Fruit mulberry is pruned three times a year, in summer, autumn and winter. However, during the summer to beginning of autumn, a large number of pruning is not allowed, otherwise it will affect the tree potential and easily cause diseases.

How to prune branches and leaves of fruit mulberry

1. Fixed stem: When the mulberry seedlings grow to 25 cm, they should be cut short and fixed stem. After germination, when it grows to 15-20cm, it is necessary to pick the heart in time. After topping, the sprouted lateral branches can be topped many times to ensure that they sprout more fruiting branches. 2. Bud wiping: Mulberry bud wiping needs to wipe off the adventitious buds on the trunk and the fine buds at the base of the fruiting branches, which will be more conducive to the germination of the lateral branches of the trees and make the fruiting branches grow stronger. 3. Core-picking: Picking in late spring and early summer, when mulberry leaves grow 6 tender leaves, is beneficial to nutritional growth and fruit growth. 4. Pruning: When mulberry fruits are ripe and picked in summer, new fruiting branches should be cut off in time. Pruning in winter is mainly to cut off diseased branches and weak branches, while cutting off the relatively thin tips of old fruit branches is the main method.

Pruning skills of fruit mulberry

After fruit mulberry is pruned in winter, it should be sprayed with sulfur mixture for sterilization. It is best not to trim in winter. The cut after pruning will suffer from freezing injury or disease, and it is not suitable for pruning in rainy season. If there is too much rain, the wound is easy to get sick.