrate nutrients and maintain a certain growth potential by the method of thinning and pruning. At the same time, appropriate pruning is carried out to stimulate the sprouting of robust new branches, or to make use of the overgrown branches, which are cut short and renewed.