1. Where can I find authentic snow peach seedlings?
In Lijiang City, Yunnan Province, gaizhou city City, Liaoning Province, Linyi City, Shandong Province and other places, there are authentic snow peach seedlings to buy, so you can choose to buy high-quality snow peach seedlings for planting. Due to different regions and seedling specifications, the price of snow peach seedlings will be different. You can check online. Generally, the price of snow peach seedlings born in 1-2 years is between 3 and 6 yuan, and the price will be relatively favorable if you buy more.
Second, suitable areas for planting snow peaches
Xuetao is a very late-maturing variety, the maturity is about10-1month, the suitable growth temperature is between -25℃ and 40℃, and it needs to survive in a low temperature environment between -8℃ and-15℃ after entering dormancy. Therefore, Xuetao is suitable for planting in northern areas such as Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Beijing, southern Gansu, northern Jiangsu, southern Hebei, northern Anhui and western Sichuan, but not in southern areas.
Three, snow peach planting techniques
1, select soil
It is suitable for planting in flat dams, hillsides and hilly lands with rich and deep soil layers. It needs to be neutral, slightly acidic and slightly saline-alkaline. If the soil is too alkaline, ploughing and soil improvement should be carried out, and drainage measures should be taken to avoid root rot caused by excessive water accumulation. If the land is seriously eroded, management should be done well.
2, timely transplantation
(1) Transplant the purchased snow peach seedlings before germination in early spring or after defoliation in autumn. Before transplanting, dig a hole in the soil, with an area of about 1 meter and a distance of about 34 meters or 45 meters. If it is a small-sized seedling, it can be transplanted with bare roots or soil. If it is a large-sized seedling, it needs to be transplanted with soil balls.
(2) After transplanting, the topsoil, green manure, farmyard manure and crop straw are layered or mixed in into the pit, and then the soil is watered. During the growth period, the soil should be loosened to weed, and drainage should be paid attention to when there is too much water in the rainy season. Generally, pests and diseases should be controlled in June and July.
3. Rational fertilization
(1) Fertilization of snow peach is mainly based on organic fertilizer, supplemented by general chemical fertilizer. Chlorine fertilizer should not be applied by all means, and the application of nitrogen fertilizer should be controlled for young seedlings, otherwise the branches will easily grow in vain.
(2) Nitrogen fertilizer can be added after the full fruit stage, so as to promote the growth of saplings. The fruit-bearing trees should be fertilized three times a year, with organic fertilizer applied between10-1month, potassium fertilizer and phosphorus fertilizer applied from late April to May, and organic fertilizer applied before and after harvesting.
(3) Fertilization should be carried out at 35-50cm above the ground surface, and annular fertilization should be carried out at 40-80cm depending on the age of the tree.
4. Trimming and shaping
Snow peach trees are usually pruned into heart shapes, which are usually reshaped in winter and summer. In the early stage, snow peach trees are mainly sprouted, cored and twisted, and long branches are pruned. In the full fruit stage, snow peach trees are mainly cut short, and then the overgrown branches and strong branches at the front end are pruned. Pruning is not allowed after the fruit trees fall leaves, which is easy to cause damage and is not conducive to the growth and development of snow peach trees.