How to improve mango fruit set rate? 4 tricks to quickly boost market sales

Mango is a fruit widely loved by consumers on the market, and it is also one of the famous tropical fruits. So mango is widely planted in all tropical provinces in China. Because market demand for mango is relatively high, growers, while paying attention to mango production volume, also attach great importance to fruit quality. So how should the mango fruit set rate be improved? Let's learn about it together.

Apply fertilizer at the right time

Mango is a tropical fruit, and the growth of the tree body and the development of the fruit require relatively high nutrient levels. So in order to ensure the development of the mango root system, we need to increase phosphorus and potassium elements more. Phosphorus can increase the transport of water and sugar within the mango tree. It can be beneficial to mango flowering and fruiting. Potassium mainly promotes photosynthesis in the leaves, can also advance the maturity time of new shoots on the mango tree, and can also enhance disease resistance, so during mango cultivation, be sure to pay attention to the application rate of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, thereby improving mango growth capacity and fruit set rate.

Girdle the fruit tree

Girdling a mango tree is a measure to promote flowering and fruiting. For example, when planting mango, girdle the smooth part of some trees that do not bear fruit very solidly, making one ring cut with a slit width of about 1.5 mm, and the cut opening must not exceed 1 cm. If the tree vigor is strong and the trunk is relatively thick, two more rings can be cut, concentrating nutrients on the branches that bear flowers and fruit, and then a little flower-promoting product can be applied at the slit opening. In this way, development is promoted and excessive nutrient surplus that causes branches to grow chaotically can also be avoided. This improves the mango fruit set rate.

Shaping and pruning

Because mango trees like a high-temperature environment with sufficient sunlight, and their growth speed is also very rapid. If they are allowed to grow rapidly, it will lead to poor load-bearing capacity of the fruit tree later, many insect pests and diseases, and ultimately poor fruit quality and low yield, so pruning the growth of mango trees is very important. Generally, after the fruit tree survives planting, it should be pruned at about 50-60 cm from the ground. By pruning the branch tips, more new shoots are made to grow, and then about 3 shoots are kept as main branches. When the main branch shoots grow to about 40-50 cm, prune again. And so on, let the branches increase yield within their bearing range and improve the fruit set rate.

Intertillage and root cutting

As mentioned above, mango trees grow very rapidly, so a root-cutting treatment is carried out on mango trees. Generally, the deep roots at the bottom of the soil are cut off, then sufficient fertilizer is applied, and then soil is used to cover the tree roots. In this way, the growth speed of the fruit tree shoots can be inhibited, the nutrition of the fruit tree can be improved, and the nutrient accumulation capacity of the fruit tree can be enhanced, thereby improving the fruit set rate of the fruit tree.