The growth process of Litchi

The market demand of litchi in China is very large. Litchi is rich in nutrients and has a very high sugar content, so it is welcomed by many people. Now there are a lot of people growing litchi in our country. When planting litchi, we need to understand the growth process of litchi and adjust the management methods according to the growth period of litchi. So what is the growth process of litchi? Let's take a look at it with the editor.

1. Litchi young tree stage

There are many growth periods of litchi. According to the growth years of litchi, the first is the young tree stage of litchi. The young period of litchi is usually about 4-5 years after seedling planting. In the young tree stage of litchi, litchi trees are mainly vegetative growth. During this period, litchi trees spread a large number of branches to expand the crown in preparation for later flowering and fruiting. In this period, we need to do a good pruning work for litchi trees to cultivate a good tree shape, enhance the tree potential, generally will not blossom and bear fruit.

2. Litchi tree adulthood

The adulthood of litchi tree mainly changes from vegetative growth to reproductive growth and enters the flowering and fruiting stage. The growth life of litchi tree is very long, even if it has grown for decades or hundreds of years, it can blossom and bear fruit normally. Within 5-10 years after planting, litchi trees are mainly changing their growth direction and gradually transferring to reproductive growth. However, it is still dominated by the vegetative growth of new shoots and crowns. At this time, we should control the vegetative growth of the tree, increase the accumulation of photosynthetic matter, speed up the transformation from nutrition to reproductive growth, and advance the fruiting time.

Then after the litchi tree enters the appropriate fruiting age, it usually begins 8 years after planting, and there is usually a fruiting period of about 17 years. During this period, litchi trees, crowns and basically formed, can also blossom and bear fruit normally, and began to tend to high yield. Then, after passing the appropriate age and fruiting period, the litchi tree will enter the full fruit stage, and the expansion rate of the root system and crown of the litchi will obviously decrease. However, the natural flowering rate is relatively high, and it is easy to achieve high yield. If it is not properly managed, the annual output will be greatly affected, and it is easy to appear the phenomenon of big and small years.

3. Litchi tree aging period

After the litchi tree has gone through the period of high yield, it will gradually enter the senescence stage of the tree. In the aging period, the growth ability of root cap and root system of litchi trees will be significantly weakened and begin to shrink naturally. Appear with the group naked, injured and withered and other phenomena, and basically rarely produce new roots, the growth ability of each organ will gradually decline. Although it can blossom and bear fruit normally, the yield and quality will decrease significantly.

The above is a brief introduction to the growth process of litchi. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. I hope it can help you all.