What fruit varieties are suitable for planting in yellow clay soil?

Yellow clay soil is also called dead yellow soil and bitter yellow clay. The soil texture is sticky and heavy, difficult to cultivate, severely eroded, and the topsoil is shallow. So what fruits are suitable for yellow clay soil?

1. What fruits are suitable for planting in yellow clay soil?

Yellow clay soil is suitable for planting fruits such as plums, peaches, oranges, grapes, strawberries and watermelons, but the specific choice should also be determined according to the local climate and environment. Yellow clay soil is neutral or weakly alkaline, and acid-loving plants often develop chlorosis due to iron deficiency in yellow clay soil, resulting in poor growth.

When crops are planted in yellow clay soil, there is a lack of both fertilizer and water, and yields are low. The reasons for low yield: the texture is sticky and heavy, the structure is poor, the topsoil is shallow, and it is prone to both drought and waterlogging; the available fertility is low, the permeability is poor, and nutrients are released slowly; the tillage performance is poor, making it difficult to plow and difficult to harrow, the soil acidity is relatively high, and the available phosphorus content is low, which easily causes rice seedlings to become stunted.

2. How to improve yellow clay soil?

1. Apply more organic fertilizer: especially methods such as returning straw to the field, applying more barnyard manure, and stocking red azolla in early spring have the most significant effect on improving soil structure.

2. Apply more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer: the combined application of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers can effectively improve fertilizer use efficiency and achieve good results in increasing yield and income.

3. Rotation and changing crops: in order to improve the adverse characteristics of the soil being “sticky, lean and compact”, a rotation system should be adopted. Make full use of the gaps between successive crops to plow and bake the soil in summer or winter, so as to improve soil structure.

4. Mix in sand to improve the soil: where conditions permit, the method of mixing in sand can be used to gradually adjust the mud-to-sand ratio of the soil year by year. If the soil pH is less than 6.0, apply an appropriate amount of lime in combination with deep plowing to neutralize soil acidity and improve soil properties.

When planting fruit in yellow clay soil, suitable varieties should be selected according to the local environment.