When does the beauty plum bloom?
For many girls, the topic of when the beauty plum blooms and the cultivation methods of beauty plum related to flower cultivation will be introduced by the editor in the following [].
In winter and the cold season of early spring, plum blossoms are the stars. Plum flowers not only have beautiful colors and unique shapes, but also a long blooming period, and their branches and leaves have certain ornamental values. The beauty plum is no exception.
The beauty plum has strong cold resistance and adaptability, and it is not strict about soil texture, but grows better in loose, fertile surface soil and prefers to grow in well-drained areas. The beauty plum rarely has diseases and pests during cultivation.
During the planting process of beauty plum, the following points need to be noted:
One, water and fertilizer control
Although beauty plum prefers a moist environment, it is afraid of waterlogging. In early spring and winter every year, it is necessary to water for reviving and freezing. During the growing period, if it is not too dry, there is no need to water. In the hot and dry summer, water appropriately.
After heavy rain or continuous cloudy and rainy days, accumulated water should be removed in a timely manner to prevent root rot.
Newly planted beauty plum seedlings can be watered more: immediately after planting, water the first time, then water the second time after 3-4 days, and the third time after another 4-5 days.
If growing in the north, due to the strong spring winds and rapid evaporation of water, in addition to watering appropriately, the leaves can be sprayed with water in the morning and evening.
The beauty plum likes fertilizer. When planting, you can use decomposed and fermented manure as a base fertilizer, or chicken and duck dung as organic fertilizers, but these dung must be thoroughly mixed with the subsoil before being used as fertilizer.
During the flower bud differentiation period, a small amount of nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium compound fertilizer can be applied. After fertilizing, water promptly.
2. Winter care
The beauty plum has a certain cold resistance, but it should be planted in a place sheltered from the wind and facing the sun as much as possible. For seedlings planted in the spring of the same year, in addition to watering in winter, the trunks and main branches should be painted white before the arrival of winter. For seedlings planted in autumn, methods such as wrapping the tree with straw ropes or covering the tree pit with plastic film can be used to overwinter. After the seedlings have survived for a year, painting white in winter is sufficient.
3. Pruning
The beauty plum is relatively tolerant to pruning, and the tree shape is generally natural and happy. Generally, 3 main branches are retained, each with 3-4 lateral branches.
The pruning of beauty plum mainly consists of winter pruning and post-blooming pruning. Winter pruning is mainly for shaping, cutting off useless large branches, diseased and pest branches, intersecting branches, and wild branches. This is how most seedlings are pruned, while weak seedlings need to be pruned more severely.
Weak seedlings should be thinned out some branches, and long branches can be shortened.
Post-blooming pruning is to cultivate new flowering branches, shortening the aging branches after flowering, leaving 3-4 buds at the base to promote branching. When the branches grow to about 40 centimeters, they can be pinched to promote axillary bud plumpness.
In order to improve the survival rate of transplantation, pruning should combine heavy shortening and thinning, which can reduce the consumption of nutrients and water evaporation of the tree. If a larger cut is left during pruning, it is necessary to pay attention to disinfection and anti-freezing treatment.
4. Disease and pest control
Common pests of beauty plum include aphids, caterpillars, red spiders, and longicorn beetles. If these pests and diseases are found, use a broad-spectrum insecticide for control, but avoid using pesticides that can easily cause harm. For persistent pests like longicorn beetles, the original liquid injection method can be used for control.
Common diseases of beauty plum include leaf spot disease, leaf perforation disease, and bleeding disease. To prevent these diseases, you can spray a broad-spectrum fungicide 2-3 times in early summer and early autumn, or use a broad-spectrum fungicide when the disease occurs.
In daily maintenance, it is important to keep the tree pit clean and prevent the growth of weeds.
The detailed introduction about when beauty plum blooms and the cultivation methods of beauty plum, do you know now?