How to Treat Jujube Tree Diseases? Detailed Guide to Prevention Methods and Medication Techniques

Jujube trees are very common in daily life, and many farming households plant one in front of their gate. The jujube tree has a very long history in China, with a written record spanning more than three thousand years. In the "Book of Songs·Bin Feng·Seventh Month" there is the line “In the eighth month we knock down the jujubes, in the tenth month we harvest the rice.” The jujube tree's vitality is extremely tenacious, and it basically needs little care, but inevitably it will still encounter some diseases. Here we introduce how to treat jujube tree diseases.

The main jujube tree diseases are jujube rust, jujube witches' broom, fruit cracking disease, jujube leaf drop disease, and jujube fruit shrinkage disease.

1. Increase the application of organic fertilizer to strengthen tree vigor. The soil in the northern Shandong region generally has low organic matter content, resulting in weak or falsely vigorous tree growth and weak disease and stress resistance. By increasing the application of organic fertilizer so that soil organic matter content reaches above 2%, robust tree growth can be ensured and disease resistance will naturally be strengthened.

5. Spray pesticide as a preventive measure when rainy weather occurs. Although this early leaf drop disease is a situation not encountered in decades, jujube growers should summarize the experience and lessons, and promptly spray fungicide when rainy days occur to prevent the outbreak of such diseases.

6. Treat promptly after disease onset. The control method is to use agricultural streptomycin 10 million units, 14 grams, diluted in 80-1000 kg of water + iprodione 1200 times (or Zaobingbike 1000 times, Yijunxing 1000 times, mancozeb 1000 times), and spray for control. Generally spray once every 5 days, for 3 consecutive sprays, and note to alternate the use of several medicines.