When is the best time to prune a peach tree
The small life experience brought to you today is about the best time to prune a peach tree and the experience of maintaining green plants in terms of pruning time and methods for peach trees. Next, the editor will introduce to the netizens.
Peach tree pruning generally occurs from the middle of the month after the leaves fall each year to the beginning of February of the following year. Pruning peach trees in winter can not only remove the residual pathogens and pests on the branches but also allow the nutrients in the peach tree to flow back to the roots, laying the foundation for a bountiful harvest in the second year. Pruning peach trees in winter should be based on the age of the fruit trees and the function of the branches to choose the appropriate pruning method.
Young trees and trees that have just started fruiting: For young trees and trees that have just started fruiting, the pruning is generally focused on expanding the canopy and shaping, so it is usually pruned with short cuts and light cuts to allow for longer growth. For main branches and extension branches, they should be pruned short according to the tree shape to be cultivated, while non-skeletal branches should be lightly pruned and allowed to grow longer to promote flowering and fruiting in later stages, gradually developing into fruiting branches.
Full fruiting stage: Peach trees in full fruiting stage mainly aim to balance growth and fruiting, maintaining robust growth of the tree and extending the fruiting period. For the long branches of fruiting branches in the full fruiting stage, 5-8 flower buds should be retained, for medium-length fruiting branches, 3-5 flower buds should be retained, and for shorter fruiting branches, no cutting is needed. Pruning of fruiting branches should ensure that long and short branches are staggered, with reserve branches prepared. When pruning peach trees in the full fruiting stage, vigorous branches can be pruned more heavily, retaining weak buds, while weak branches should be lightly pruned and retain strong buds.
Later growth stage of fruit trees: When peach trees enter a weakened stage, many branches may die, at which point new branches need to be trained because the old fruiting branches are衰老 (aging), and the fruit they produce is small and few. In the later growth stage, pruning should involve annual light reduction of large branches, moderate reduction of medium and small branches, reducing them to strong branches or places with full flower buds, stimulating the growth of flower buds and branches, thereby forming new vigorous fruit trees.
No matter it's young trees, trees in full fruiting stage, or weakened trees, the principle of pruning is to ensure good ventilation and air permeability within the canopy, because poor ventilation and air permeability inside the peach tree canopy can easily cause small branches to receive no sunlight and die, which is not conducive to the cultivation of fruiting branches.
The introduction above covers the best time to prune a peach tree and the complete content of pruning time and methods for peach trees. Have green plant enthusiasts understood this?