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What are the key technical points for spring management of apple orchards?
I. Orchard sanitation: In combination with winter pruning, saw off rotten and diseased dead branches, cut off branches with woolly apple aphid galls, and thoroughly clean the orchard. Clear away fallen leaves, dropped fruit, residual branches and rotting bark, then bury them in pits or burn them to reduce the source of pests and diseases. In late March, when the buds show green, spray to sanitize the orchard.
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Control Methods and Technical Key Points for Mango Powdery Mildew
Mango is prone to powdery mildew during the flowering stage, young fruit stage and tender leaf stage. If not controlled in time, it will cause massive fruit drop and reduce yield. Mango powdery mildew is a fungal disease that mainly affects inflorescences, young fruits and tender leaves. On affected organs, scattered small white moldy patches first appear,
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Mango Top Grafting and Replanting: Operation Methods and Key Technical Points
Over the past decade, mangoes have been planted in contiguous orchards on hillsides throughout the south, and production has developed rapidly. However, large trees and new trees that have been planted for many years need top grafting and replanting due to poor quality or mixed varieties and low yields. The methods are: 1. Preparation before grafting. Before replanting, strengthen fertilizer and water management for the trees to be replanted. Prune the aboveground parts appropriately, removing diseased branches, dead branches, shaded branches, overly dense branches, and crossing branches; for perennial large trees, in spring and autumn, saw off the main and lateral branches at 1.2-1.5 m above the ground (saw in spring and graft in autumn, or saw in autumn and graft the following spring), leaving some small branches. After new shoots emerge from the saw cuts, keep only 2-3 evenly distributed new shoots per cut. After the new shoots mature and their diameter reaches 0.5-0.8 cm or more, grafting can be done on the new shoots. Stop fertilizing 15 days before grafting, which can slow sap flow and benefit grafting.
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Key Technical Points for Managing Young Citrus Trees for High Yield and Tree Shape
The management goal for young citrus trees is to promote multiple flushes of new shoots and the emergence of vigorous branches, accelerate the number of branching orders, form a full canopy as quickly as possible, and establish a strong framework, laying a good foundation for high and stable yields. To achieve this, the management technical measures should include: 1. Timely
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Key Technical Points for Spring Production Management of Citrus
At present, it is the stage when citrus spring shoots are sprouting, which is also a period of the year when pests and diseases occur more frequently. The vigor of tree growth, the degree of pest and disease control, the level of yield, and the quality of fruit are all very directly related to the management during this period. Therefore, in production
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Key Technical Points for Citrus Cultivation to Increase Sugar and Reduce Acid
Implementing the citrus "increase sugar and reduce acid" technology is an important measure for creating high-grade branded citrus. Through the promotion and application of "increase sugar and reduce acid" technology, citrus quality can be effectively improved, achieving industrial efficiency and increasing farmers' income. I. Main Technical Measures 1. Promote optimal transformation of citrus orchards. Comprehensively
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How to Harvest Citrus Scientifically? Detailed Explanation of Key Technical Points
The step of fruit harvesting is often easily overlooked, with people thinking that as long as the fruit is picked it is fine, so harvesting is often done roughly, causing improper harvesting of fruit and resulting in economic losses. For this reason, when picking fruit, attention must be paid to implementing harvesting techniques and harvesting scientifically, so
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Key Technical Points for Flower and Fruit Retention in Citrus Cultivation
The 2-3 months from bud emergence to fruit set stabilization is the most important period of the year for citrus trees. For a good harvest, comprehensive flower and fruit retention measures must be taken according to the growth conditions of the citrus trees and changes in weather. 1. Reasonable fertilization: For citrus orchards that were not fertilized last winter, organic fertilizer should be supplemented as soon as possible. For adult trees, apply 5-10 kg of chicken manure or 1-2 loads of farmyard manure per tree, plus an appropriate amount of urea, and bury it around the root zone. The fertilization principle during the flower and fruit retention period is: nitrogen-based in the early stage, emphasis on potassium with phosphorus supplementation in the later stage; combining soil fertilization with foliar feeding. For the post-bloom fertilizer, apply compound fertilizer plus an appropriate amount of urea during the flower-falling period to promptly replenish nutrients consumed during flowering; for the fruit-setting fertilizer, apply potassium fertilizer plus an appropriate amount of phosphorus fertilizer; for the fruit-swelling fertilizer, apply compound fertilizer plus potassium fertilizer. For foliar feeding, spray 0.2% monopotassium phosphate twice from spring bud break to before flowering, spray nucleotides during rainy days, and add 0.1% borax to one of the applications; during the young fruit stage, spray foliar fertilizer 2-3 times in combination with pest and disease control or fruit retention, with the first foliar spray including 0.1% magnesium sulfate and 0.1% zinc sulfate.</p><p>2. Soil management: Repair drainage ditches inside and outside the orchard to remove standing water, so that waterlogging on rainy days does not affect root growth or even cause root rot leading to flower and fruit drop. During continuous dry and hot weather lasting more than 10 days, irrigate promptly to keep the soil moist and loose, which helps the root system absorb water and nutrients.</p><p>3. Scientific use of growth regulators: Plant growth regulators commonly used for citrus fruit retention include 2,4-D, fruit-retention hormone, triacontanol, 920, and fruit-retention agents. Use them 2-3 times after flower drop, spraying once every about 15 days. Alternating different growth regulators gives better results. For seedless and few-seeded citrus varieties, using 920 or triacontanol for fruit retention gives better results.</p><p>4. Pest and disease control: During the flowering and fruiting period, the main pests and diseases include red spider mites, rust mites, aphids, citrus blossom midges, tortrix moths, anthracnose, and scab. For aphid control during the spring shoot stage, use omethoate or monocrotophos; in early to mid-April (or early March if drought occurs), control red spider mites, and in mid-to-late April control rust mites, using acaricides or biological pesticides for spraying; spray organophosphorus pesticides at the early bud stage to kill citrus blossom midges and tortrix moths; for diseases, focus on prevention, using fungicides such as copper oxychloride or thiophanate-methyl.</p><p>5. Control early summer shoots: From May to mid-June, promptly remove early summer shoots to avoid competition between shoots and fruit for nutrients, which benefits young fruit development and reduces fruit drop. For vigorous trees with few flowers and few fruits, girdle the trunk 25 days after flower drop to retain fruit, which can also control summer shoots.</p>
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Detailed Explanation of Key Technical Points for Soil Management in Apple Orchards
I. Ridge raising and mulching. 1. Dig fertilization pits (this can be done together with the application of base fertilizer). On the inner side, 30-40 cm vertically below the extended branches on the outer periphery of the tree canopy, dig 2-4 fertilization pits each 40 cm long and 40 cm wide and 50 cm deep (the depth for topdressing is 20 cm). 2. Dig trenches and raise ridges. Outside the fertilization holes, along the row direction
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Technical Key Points for Applying Biogas Fertilizer to Apple Trees
In addition to being rich in the major elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, biogas fertilizer also contains trace elements such as boron, copper, iron, manganese, calcium and zinc that play an important role in fruit tree growth, as well as large amounts of organic matter, various amino acids and vitamins. In addition, applying biogas fertilizer can significantly
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