When it comes to pruning, many people think that it depends on experience. Experience is important, but the period and method should be learned. After all, it is the Internet age, and learning some fruit tree expertise is convenient for communication and better progress.

Fruit tree experts are very busy all year round, so they go to the field to guide fruit farmers to prune

No matter the trunk and Y-shaped new trees being popularized now, they should be pruned according to the specifications, and the peach trees should also be pruned in a happy shape.

1. Pruning period of peach trees throughout the year

Pruning of peach trees is generally divided into pruning in dormant season (winter) and pruning in growing season (summer). Pruning in winter can generally be carried out from the end of nutrient reflux 15 days after defoliation in winter to before germination in the next year. However, considering many factors, such as stripping in winter, drying of wounds, freezing injury of branches and buds, it is better to prune in early spring in the Yellow River basin and the north of China, and in the south of China. Pruning can be done at any time during the growing season as needed.

Pruning is considered after defoliation in winter, which is the winter pruning training in Feixian County.

2. Pruning of peach trees all year round

1. Pruning of long shoots

In winter, pruning of annual branches is mainly based on thinning and throwing, which is basically not short-cut. Most of the annual branches left after pruning in dormant season are medium-long fruit branches, which are relatively long, so it is called as compared with traditional pruning of short branches.

during winter pruning, the annual branches are mainly thinned and thrown, which are basically not short. Most of the annual branches left after pruning in dormant season are medium-long fruit branches, which are relatively long. Therefore, compared with the traditional short branch pruning, it is called long branch pruning, which is used to be called long tip pruning, and it is called single branch regeneration in fruit tree cultivation.

the fruit branches are not cut short, which means that the Y-shaped peach trees have high germination rate and branch-forming ability after long-shoot pruning

, but the branches are not strong and the total growth is large, which can play the role of dispersing nutrients, promoting branches and flowering. For young trees and flourishing trees, the application of light cutting and long release can alleviate the growth potential and be beneficial to early fruiting. Throwing can reduce the vegetative growth of new shoots, ease the growth potential of trees and promote the reproductive growth of trees. The research and popularization of pruning methods of peach trees is an important change in peach cultivation techniques in China.

This is the application of long-tip pruning in trunk shape.

Long-tip pruning of peaches bears fruit.

This method has been popularized in Lao Xu for 15 years, and the effect is good, but it still needs to be worked hard.

2. Short-cutting

Short-cutting is to cut off a part of the annual branches to enhance the branching ability, reduce the branching position and enhance the growth potential of new shoots. According to the degree of short cut, it can be divided into light short cut, medium short cut, heavy short cut and extremely heavy short cut. At present, peach trees are pruned with long shoots, and short cuts are often used to eliminate competitive branches. Through the application of this method, the competitive advantage is eliminated, the grade difference is opened, and the bearing branches are directly cultivated on the main branches.

Competing branches on the trunk with heavy and short sections

Short-cutting the peach trunk-shaped branch in summer

3. Thinning

Cutting the branch completely from the base is called thinning, also called thinning. Thinning is mainly to make the branches moderately dense and evenly distributed, improve the ventilation and light transmission conditions of the crown, and enhance the ability of shoot development and flower bud differentiation. Generally, the branches that are too dense, overlapping, crossing, competing and pests are thinned.

in summer, thinning out the competitive branches which are seriously blocked by light, and solving the problem of ventilation and light transmission

thinning out the over-dense fruiting branches

4. Shrinking

For the perennial branches which have already borne fruit, cutting off a part on the 2-3 year-old branches is called "shrinking", also known as "retracting", which can adjust the growth, rationally use the space, get through the light and renew and rejuvenate.

retraction of fruiting branch group, concentrated nutrition

retraction of fruiting branch group

retraction of fruiting branch

5. Bud wiping

After peach buds germinate, it is called bud wiping to wipe off redundant overgrowth buds on the shoots and competitive clustered buds under the cutting kerf. Removing the tender shoots in time when the buds grow to 5 cm after germination is called sprouting. Generally, two branches can be removed and one left, and the angle and direction can be adjusted according to the requirements of shaping. For young trees, the extended branches should be removed from the weak and the back branches should be removed and left weak or completely erased. Brushing and sprouting can reduce useless branches, save tree nutrients, improve lighting conditions, and reduce big wounds caused by thinning branches in winter.

Erase too many buds to reduce the workload of pruning in summer

6. Picking and pruning (removing)

Picking and pruning is to manually remove the tender part of the front end of the growing new shoot or cut it off with scissors during the growing season, so as to limit the elongation and growth of the new shoot. The main purpose of coring and pruning is to control vegetative growth in time and promote the germination and growth of secondary and tertiary branches of trees. It is often used in the rapid shaping of young trees and the culture and renewal of adult branches to promote the transformation of trees from vegetative growth to reproductive growth. In the growing season, pruning must be the part of the new shoots that has not been completely lignified, especially in rainy areas or seasons, and the lignified part of the growing season pruning is easy to cause gummosis. Peach trees of northern varieties generally begin to pick up the core when the new shoots are extended to 2-3cm long, and the new shoots on their backs generally begin to pick up the core when they are about 15-2cm long.

coring the vigorous part, controlling the vigorous growth, and promoting branching

7. Taking branches

In the early stage of semi-lignification of new shoots, stroking the upright flourishing branches from the base to the top by hand, without damaging the xylem, and twisting the branches, which is called taking branches, or stroking branches. Taking branches can hinder nutrient transportation, slow down growth potential, and be beneficial to nutrient accumulation, thus achieving the purpose of flowering and fruiting.