What are the latest precautions for guava cultivation
The fruit guava is actually very familiar to us, but if we say "bale" everyone might shake their heads and say they don't know it, yet switch to another name, guava, and everyone will suddenly understand. On a recent episode of Go Fighting! there was a game segment that mentioned guava, and I believe many people went to look up what kind of fruit guava actually is, so today let's follow Qinong Web to take a look at what needs attention when cultivating guava.
1. Cultivation conditions
Guava is a tropical fruit, so if you want to cultivate it, it must of course meet its growing conditions, so the first thing to pay attention to is the choice of planting site. We should try to choose a region where the climate is relatively warm all year round, with the temperature preferably maintained at around 20 to 28 degrees. Next, the planting site should be relatively fertile, and the drainage system should be fairly complete. At the same time, mountain land, plains and other locations relatively close to a water source are all suitable.
2. Planting density
The growth of guava requires sufficient light, so the ventilation and light penetration within the orchard must be relatively good. Therefore, our usual approach is to reasonably arrange and plan the planting density at the time of planting. Generally, about 90 to 100 plants can be planted per mu, arranged reasonably according to the fertility of the soil. We usually plant at a row spacing of 3 m and a plant spacing of about 2.5 m, with appropriate adjustments allowed.
3. Fertilizer and water management
Fertilizer and water management is a very important point in the guava cultivation process. It not only determines the yield and quality of guava, but also determines the usable lifespan of the guava. Generally, guava planting sites need to maintain a certain humidity. When there is no rainfall, watering is needed about once every five days. During the seedling stage, irrigation mode is used, while mature fruit trees use sprinkler irrigation. Guava mainly relies on organic fertilizer, supplemented by chemical fertilizer. Fertilization is needed at least three to four times a year, and the amount of fertilizer can be appropriately increased according to the growth years of the fruit tree. During the fruiting period, attention should be paid to appropriately increasing potassium fertilizer, so that the guava will ripen better.
4. Branch and leaf management
Branch and leaf management is an auxiliary method in the later stage to enhance ventilation and light penetration within the orchard. If guava is to achieve high yield, then the openness within the orchard must be good. But when the guava saplings grow to a certain period, the branches and leaves in some places become too luxuriant, thereby blocking the light of other branches and leaves. So we need to prune according to the principle of removing old, weak, diseased and damaged branches, so as to achieve a reasonable density. Next, we need to remove the growing tip of the branch, which is beneficial to the growth of side branches.
5. Flower and fruit thinning
In order to improve the yield and quality of guava, flower and fruit thinning is a task that requires special attention in our cultivation process. Guava blooms relatively abundantly during the flowering period, so we should carry out appropriate flower thinning when the flowering is at its peak, gently knocking off some flowers that are relatively weak, damaged by pests and diseases, or have relatively fragile vitality. Then, after the flowers fade, when the young fruits are the size of a thumb, we also need to carry out fruit thinning. First, fruit thinning is still carried out according to the principle of retaining high-quality fruit. Second, guava fruits may grow very close together when bearing fruit, so we should appropriately and gently pick some of the surrounding fruits so as to provide sufficient nutrients.