Why can't fruit trees produce a terminal bud?
If you want to understand the reasons why fruit trees cannot produce a terminal bud in terms of green plants and flowers, let's find out together below.
Why can't fruit trees produce a terminal bud?
In response to this issue, if your fruit tree does not sprout branches, or the branches are short, it indicates that the tree is weak and needs adjustment. Whether it is due to insufficient fertilization and watering, or too many flowers and fruits retained without proper thinning, or the thinning is not thorough, failing to achieve a reasonable load. This extremely weak tree either does not produce branches or produces only short ones.
According to the branching pattern of apple trees, from germination to the cessation of spring growth, the branches that grow during this period are called spring shoots. Some branches will continue to grow during this time, and the branches that grow are called summer shoots.
When apple trees enter September, the roots enter another growth peak period, with strong absorption of nutrients and water, stimulating the branches to continue growing. The branches that grow during this period are called autumn shoots.
Due to the short growth time, the trees quickly enter the deep autumn season, the sap of the apple trees flows back, the leaves turn yellow and fall off, and the autumn shoots stop growing. Most of the autumn shoots are not fertile and cannot form flower buds; they will only form flower buds after three years, so they are pruned off in the pruning process.
People judge the strength of an apple tree based on the growth of the new branches that sprout.
Generally, the annual growth length of the newly sprouted branches is used as a standard. Branches within 5 cm are short branches; 5-15 cm are medium branches; 15-30 cm are long branches; and over 30 cm are strong and vigorous branches.
If the number of short branches on the entire tree reaches more than 70%, the tree is weak; if the number of medium and short branches reaches about 70%, the tree is of average strength, which is also the best management state for apple trees, achieving a balance between reproductive growth and nutritional growth, which means no mistakes in fruiting and tree growth.
If the number of long branches on the entire tree is large, the tree is vigorous. This type of tree strength is not what fruit farmers pursue. It only grows branches, has few flowers, the tree is dense, the quality is poor, and the yield is low.
In response to this issue, if your fruit tree does not sprout branches or the branches are short, it indicates that the tree is weak and needs adjustment.
Whether it is caused by insufficient fertilization and watering or by retaining too many flowers and fruits without proper thinning, or the thinning is not thorough, failing to achieve a reasonable load.
Therefore, due to the extremely weak tree strength, not producing branches or producing only short ones, such trees are difficult to sustain stable yields, the quality of the fruit decreases, and the phenomenon of alternate good and bad harvest years occurs frequently, along with various diseases such as rot and powdery mildew.
Therefore, it can be said that the management of fruit trees is very crucial. It should not be allowed to become weak or grow wildly. Achieving both fruiting and tree growth is our goal.
What needs to be done is to fertilize and bear a reasonable load. In addition, proper pruning should be done to promote balanced tree development through technical means, thereby achieving both fruiting and tree growth.
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