Planting lemons

Potted lemons, if not properly managed, often only flowering, no fruit or less fruit, or even no flowering. To make potted lemons bloom and bear fruit year after year, they must be managed scientifically in terms of water, fertilizer and pruning in order to achieve fruitfulness. Management of several major links are as follows:

Reasonable pruning Potted lemon pruning for two reasons, one is the pot is small, less soil, providing nutrients are limited, can not meet the demand for lemon growth, must be pruned; Second, through plastic pruning, regulating the tree within the reasonable distribution of nutrients, so that the limited nutrients focused on the supply of buds, leaves, the formation of more fruiting branches, so that to achieve the flowers and fruit full of branches. Potted lemon in the spring before the sprouting, must be strength pruning, first remove dead branches, disease branches, long branches, inward branches, cross branches, sprouting branches. The strong branch weak cut, stay 4, 5 full buds; weak branch strong cut, stay 2, 3 buds, prompting each branch to send more robust spring tips. After the spring growth, in order to control its prolongation, can be lightly pruned, cut off the branch tip 3, 4 sections. Later on, the new shoots will be centered when there are 6 to 8 sections, with the aim of inducing more summer shoots.

Pre-flowering "water" in order to prevent excessive growth in summer, at the same time the tree to accumulate nutrients, promote the formation of flower buds, in the summer before the potted lemon "water". Specifically, in the summer before the more than ten days of water supply to the potted lemon gradually reduced; the first five days to stop the water supply, potting soil by the sun, a lot of water evaporation, potting soil dry; root system due to the lack of water, resulting in water loss of the branches and leaves, leaves shriveled, curled. In order to prevent dehydration of the leaves, can be morning and evening to the foliage spray, but also to the potting soil spray a small amount of water, so that the lemon is in both drought and not to die under the conditions of the axillary buds, but increasingly expanding, bud color from green to white, when most of the axillary buds from green to white, "water" to promote the flower on the success of the button. At this time to resume the water supply to the potted lemon in a timely manner.

Preservation of flowers and fruits After the flowering of the lemon, in addition to a weekly thin fertilizer, but also must be thinning, fruit thinning. In the flower is not open when the first thinning part of the buds; flower Xie, fruit, and then thinning some of the location of the improper young fruit, the purpose is to reduce the consumption of nutrients, so that the limited nutrients focused on the supply of flowers and fruits retained, so that the fruit grows bigger and better. In the fruit growth period, if the fertilizer is sufficient, the plant nutritional status is good, some branches will sprout new shoots, the growth of new shoots will inevitably divert some of the nutrients, affecting the growth of the fruit. In order to preserve the fruit, the growth of new shoots should be erased in a timely manner. When the fruit is yellow and ripe, stop fertilizing, and reduce watering to keep the soil moist and slightly dry. If you continue to give too much fertilizer, the fruit will be prematurely ripe and early fall, shortening the viewing time.

Reasonable fertilization Lemons like fertilizer, usually should be more thin fertilizer. Plants in the sprouting before the application of a rotting liquid fertilizer, and then every 7 to 10 days to apply a nitrogen-based liquid fertilizer, to promote more long branches and leaves, more spring tips. After each centering, fertilizer should be applied in a timely manner to promote early maturity of the branches. During the growth of lemon, you can sprinkle some cake fertilizer on the surface of the pot, so that every watering has some fertilizer seeped into the soil, to enhance the fertility. After autumn, fertilization is reduced to avoid over-nutrition of the plant, promote the development of autumn tips, and fruit competition for nutrients and cause fruit drop.

Turning pots Potted lemons due to potting soil, the supply of nutrients is very limited, after many years of lack of soil fertility, lemons will be weakened year after year, less flowering, not much fruit. In order to keep the lemon blooming and fruiting year after year, it is necessary to turn the pot. The best time to turn pots is half a month before the lemon sprouts. Before turning over the pot, first prepared than the original pot of one pot, the lemon from the pot out, do not break the mud mass, along the mud mass cut off 1, 2 cm thick top layer of soil, cut off the dead roots, rotten roots, and cut off the bottom of the mud mass of 1 cm thick of soil, take out of the original pot into the soil in the bottom of the pad of the tiles. The new pot drainage hole with the tiles on the shelf, the first layer of 2, 3 cm thick drainage layer, and then a layer of 4, 5 cm thick nutrient-rich culture soil, which is mixed with a small amount of calcium superphosphate. Then put the lemon clay ball into the pot, surrounded by filling the culture soil to the mouth of the pot, slightly compacted potting soil, watering the roots, placed in a ventilated, semi-shady place, a week later put back to the original place, for daily management.

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