A roundup of the latest mistaken ideas about fruit tree growing

More and more people are growing fruit trees these days, and many of them have hardly studied any of the relevant knowledge, instead relying on what they pick up along the way as they plant, slowly weathering through it. This is also why more and more people end up losing out on this. Below, we bring you several of the mistaken ideas that people growing fruit trees are most likely to have.

1. Blindly chasing varieties

Information now spreads extremely fast, so good fruit tree varieties from various places are very easily learned about, and many people, upon seeing this information, want to blindly follow the trend and introduce them. This is one of the common mistaken ideas. Fruit tree varieties are now divided into ever more detailed categories, and most varieties have their own particular focus. Seedlings bought from another region are not necessarily suitable, so before buying, first find out whether they are suited to being grown where you are. A fruit tree takes time to grow, and it is not as if the fruit of others is on the market within the few days you spend looking up information. Behind successful growing there is no shortage of data collection, and no shortage of varieties suited to the local area.

2. Blindly chasing yield

Growers are very easily influenced by theoretical yields, and thus blindly chase yield. Someone says each tree can produce 100 jin of fruit, you roughly estimate only 80 jin, and then you start using every kind of yield-boosting method, without considering the tree's carrying capacity at all, and ignoring the fact that the figures others give are mostly yields under extremely ideal conditions in every respect. A tree that succeeds in boosting yield may be damaged fairly badly, with its full-bearing period dropping sharply, seriously affecting later yields. One that fails at boosting yield directly leads to growing failure, and there is even less of a future after that. The growth and carrying capacity of a fruit tree are limited, so do not be swayed by other ideal figures. We need to increase to this yield level slowly.

3. Being unwilling to let go

This counts as one of the most common problems among growers, and the one that most easily sucks people in. During growth, a fruit tree needs constant management to steer it toward growing into a high-quality tree, and in the process it is unavoidable that the tree needs to be thinned out. Before harvest, to ensure the normal ripening of the other fruit, you may even need to remove some poorly growing fruit, yet some people are unwilling to let go, and in the end a large batch of fruit fails to develop and ripen normally, and their own losses are even more severe. This is only one example; there are quite a few other similar situations. When growing, you have to be willing to make choices, and it is enough to protect the returns from most of the fruit trees.

4. Not paying attention to care

After harvest is the most critical moment for a fruit tree; before that, it is only important for the grower. After harvest, the fruit tree will basically use all its nutrients for its own growth, no longer having to supply them to the fruit, and if care is neglected at this time, the tree will age very quickly. A well-cared-for orchard will see a clear increase in both tree quality and the full-bearing period, whereas the opposite will quickly fall into a decline and death. Care includes fertilizing, pruning, clearing out diseases, keeping warm and various other aspects. Doing a good job of caring for the trees is the true way to develop fruit growing over the long term.

The above are some of the common mistaken ideas about growing fruit trees. Growing fruit trees is a fairly long-term undertaking, so do not blindly consider only the immediate returns and leave yourself with nothing later; that kind of growing is not lasting.