The Latest Technical Methods and Tutorial for High-Yield Fig Management

The fruit of the fig, its stems and leaves, and even the entire plant can all be used as medicine. The fruit can not only stimulate the appetite and aid digestion, but also treat diarrhea. It also has a certain effect on lowering blood lipids. Figs have very high edible and medicinal value. After most people realized its value, the market immediately took off, and more and more growers appeared. But do you know how to plant them? How should they be managed to achieve high yields of figs? Let's take a look below!

1. Fertilizer and Water Management

The base fertilizer for figs is generally applied together with winter plowing around the leaf-fall period. During the new shoot growth stage and the flower receptacle and fruit enlargement stage, additional fertilizer is applied. It is best not to apply it all at once, but in stages. During the flowering stage, young fruit stage and enlargement stage, spray Huaguo Zhuangdiling once in each stage to regulate the internal nutrition of the fruit. This is because it can avoid poor development and flower and fruit drop caused by insufficient nutrition, and it has a clear effect on preserving flowers and fruits in figs.

2. Shaping and Pruning

Fig plants should not be too tall. The tree shape is mainly based on the stump type. In the first year of planting, the plant should be kept at about 20 cm, in order to promote branch growth at the base. Then select 5 branches from the branches as main branches to begin training, and train the branches separately in the direction of side branches and fruiting branches. Pruning is mainly winter pruning, supplemented by summer pruning. The purpose of summer pruning is mainly to preserve flowers and fruits and improve yield and quality, while winter pruning is mainly for the plant's sprouting and nutrient accumulation in the second year.

3. Harvesting and Storage

The ripening time of figs is relatively long compared with other fruits. Figs are harvested in batches. The fruit begins to gradually ripen in summer. A ripe fig will have a small hole, and the reticulated pattern on the skin can also be counted clearly with the naked eye. When there is market demand, they can be harvested early. Harvesting should be chosen in dry weather. In order to avoid damaging the branches, the harvesting movements should not be too big. Because ripe figs are very easy to rot and deteriorate, storage must maintain a low temperature of 0 degrees and a relative humidity of above 80%.

4. Disease Control

Figs will develop many diseases and pests, such as the diseases anthracnose and angular leaf spot, and pests such as the yellow-spined nettle moth and scarab beetles. These diseases are all due to inadequate management of the orchard. Most pathogens and insect eggs attach to the soil and diseased residues to overwinter. After the temperature rises in spring, pathogens and insect eggs begin to breed and multiply, parasitizing the tree body and causing damage and disease. The orchard must be disinfected regularly, diseased residues must be centrally cleaned up, and after harvesting the soil should be cultivated and disinfected to reduce sources of disease.

The four points mentioned above are about fig management methods. Figs generally require more water and fertilizer, and their water and fertilizer requirements must be guaranteed. Moreover, pests and diseases are very harmful to figs, so attention must be paid to the prevention and control of pests and diseases, regular cleaning of the orchard, and burning of diseased residues. It should also be noted that after figs ripen, excessively high temperatures will make them extremely prone to rot, so storage must maintain a temperature below 0 degrees to prevent spoilage.