How to prune mulberry trees

Mulberry is a kind of fruit with very good market sales in recent years, especially the economic value of dried fruit is very attractive. So when we plant mulberry trees, we will see that fruit farmers will prune them, so why should mulberry trees be trimmed? What are the benefits after trimming? How to prune mulberry trees? Next, let's learn about it together.

1. When will the mulberry be pruned?

Mulberry trees have strong growth and healing ability, in fact, they can be pruned at any time, but in order to avoid damage to mulberry trees and affect the yield and quality of mulberries, the best pruning time is before branches and leaves sprout in winter and early spring. Winter is a relatively large-scale and comprehensive pruning, while early spring is mainly a supplementary pruning of branches and leaves that have not been pruned in winter.

2. The reason of mulberry tree pruning

Why prune mulberry trees? First of all, branch and leaf pruning is mainly to regulate the relationship between mulberry growth and fruit, to promote mulberry growth and inhibit the tree potential, and finally play a role in prolonging the service life and promoting high yield and high quality. The second is to dwarf mulberry trees, and at the same time adjust the distribution of nutrients among branches to form high-quality mulberry trees.

3. The method of pruning

There are still many ways to prune mulberry trees. The first is the summer felling method, which is generally a method of cutting all the aboveground parts after mulberry harvest to cultivate new fruiting mother branches. The second is the method of shoot thinning and sprouting, which is mainly carried out in early spring, the work of removing fire from new buds and thinning new shoots that are too dense. Then there is the method of coring and cutting, which is mainly a pruning way to remove the terminal buds of mulberry trees at an appropriate time, promote flower bud differentiation, control the excessive growth of branches and leaves, and improve the rate of fruit setting. The method of removing secondary branches is to prune the fruiting mother branches to maintain the permeability between the tree shape and the crown. Thinning pruning is the most common pruning method, which mainly prunes the overdense branches and leaves of mulberry trees, as well as some old branches and diseased branches, so as to promote the growth of new branches and reduce the consumption of nutrients. Finally, there is the reduction method, which is also commonly used in many fruit tree pruning, which mainly truncates the perennial branches and leaves properly, so as to improve the metabolism of the new town, promote growth, and also play an inhibitory role.

4. Benefits of pruning

The mulberry tree has many benefits after pruning. First of all, it can ensure that the tree is plump, the skeleton is solid, and form a relatively balanced state. Secondly, it can improve the permeability between trees, increase photosynthesis and promote the growth and development of fruit trees. Then it can also reduce the consumption of nutrients, which is the centralized supply of nutrients and improve the utilization rate of nutrients. In addition, it can prolong the full fruit period and adjust the contradiction between branch growth and fruit. Finally, it can also play a role in preventing diseases and insect pests and reducing the management burden.

These are all the contents of mulberry pruning that the editor would like to share with you today. I believe that through the above reading, we all have a general understanding, if you want to understand the specific pruning techniques, you can continue to follow us.