Detailed Explanation of the Latest Key Points of Jujube Tree Pruning Techniques
During the growth process, jujube trees need branch and leaf pruning, as this can increase the yield and quality of the jujube trees. So how should jujube trees generally be pruned? What are the places that especially need attention during pruning? What is the best pruning time? What are the pruning methods? The correct pruning method is very beneficial to the growth of jujube trees. Let us learn about it together below.
1. Pruning time
Jujube tree pruning is generally divided into winter pruning and summer pruning, and of course supplemental pruning is sometimes also carried out in spring. Winter pruning is generally carried out during the period after the jujube tree sheds its leaves and enters dormancy, but if speaking of the specific pruning time, then it is generally March and April as well as May and June. Winter pruning must be done early; if pruning is too late, it will affect the growth vigor of the jujube tree; summer pruning requires attention to timing, because pruning too early will fail to achieve the effect of regulating the jujube tree's fruiting branches.
2. Pruning principles
The pruning principles for jujube trees need to be divided according to different time periods, mainly including the pruning principles for neglected trees, the pruning principles for young trees, the pruning principles for fruiting trees, and the pruning principles for aging trees. For neglected trees, the main thing is to retain the main branches, clear away messy branches, carry out gradual improvement, until a complete tree shape is formed. Young trees are generally subjected to trunk determination and shaping; fruiting trees are pruned and shaped, adjusting the distance between the main trunk, fruiting branches, and the overall tree shape, and pruning water sprouts, old branches, diseased and pest-infested branches, and dense branches; aging jujube trees are subjected to branch and leaf renewal to cultivate new fruiting branches.
3. Pruning methods
There are many methods for pruning jujube trees. For different growth stages and different growth conditions of jujube trees, the pruning methods we use are also different, so that the normal growth of the jujube trees can be ensured. The main pruning methods include ten pruning methods: thinning branches, heading back, renewal pruning, pinching, delayed pruning, bud notching, branch bending, bud rubbing, bud rubbing, and girdling. We need to use pruning methods according to specific circumstances. If pruning methods are used improperly, this will also have a huge impact on the production volume of jujube trees.
4. Jujube tree pruning
During the early young tree period of jujube trees, their growth speed is relatively slow, so if we want to promote the growth of branches, then we need to prune away all the excess branches and leaves, retain only the main branches, and when the main branches have grown to a certain extent, then promote the later growth of side branches to form an open-shaped crown. For jujube trees that have entered the fruiting period, the main purpose is to ensure the yield and quality of the jujube trees, so it is necessary to prune away the branches and leaves that grow weakly, do not bear fruit or bear little fruit, and have diseases and pests, reasonably control the tree shape, and cultivate thick and strong fruiting mother branches. For jujube trees in the aging period, we need to divide them into three pruning modes: light renewal, medium renewal, and heavy renewal, scientifically cultivate new fruiting branches, and maintain the yield of the jujube trees.
The above are the key points about jujube tree pruning techniques that the editor wants to share with everyone today. I hope it can help everyone. Under normal circumstances, if everyone carries out scientific pruning according to this method, the yield and quality of jujube trees can be correspondingly guaranteed.