When will potted peach trees be pruned

Peach potted plants are not only good-looking, but also can eat fruit, which is deeply loved by the majority of potted friends. But if you want it to grow vigorously, blossom and bear rich fruit, you also need to master certain maintenance skills. In particular, potted peach trees should pay more attention to physical beauty, and pruning is an important means to shape its shape.

In fact, potted peach trees can be pruned all the year round, it is a kind of tree species that is more resistant to pruning. However, if pruning is carried out in different seasons, the method and focus of pruning are often different. However, potted peach trees are generally mainly cut in summer and winter, while lower cutting is usually to reduce nutrition consumption and promote growth, while winter cutting is usually based on shaping.

The specific time of summer pruning is usually from June to September, and it usually needs to be pruned 2-3 times, but the number of branches cut each time should not exceed 1 / 3 of the whole branch weight. The focus of pruning is also different from other seasons, generally need to sparse the upright branches in time, but also need to cut off the dense branches, old and weak branches, withered branches and other bad forms of branches.

Pruning in this way can not only improve the permeability of the potted plant, so that it is more fully exposed to light, but also make the internal ventilation of the tree more smoothly. In this way, it can not only save a lot of nutrients, more concentrated supply of nutrients, but also promote the germination of new branches and flower bud differentiation, which is beneficial to its flowering and fruiting.

In winter, if you prune peach trees in pots, you should give priority to plastic surgery. After all, the peach tree is a deciduous tree species, which will lose its leaves after autumn and will only fall out in winter. And if the temperature is low in winter, it will go into a dormant state, and the whole plant will almost stop growing. Therefore, it is very important for us to re-cut it in winter to create a more beautiful plant type. After all, as a potted peach tree, it is also necessary to consider the beautiful plant type.

Of course, pruning peach potted plants in summer and winter is only two key points in its pruning management. In fact, it can also be pruned properly in spring and autumn. However, spring and autumn are generally not suitable for major changes to branches, suitable for targeted light cutting treatment. If the tree is weak, we usually don't have to prune it and make it grow strong before pruning.