The Latest Technical Guide to High-Yield Hawthorn Cultivation

Hawthorn is a fruit that everyone is very familiar with, and it has the effect of stimulating the appetite and promoting digestion. Hawthorn cultivation is now also very common in our country, and when growing hawthorn, the yield is certainly something everyone pays close attention to. So how do we cultivate hawthorn to achieve high yields? Today, the editor brings you the cultivation techniques for high-yield hawthorn. Let's take a look together below!

1. Applying base fertilizer in autumn and ring-barking

When growing hawthorn, the fruit is generally picked in late autumn. After the fruit is harvested, we should apply an appropriate amount of base fertilizer, which can increase the nutrient accumulation in the hawthorn tree and is also very beneficial for the flower bud differentiation of the hawthorn tree the following year. The base fertilizer should be mainly organic fertilizer, combined with an appropriate amount of chemical fertilizer. When applying the base fertilizer, be careful to mix it thoroughly before applying it into the soil to prevent excessive heat from burning the roots. Then, for some vigorous young trees, ring-barking should be done appropriately, which can retain the organic matter produced by the leaves and supply it in a concentrated way to the flowers and fruits, promoting flower bud formation and achieving the purpose of controlling shoots and promoting flowering.

2. Topdressing during the flowering and fruiting period

Before the hawthorn blooms, the topdressing fertilizer is generally mainly nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer, and its amount should remain at about 35% of the whole year. During the young fruit stage, the purpose of topdressing is to provide nutrients for the early stage of flower bud differentiation. Then, during the fruit swelling stage, the topdressing should be mainly potassium fertilizer, to promote fruit growth and increase the carbohydrate content in the fruit. The topdressing work during the flowering and fruiting period is very important, because when the hawthorn blooms and bears fruit, its demand for nutrients is very great. Sufficient fertilizer is the key to improving the fruit-setting rate and fruit quality, so everyone must pay close attention to this.

3. Careful pruning

The pruning work for hawthorn trees should generally be carried out in winter. The work involves restructuring the tree body as well as renewing and rejuvenating it. Remove the whorled scaffold branches on the tree body as well as some overly dense and overly large branches. This is especially true for all kinds of competing branches, water sprouts, and diseased and pest-infested branches. When pruning, you should also appropriately retain buds in suitable positions for small renewal, and cultivate robust branch groups. If the branches are weak in growth, then heavy cutting should be carried out to rejuvenate them and notching should be used to increase branches. After pruning, the wounds should be wrapped well with an anti-corrosion film to prevent cracking and damage from pests and diseases.

4. Watering before harvest and pest and disease control

Watering the hawthorn appropriately before harvest or applying an appropriate amount of water-soluble fertilizer can increase the yield by about 40%. Moreover, the more arid the place, the better the yield-increasing effect will be. And if the hawthorn is watered with an appropriate amount of water-soluble fertilizer, then it can also increase the flower bud differentiation rate and reduce the phenomena of off-year fruiting and fruit drop. Finally, during the dormant period of the hawthorn tree and before sprouting in spring, attention should be paid to doing a good job in pest and disease control. Protect the flower buds of the hawthorn tree, carry out disinfection and sterilization, and keep warm and prevent freezing, so as to ensure the normal growth of the hawthorn tree.

The above is a brief introduction to the high-yield cultivation techniques for hawthorn. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and I hope it can help everyone!