How to Grow Nectarines: A Detailed Guide to Nectarine Planting Methods and Precautions

When it comes to nectarines, everyone has probably eaten them. They are a very delicious fruit with extremely high nutritional value, deeply loved and sought after by food lovers, and also a very popular fruit on the market. For this reason, many people plan to grow nectarines to start a business. So how exactly should nectarines be grown? Below, the editor will introduce this in detail!

How to Grow Nectarines

1. Planting time: Planting can be done from leaf fall in autumn until before sprouting the following spring, but planting after leaf fall in autumn is best, as it favors survival and root growth.

2. Planting method: Taking 222 plants per mu as an example, with a plant spacing of 1 meter per plant, dig a large hole, cut off the damaged roots and small branches of the sapling, place the sapling in the hole, spread the roots evenly in all directions, then fill the gaps around the roots with fine soil, cover with fine soil and firm it down, so that the roots and soil are tightly combined, straighten the sapling, and the planting depth should be such that the root crown is slightly above ground level.

3. Immediately after planting, water with rooting water. Water 15-25 kg per plant. If the soil is dry, water more, so that the soil can naturally settle with the water. After the water seeps through, cover with a small amount of soil. The covering soil can be shaped like a pot lid 20 cm high to prevent the trunk from swaying. In arid and low-temperature areas, after covering with soil, the tree disc must also be covered with 1 sq m of plastic film to retain moisture, raise soil temperature, and improve the survival rate of the saplings.

4. Fertilizer and water management

Nectarines grow extremely fast and are not suitable for heavy watering and heavy fertilizing. During the young tree stage, it is recommended to apply thin fertilizer frequently. For mature trees, mainly apply two good rounds of fertilizer.

Nectarine Planting Methods and Precautions

1. Soil management

To create a deep, loose, and nutrient-rich soil environment for the root system, deep plowing and fertilization should be carried out before establishing the orchard, or soil should first be dug and fertilized in a concentrated way, and later combined with autumn

application of base fertilizer to gradually expand the planting hole. Cultivate and weed. Nectarine roots are well developed and require good aeration conditions. During the growing season, carry out cultivation and weeding several times to ensure the surface soil is loose, which is beneficial to the rapid growth of nectarines. Reasonable intercropping. In young orchards, to improve the use of land, light and heat, and water and air resources, appropriate intercropping can be done, but only with green manure, melons and vegetables, beans, and other low-stem, short-canopy crops that do not affect growth and development, do not spread related pests and diseases, and do not compete with the trees for fertilizer and water.

2. Fertilization

Base fertilizer, mainly farmyard manure, supplemented with superphosphate. Starting from the second year after planting, apply 150-200 kg of base fertilizer per plant each year; for young trees (2-4 years), mainly nitrogen fertilizer, applying 1-4 kg per plant per year, with an appropriate amount of phosphorus and potassium. Once entering the fruiting stage, gradually increase the proportion of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, generally requiring 2:3:2 as suitable, and appropriately supplement other trace elements.

3. Irrigation

In areas with annual rainfall above 500 mm, irrigation may not be needed, but in relatively arid areas in spring, to ensure normal development or avoid late frost damage, it is required to irrigate thoroughly once during the sprouting period after thawing, and once before freezing. When the fruit is about to mature, irrigate every day, and use river water or reservoir water, not well water. Well water is too cold, and the soil temperature cannot rise for a long time, which affects fruit tree growth.

4. Training and pruning

Nectarine trees have relatively strong apical dominance, many branches, fast new shoot growth, and easy flower bud formation. It is especially important to cultivate a high-yield tree shape early. Commonly used forms are the three-main-branch natural open-center shape, the two-main-branch open-center shape, and the low-close layered shape, but this should be flexibly controlled according to cultivation method, density, and so on.

How to Prevent Pests and Diseases in Nectarines

The main pests and diseases of nectarines include: peach anthracnose, brown rot, little leaf disease, peach aphid, spider mite, leaf miner, and so on. For such pests and diseases, spray 5-degree lime sulfur mixture once before sprouting, spray once after flower drop with 10% imidacloprid wettable powder at 2000 times, and in early May and mid-to-late June respectively spray 72% agricultural streptomycin at 3000 times plus 800 times dichlorvos, all of which can control little leaf disease, peach aphid, and various other pests and diseases. After fruit harvest, promptly remove residual fruit, diseased fruit, and diseased branches and leaves, achieve prevention first, observe at any time and control promptly, and ensure the healthy growth of the tree throughout the year.

Nutritional Value of Nectarines

1. Nectarines contain relatively high sugar and can replenish physical strength and improve intelligence. They are very good for both adults and children.

2. Nectarines can effectively improve human immunity, protect teeth and gums, and can also reduce freckles, with whitening and skin-care effects.

3. Nectarines are rich in vitamin C. They are obtained through improved cultivation from peaches, are slightly more nutritious than peaches, and their taste is a bit sweeter than peaches.

4. Nectarines contain 17 kinds of amino acids needed by the human body, carotene, and other nutrients.

5. The peach kernel of nectarines has an anticoagulant effect and can inhibit the cough center, thereby achieving the purpose of relieving cough.

Through the above content, I believe everyone has gained a certain understanding of nectarine cultivation techniques. In fact, wanting to start a business is a good thing, but when choosing a project, you must be careful. The quality of the project also directly determines whether you can succeed.