Latest Technical Points for Crabapple Orchard Management
Crabapple is the fruit of the crabapple tree, widely grown in northern China, and the fruit can be used as industrial oil. After processing and detoxification, the fruit can be eaten directly. Crabapple has high medicinal value, and its flowers, fruits and roots can all be used in medicine. It has certain effects in treating rheumatism, vomiting and diarrhea, and is a fruit beneficial to the human body. However, how to manage it during cultivation is a relatively important issue. Below I have brought you the orchard management methods for crabapple. Let us take a look together!
1. Weeding and loosening the soil
Weeding and loosening the soil is the most basic and also the most important work. When crabapple grows into the summer months of June to July, it is not only a period of vigorous growth, but also the time when various weeds have the strongest growth capacity. At this time we must do a good job of weeding, because weeds have strong growth capacity and their nutrient demand gradually increases, so they will rob crabapple of nutrients, causing nutrient deficiency in crabapple. During weeding, the soil can also be effectively loosened. Loosening the soil can improve the soil's ventilation, air permeability, and water and fertilizer retention capacity, making the nutrient absorption capacity of the crabapple tree roots stronger, which is beneficial to the growth of the crabapple tree.
2. Water and fertilizer management
Crabapple has relatively high requirements for water and fertilizer. When topdressing, try to use farmyard manure. You can dig trenches or holes about 25-35 cm around the tree body, and then apply an appropriate amount of agricultural machinery fertilizer into them. Topdress in time according to the growth of the crabapple tree. The fertilizer components are mainly farmyard manure and compound fertilizer. If possible, avoid using chemical fertilizers, because chemical fertilizers will damage the soil, affect soil quality, and cause a certain impact on the growth of the crabapple tree. We also need to do a good job of water drainage and irrigation management according to the condition of the tree body and soil. During continuous high temperature and drought weather, water in time. However, there should not be too much water, to prevent the roots of the crabapple tree from being unable to breathe, which affects nutrient absorption. When there is too much accumulated water, it should be drained out of the orchard in time.
3. Reasonable intercropping
The planting density of crabapple is relatively sparse, because the fruit trees are relatively large, and if planted too densely they will affect each other's growth. However, if the planting density is too sparse, a lot of land resources will be wasted, so during planting we can appropriately intercrop some cash crops, such as blueberries, cherry tomatoes and other shrub fruits. This will neither affect the growth of the crabapple tree nor fail to make full use of land resources, further improving the economic benefits for fruit farmers. However, during the planting process, more time must be spent managing the intercrops, though these are just basic tasks such as weeding and fertilizing. It should be noted that taller crops cannot be planted, to avoid blocking sunlight and competing with the crabapple tree for nutrients. If this occurs, they should be removed in time.
4. Disease control
Disease control is work that cannot stop for a moment during the planting process. After the fruit is harvested, do a good job of clearing the orchard, and take diseased plants, diseased leaves, residual branches and fallen fruits out of the orchard in a centralized manner for disposal. Disinfect the crabapple orchard comprehensively at regular intervals, and regularly observe the orchard situation to see whether there are signs or symptoms of disease occurrence. After disease occurs, cut off the affected parts to prevent the spread of pathogens, and then promptly check the specific situation. Then make corresponding control measures to reduce the presence of pathogens in the orchard as much as possible, so as to effectively lower the disease incidence rate.
The above is a brief introduction by the editor to crabapple orchard management. Crabapple has good planting prospects, and its economic benefits are also very good. However, before planting, everyone still needs to do all the preparatory work, such as planting techniques, planting environment, etc. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you all for reading and supporting.