How to manage papaya during the flowering period? Latest technical method tutorial

We are relatively familiar with papaya. It has a wide range of uses: the plant can serve as an ornamental tree species, the fruit can be eaten as a fruit, and the whole plant can be used as medicine. Its nutritional value, medicinal value and economic value are extremely high. During cultivation, flowering period management of papaya is extremely important. Its flowering period affects its fruit-setting rate and is closely related to yield. So how should papaya be managed during the flowering period? Let's take a look together.

1. Fertilization

In order to ensure that the fruit has enough nutrients to grow, fertilization must be carried out during the flowering period, especially after the flowers fade. When papaya flowers fade, it means the fruit begins to grow, and at this time nutrients must be maintained. At this time, fertilization can be done by applying a nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium compound fertilizer, but fertilization should be moderate and not excessive. If too much fertilizer is applied, it will affect fruit growth. Fertilization is generally calculated according to the size of the plant, applying about 250-500 grams per plant. After fertilization, water can be applied to dissolve the fertilizer and speed up plant absorption.

2. Placing bees for pollination

Papaya can set fruit by self-pollination, but in order to increase the fruit-setting rate, cross-pollination must be relied upon. This helps increase the fruit-setting rate, and the fruit quality is also better. Beehives can be placed in the orchard during hot weather so that pollination can be carried out by bees. Generally, placing 1-2 hives per hectare is sufficient; too many or too few are both unsuitable. Too many will affect the growers, while too few will not be good for pollination. The degree must be controlled well, and the number of hives should be increased or decreased according to the actual situation.

3. Artificial supplementary pollination

Artificial supplementary pollination can also be carried out. This is mainly aimed at papaya varieties with a relatively low fruit-setting rate. These varieties have a particularly low self-pollination fruit-setting rate and low yield, so artificial supplementary pollination is needed. For pollination, carefully remove the papaya pollen without damaging the flower buds, dry it in the sun and store it. When pollinating, use a writing brush to dab the pollen onto the stigma of the open flowers. The pollen can also be prepared into a pollen solution and carefully sprayed with a sprayer. This can also achieve the purpose of pollination. This method is suitable for large-scale planting.

4. Flower thinning and fruit thinning

Flower thinning should be carried out during the stage when the inflorescence extends and the flower buds separate. This time period lasts about one week, which makes it convenient to operate. When thinning flowers, excessive and overly dense weak inflorescences can be removed according to spacing, and robust inflorescences should be retained at a certain spacing. This avoids nutrients being consumed by weak inflorescences, allows more nutrients to be supplied to the growth of robust inflorescences, gives the fruit more nutrients, and makes growth more robust. The same applies during the fruit stage: remove weak fruits that are growing too densely and in excessive numbers. Only in this way can the plant's yield be increased and economic returns be raised.

The above is the flowering period management technique for papaya. We hope it can help you. To learn more related knowledge, please stay tuned to us.