The Latest Techniques for Orchard Management in Pear Cultivation
The pear is a fruit that many people quite enjoy eating, and pears also come in many different varieties, each with a certain cultivated area in our country. Nowadays many people also want to start growing pears on a large scale, but they lack mature cultivation techniques. First, growing pears requires us to do a good job of orchard management, so how should management be carried out? Below, the editor brings you the orchard management of pear trees, let's take a look!
1. Fertilizer and Water Management
Pear trees have a relatively large demand for fertilizer and water. During cultivation, we should improve the drainage and irrigation measures in the orchard and water appropriately according to the growth conditions of the pear trees. This prevents drought, which can cause water deficiency in pear trees, trigger leaf drop, and have a certain impact on growth. Low-growing crops can be interplanted in the orchard to improve soil water retention, prevent the loss of water and fertilizer, and also provide insulation. During the vigorous growth period of pear trees, foliar fertilizer should be sprayed at least 3 times to promote leaf growth and increase nutrient accumulation in the tree. Topdressing should be applied appropriately according to the growth conditions of the pear trees to meet the nutrients needed for their growth.
2. Shaping and Pruning
Shaping and pruning are important means of improving orchard ventilation and light penetration, and pruning work needs to begin from the young tree stage. We must prevent excessive vegetative growth in pear trees. If pear trees are not shaped and pruned in time, their branches and leaves become dense and shade each other, so that the inner branches of the pear tree cannot receive any light at all. Flowering and fruiting are hindered, and yield declines. Therefore, we should promptly cut off branches that are too long, too dense, diseased or pest-affected, or weak in growth to improve the ventilation and light penetration of the fruit trees. Then we should control the amount of flowers and fruits on the tree to prevent exceeding the tree's load, enhance the tree's vigor, and promote growth and development.
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As was just mentioned, we need to properly control the amount of flowers and fruits on the fruit trees, and we must not blindly retain fruits in order to increase yield. If the number of fruits on a fruiting mother branch is too large, it will not only consume excessive nutrients and increase cultivation costs, but also lead to uneven nutrient distribution, causing poor fruit development. This results in a large amount of fruit drop, which actually reduces yield, and the fruits that remain are of very low quality, threatening the benefits of cultivation. Therefore, we should ensure that the amount of flowers and fruits on the fruit trees is within the tree's tolerance range, improve nutrient concentration in the fruits, and avoid consuming excessive unnecessary nutrients.
4. Pest and Disease Control
Pest and disease control work, no matter what is being cultivated, is the primary task in its management. The threat of pests and diseases is very great. Once handled improperly, it may lead to a total loss of harvest and even affect growth in the following year. Pest and disease control for pear trees should focus on prevention. Pay attention to the occurrence patterns of common pear tree pests and diseases and strengthen prevention. Observe the growth conditions of the fruit trees regularly to achieve early detection and early treatment, and disinfect the orchard regularly to cut off sources of transmission. But note that pesticides must not be sprayed two weeks before harvest to prevent residue on the fruit surface.
The above are the orchard management methods for pear tree cultivation. Pear trees have relatively strong growth ability, although their early growth rate is relatively slow. But after maturing, they can bear fruit every year and can be harvested continuously for several years. However, everyone must also do a good job of orchard management. Only by doing these basic tasks well can we ensure the healthy growth of pear trees and increase yield. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you all for reading and supporting.