How to trim plums

Plum is a common fruit, planted all over the country, it has a good nutritional effect, so it is called anti-aging and anti-disease super fruit, it is still more popular in the market. If fruit growers want to further improve their income, they must first find ways to improve the yield and quality of plums, in which pruning is a key point, so how to prune plums? What are the pruning methods for plums? Let's take a look.

1. Thinning cut

Thinning is generally from the base of the appropriate thinning of fruit trees growing too dense branches and the wrong angle of the branches to reduce the barrier of branches and leaves to the ventilation and permeability of fruit trees, but also to reduce unnecessary nutrient consumption. Through thinning, it can greatly improve the ventilation and permeability of fruit trees, and has an obvious effect on the development and sweetness of fruit. In the process of thinning, it should be noted that it should be carried out year by year, not too much at a time, which is easy to reduce the branches and leaves of fruit trees, reduce the nutrients synthesized by photosynthesis, and easily lead to the excessive growth of fruit trees, which is not conducive to high yield.

2. Truncation

This pruning method is to cut off part of the branches during the annual branch growth period of fruit trees, and cut them in different degrees according to the growth and retention of fruit trees and the purpose of cultivating branches, which are generally divided into three grades: light, medium and heavy. It should be noted that truncation is not conducive to the formation of flower buds, but it can regulate the total amount and nutritional status of branches and buds for weak trees and branches, but can promote flower bud differentiation. Shortening of medium and long fruit branches can improve the fruit setting rate of fruit trees, so we must pay attention to it when pruning.

3. Slow change

The main function of slow release is to slow the growth of fruit trees and promote flower bud differentiation. Generally, annual young trees are not pruned to let them grow naturally. In the slow release of the upright branches of fruit trees, the branches should be sprained or flattened from the base, and the branches that have been slowly released should also be treated with retraction or short pruning in their flowering, so as to achieve the slow-release effect more effectively.

4. Shearing

The main purpose of shrinking pruning is to promote the replacement of new and old branches, to ensure the concentrated supply of nutrients, and to rejuvenate the old weak trees. this pruning method is generally used to retract and prune the weak trees in the aging period or perennial weak branches.

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