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Detailed Explanation of Key Technical Points for Flower and Fruit Management of Apricot Trees
I. Artificial Pollination Apricot trees rely on bees and others for pollination. But experience shows that carrying out artificial supplementary pollination can increase the fruit-setting rate by 3-4 times compared with natural pollination. Artificial supplementary pollination should be carried out during full bloom, because the apricot flowering period is very short (5-7 days), so preparations should be made in advance. Apricot flower stalks are fragile and break easily, so extra care should be taken during pollination...
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Detailed Explanation of Yam Planting Methods and Technical Key Points
Yam, also known as shanyao or Chinese yam, is a perennial twining herb. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that yam has multiple effects such as strengthening the spleen, tonifying the lungs, consolidating the kidneys, and boosting essence. As a highly nutritious food, yam contains large amounts of starch and protein, various vitamins, glucose, crude protein amino acids, choline, allantoin, and more. Among these, an important...
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Winter Pruning Methods and Technical Key Points for Apricot Trees
Spring Management of Apricot Trees As the saying goes, "apricot trees fail nine years out of ten." Besides the low fruit-setting rate, the main reason is that apricot trees' ability to withstand low temperatures during bud break and blooming is greatly reduced. When temperatures fall below -3.9 at the bud stage, below -2.2 at the blooming stage, or below -0.6 at the young fruit stage, and the low temperature lasts more than 30 minutes, frost damage is likely to occur. Therefore...
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Key Technical Points for Fertilization and Irrigation Management of Apricot Trees
(1) Fertilization: Each year in September to October, after new shoots stop growing, apply sufficient base fertilizer, mainly organic fertilizers such as barnyard manure and chicken manure, combined with a certain amount of quick-acting fertilizer. The amount of fertilizer applied should be determined according to the size of the tree and its growth conditions. Usually, apply 30-50 kg of organic fertilizer per tree, plus about 0.5 kg of compound fertilizer specially formulated for fruit trees. After sprouting...
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Detailed Explanation of Key Technical Points for Yam Cultivation
When yams are grown in the ordinary way, they are prone to developing many hairs, rough skin, curvature and branching, which seriously affect the yield and marketability of the yams. However, using plastic casing tubes to cultivate yams can not only solve the above problems and improve the marketability of the yams, but also greatly reduce the number of damaged yams, while also having high yield and qual...
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Key Technical Points for Site Selection, Land Preparation and Fertilization in Yam Cultivation
How should yams be managed after planting? From planting until trellising, timely cultivation and weeding should be carried out; later cultivation should be shallow rather than deep, so as not to damage the roots. A few days after the yams emerge, they begin to send out vines, so supports must be set up immediately to train the vines; to increase the light-receiving area, a trellis height of about 1.5 is best. After sowing and until the vines grow, manure can be spread on the ground surface, spread...
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Pest Control Methods and Technical Key Points for Apricot Cultivation
Apricot seed wasp: Larvae overwinter inside fallen apricot pits or inside pits on branches. Female adults lay eggs between the pit shell and the kernel. The egg-laying hole on the fruit surface is not obvious, slightly grayish-green, and sunken; sometimes apricot gum flows from the egg-laying hole. The egg stage lasts about 10 days. The hatched larvae feed on the kernel inside the pit, causing a large number of fruit drops. Around early June...
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Spring cucumber planting is all about management: master the key technical points to boost yields
Cucumber is one of people's favorite vegetables. It contains various sugars, free amino acids, vitamins, cucurbitacin, and calcium, phosphorus, iron, and more. Among these, cucurbitacin has anti-tumor effects. Cucumber also has the effects of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, detoxifying, and relieving sore throat and heat-related abdominal pain. Cucumbers are generally planted at 3500 plants per mu, with a yield of 5000-8000 kg per mu...
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Technical points for supplementary application of micronutrient fertilizers after chestnut harvest
The main cause of low yields and high rates of empty burrs in chestnut orchards is the failure to apply or spray boron micronutrient fertilizer during management. When the soil available boron content is lower than 0.5 parts per million, it affects the normal fertilization process of chestnut, causing early embryo development to stall, thereby forming empty burrs. In production, one can seize the period after harvest...
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Key Technical Points and Precautions for Summer Fertilization of Chinese Chestnut
To improve the yield and quality of Chinese chestnut, the chestnut trees should be fertilized in summer. There are mainly two fertilization methods: the soil fertilization method: for chestnut orchards with thin, poor soil and a severe lack of fertilizer, the soil fertilization method gives better results. Dig a circular ring trench within the drip line of the chestnut tree canopy for fertilization, with a trench width of 25 cm and a depth of 2...
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