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What are the shaping and pruning methods for pomegranate trees?
Strong sprouting ability of latent buds and high tolerance to pruning are the greatest characteristics of pomegranate. This creates favorable conditions for shaping, but the shortcoming is that its branches sprout readily, the tree shape easily becomes messy, and this affects ornamentation. To make pomegranate produce more flowers, more fruit, and beautiful form, it is necessary
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Detailed Prevention and Control Methods for Low Fruit Set Rate in Jujube Trees
1. Pay attention to shaping and pruning. Because the bud types and growth and fruiting habits of jujube trees differ from those of other fruit trees, they are not sensitive to pruning responses. Therefore, pruning must follow the tree's natural tendency and shape the tree according to the branches, and pruning should be light. Winter pruning and summer pruning should be combined so that the main branches are reasonably distributed with clear layers. Select
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How to cultivate double-cropping peaches? A full share of planting experience
With the progress of breeding technology, extremely early-maturing peaches (such as Siyuehong peach and Wuyuecui peach) and extremely late-maturing peaches (such as Xuetao, Shengtao and Dongtao) have appeared one after another, creating favorable conditions for extending the market supply period of peaches and improving the economic benefits of peach growers. However, in actual
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Characteristics and Control Methods of Cotton Rhizoctonia Damping-Off
Characteristics of cotton damping-off: After the cotton seedlings emerge, they are damaged; in the early stage, yellow-brown lesions appear at the base near the soil surface, and the lesions gradually expand to surround the entire base, showing obvious constriction; the diseased seedlings wilt, lodge, and die. After the cotyledons are damaged, yellow-brown irregular lesions mostly appear in the middle of the cotyledons
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Detailed Explanation of New Green Pest Control Technologies for Tea Cultivation
1. Intercropping with Other Tree Species On the remaining slopes around the edges of the tea garden, appropriately plant some tree species such as ginkgo and persimmon (planting giant eucalyptus is strictly prohibited) to improve the microclimate of the tea garden, increase biodiversity, and reduce the occurrence and damage of tea tree pests and diseases. Plant about 15 trees per mu, do not
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Key Points of Shaping and Pruning Techniques for Schisandra chinensis Cultivation
The vines of Schisandra chinensis are soft and cannot stand upright, so they need to attach to a support and twine upward to grow. Therefore, its shaping work includes two tasks: setting up supports and pruning. (I) Setting up supports The growth amount of Schisandra chinensis in the year of planting varies greatly. Under conditions of poor seedling quality and poor management, plant height generally reaches only 50-60 cm, but after stumping pruning, the average growth height in the second year can reach more than 150 cm, and by the third year it can cover the trellis surface. Therefore, supports can generally be set up in the spring of the second year (early to mid-May). Supports can use trellis poles and sun-resistant polyethylene rope. Bamboo poles are often chosen as trellis poles. Bamboo poles are 2.0-2.2 m long, with a top diameter of 1.5-2.0 cm; sun-resistant polyethylene rope with a thickness of 3×15 strands is more suitable, with the upper end fixed to the first iron wire at the top. According to the plant spacing, 1-2 poles per plant. When the plant spacing is less than 50 cm, one pole can be set per plant, placed about 5 cm beside the plant; when greater than 50 cm, two poles per plant, evenly inserted or fixed on both sides of the plant. The part of the bamboo pole entering the soil is best coated with asphalt to extend its service life. The trellis poles are fixed to the three trellis wires with thin iron wire. In a Schisandra chinensis orchard with good seedling quality and management, the plant can reach a growth height of about 2 m in the same year, so supports should be set up in late May of the planting year to facilitate rapid plant growth.</p><p>(II) Shaping</p><p>The purpose of shaping Schisandra chinensis is, through artificial intervention and induction, to make it grow and develop according to the grower's requirements, so as to fully use the trellis space, effectively use light energy, reasonably retain vines, regulate the relationship between vegetative growth and reproductive growth, and cultivate robust and long-lived plants, so that they adapt to climatic conditions and facilitate farming, pest and disease control, pruning, and harvesting operations, thereby achieving the goals of high yield, stable yield, and high quality.</p><p>The tree form commonly used for Schisandra chinensis is a training method with one group or two groups of main vines, that is, each plant retains 1 group or 2 groups of main vines, which are respectively twined on evenly arranged supports. On each support, 1-2 fixed main vines are retained. Lateral vines and fruiting mother branches grow on the main vines. The spacing between each fruiting mother branch is 15-20 cm, evenly distributed. Fruiting branches and vegetative branches grow on the fruiting mother branches, as shown in Figure 5-3. The advantages of this shaping method are that the tree structure is relatively simple, and the shaping and pruning techniques are easy to master; cultivation can be carried out between plants and rows, making weed control convenient; the plant volume and load are small, and the requirements for soil, fertilizer, and water conditions are less strict. However, because the plant is relatively upright, it is prone to forming a situation of strong upper growth and weak lower growth, with the fruiting position moving upward, so control needs to be strengthened.</p><p>Each tree generally needs 3 years to form its tree shape. During the shaping process, special attention should be paid to the selection and retention of main vines. Branches with strong growth vigor, full growth, and plump buds should be selected as main vines. The number of main vines in each group must be strictly controlled. Too many main vines will cause adverse consequences such as weakened tree vigor and chaotic retention of branch groups.</p>
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How to cultivate intercropped Bupleurum for high yield?
Bupleurum (Bupleurum chinense), also known as Di Xun, Zi Hu, Qie Cao, etc., is a perennial herbaceous plant with a plant height of 80-100 cm, compound umbel inflorescence, yellow plump flowers, roots with irregular branching, varying in thickness, the main root often not obvious, bark black or white. In the early stage of plant growth, the above-ground stems
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Detailed Explanation of the Intercropping Technique of Angelica dahurica and Vegetables
Angelica dahurica is a plant of the Apiaceae family, and its medicinal part is the root. It is one of China's 40 major commonly used traditional Chinese medicines, with functions such as dispelling wind and removing dampness, draining pus and promoting tissue regeneration, and activating blood circulation to relieve pain. Besides being used in medicinal prescriptions, Angelica dahurica is also a main raw material for Chinese patent medicines such as Shengui Zaizao Pills, Shangqing Pills, Mugua Pills, and Niuhuang Shangqing Pills.
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Key Points of the Film-Wrapping Regeneration Technique After Bark Peeling of Eucommia ulmoides
1. Peeling cycle. Mastering the peeling cycle has practical significance for increasing the per-unit-time bark yield and economic benefits of Eucommia ulmoides. From the perspective of short-term benefits, the shorter the peeling cycle, the greater the bark yield, but the regenerated bark will become increasingly thinner, and at the same time the tree vigor will be noticeably weakened, and the bark-producing life of the tree will be relatively shortened.
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Key Points of Artificial Cultivation Techniques for Wheat-Scutellaria baicalensis Continuous Cropping
The medicinal plant Scutellaria baicalensis (Baikal skullcap) is a perennial herb of the Lamiaceae family. Its root is used as medicine and has functions such as clearing heat and drying dampness, detoxifying, and promoting bile flow. In artificial cultivation of Scutellaria baicalensis, adopting a wheat-Scutellaria baicalensis continuous cropping method not only reasonably arranges the crop rotation but also improves economic returns, making it particularly worth planting in mountainous and hilly
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