Hongmei apricot, also known as Xinjiang apricot, has a wide range of uses and high economic value. Apricot is a kind of fruit with high nutritional value because of its small size, sweet taste, good color, pure variety, long storage time, difficult taste change and rich nutrition. It contains a variety of organic ingredients, vitamins and inorganic salts necessary for human body. Almond is more nutritious, and apricot fruit has a good medicinal effect. In addition, Prunus armeniaca is the rootstock, with developed root system and biological characteristics of cold tolerance, drought tolerance and barren tolerance. It is also a good greening and ornamental tree species, a priority tree species to improve the ecological environment, and also the main direction of economic forest development. Apricot seedlings are mainly selected from 1-2-year-old apricot seedlings as excellent rootstocks and grafted by bud grafting or branch grafting.
Prunus armeniaca has strong adaptability, and sandy loam or loam with sufficient light, flat terrain, irrigation conditions and convenient transportation is generally selected for the plot. Carefully prepare soil, dig deeply, level and rake. When applying base fertilizer, diamide 150~225 kg/hm2 or decomposed organic fertilizer 60~75 t/hm2 can be applied, and soil disinfection should be paid attention to. Sow as soon as possible after the soil is thawed (early March), and the high-yield cultivation techniques of apricot trees decide whether to water according to the soil moisture. Generally, sowing can be done in about 7 days after watering.