For dragon fruit to grow well, pruning is still very important, that what time pruning is more suitable? Dragon fruit fire young tree to adult tree pruning method and how? The following editorial will tell you!

A, dragon fruit pruning what time is suitable?

1, seedling pruning after planting, plant growth along the cement column climbing, seedling growth in the sprouting of lateral branches, should be retained a strong upward branch, the rest of the lateral branches need to be cut in a timely manner, to facilitate the concentration of nutrients for the strong branch fast whole upward climbing.

2, when the plant grows to 1.5 meters high, you can let it branch more than 3 natural pendulous branches, to be branches mature and in the period of April to November, these pendulous branches will have the opportunity to flower and fruit.

It has been observed that the upper and middle branches, especially the drooping branches, have a higher rate of flowering and fruiting, while the lower and middle branches rarely flower.

From the branch distribution location analysis, the upper branches of the growth potential is usually greater than the lower branches, which may be caused by apical dominance, but the upper branches due to the bearing position is high, and is not easy to bundle, its growth potential is strong, but the organization of the mechanical strength of the poor, and is often easy to be blown off by the wind.

The upper branches can be gradually used to support, pull, hanging, tying methods, after the branches matured and began to bloom, and gradually let it droop to reduce wind damage.

3, after the fruit, each plant can be arranged 2/3 of the branches for the fruiting branch, the other 1/3 of the branch can be erased buds or flowers, narrowing the angle of growth of its branches, to promote the reality of nutrient growth, and to cultivate it for the strong preparatory fruiting branch.

If some plants have more results, the possibility of forming a large number of flowering branches in the next year is small, can form a large number of strong branches at the base of the plant, you can use the thinning method of thinning and retaining the strong, or cut off the weaker branches, to promote the development of strong nutrient branches; in the thinning or short cutting, the overall nutrient area of the plant should be taken into account;

Second, the dragon fruit young trees to adult trees The pruning method

1, young tree pruning

(1) dragon fruit seedlings in the planting of live, plant growth along the edge of the cement column, the growth of seedlings in the sprouting of lateral branches, should be retained in a strong upward branch can be, the rest of the lateral branches need to be cut in time to focus on the nutrients for the strong branch upward climb.

(2) When the dragon fruit seedlings grow to the top of the shelf, the main branch should be tied to the rope on the shelf.

When the dragon fruit seedlings grow to 5 centimeters over the cement column, let their main trunk sprout several branches by plucking, which will promote the formation of fruit-bearing branches as soon as possible.

In March every year, ready to enter the flower bud differentiation period, in order to promote the old branches no longer futile, you should remove all the shoots, so that the nutrient accumulation stored in the old branches of the trunk of the flesh, the trunk of the leaf flesh in a short period of time quickly thickened, the color turns dark, conducive to flowering.

(3) from the distribution of dragon fruit branch location analysis, the upper branches of the growth potential is usually greater than the lower branches, which may be caused by apical dominance, but the upper branches due to the bearing position of high, and not easy to bundle, its growth potential is strong, but the organization of the mechanical strength of the poor, and is often easy to be blown off by the wind.

So dragon fruit upper branches can be gradually used to support, pull, hanging, tying methods, in the branch maturity began to blossom, and gradually let it droop to reduce wind damage.

2, adult tree pruning

Entering the full-production period of dragon fruit, at the end of the season, should be all ever fruit and fruit traction with the surface of the vertical old branches cut off.

Because these old branches, one is to receive less sunlight, and the second is the result of the excessive consumption of nutrients, is not conducive to the accumulation of nutrients and the formation of the next round of fruiting mother branch.

Cutting out the old branches after the sprouting of new branches, branches more fat, and straight to the sky, fully accept the sun, flowers and fruit quality are better than the old branches.

In the flowering and fruiting period, you can cut off the excess nutrient branches to reduce nutrient consumption and promote sunlight exposure.

Well, the above is what I want to share with you all the content, dragon fruit in the market is still relatively hot, so planting time or need to put more effort to master some of the pruning method is still very necessary, I hope that the above can bring you help Oh!

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