How to manage Fruit trees during drought

There are many kinds of fruits in our country, so the planting area of fruit trees in our country is very large. When planting fruit trees, we should do a good job in management to avoid some adverse phenomena affecting the normal growth of fruit trees. Drought is one of them, and drought has a great effect on the yield and fruit quality of fruit trees. So how to manage fruit trees in times of drought? The following editor gives you a brief introduction, let's take a look at it!

1. Cover the soil

When planting fruit trees, covering soil is an important task. Reasonable mulching can effectively improve the ability of soil water conservation and soil moisture conservation. When planting, we can cover the soil of the orchard with straw, grass grass and plastic film. After covering, pay attention to fixing the cover to avoid wind-blown fire. Mulching can effectively reduce surface water evaporation, thus reducing drought, which should generally be carried out in early spring.

2. Loosen the soil and preserve soil moisture

If the orchard is not covered, then it is important to pay attention to the work of ploughing and hoeing to preserve soil moisture. Make the soil finer and softer, prevent the identity of the lower part of the soil from rising to the ground and evaporate, thus improving the soil moisture conservation capacity. And reasonable hoe and soil moisture conservation work can also effectively remove weeds on the ground, reduce the threat of weeds to the growth of fruit trees, and concentrate nutrient water on fruit trees.

3. Improve the soil

If the soil moisture in the orchard is poor, then we should pay attention to improving the soil. Soil improvement should be combined with fertilization in order to improve soil quality and enhance its ability of water and fertilizer conservation. Avoid soil moisture evaporation too quickly, resulting in soil drought. When improving the soil, we can use soil improver, water-retaining agent, evaporation inhibitor and so on.

4. Reasonable pruning

Pruning is an indispensable work when planting fruit trees. It is also an important measure to adjust the growth of fruit trees. for prosperous and growing trees, it is necessary to control the short cut when cutting in winter, so as to avoid being too strong and reduce the water consumed by vegetative growth. If the growth is weak, then it is necessary to do a good job of retraction, enhance the growth of trees and branches, and improve the drought resistance of fruit trees. During the growing period of fruit trees, the excess buds should be removed in time, and then some overgrown branches should be treated with short cutting, thinning and coring, so as to reduce the number of branches and leaves and control water evaporation.

The above is a brief introduction to how fruit trees are managed during drought. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. I hope it can help you all.