How to Grow Beautiful Plum (Meiren Mei)? Detailed Guide to Cultivation Methods and Precautions
Beautiful plum (Meiren Mei) is a deciduous small tree or shrub in the Rosaceae family. It has high ornamental value and a fairly wide range of uses, and can basically be enjoyed year-round. It can be planted in courtyards or grown as a potted plant, and is now also widely used as a cut flower. So how should beautiful plum be cultivated? Today, the editor brings you the cultivation methods and precautions for beautiful plum. Let's take a look below!
1. Planting Conditions
Beautiful plum is not very strict about soil requirements, but loam soil is best. Because beautiful plum is a hybrid variety, it has a certain tolerance to saline-alkali conditions. However, it still needs a certain level of fertility, and the soil should have good permeability and be relatively loose and soft to ensure normal growth of beautiful plum. Note that beautiful plum has fairly strong waterlogging tolerance, so we should plant it in a higher, dry location. At the same time, beautiful plum has a high demand for light and poor shade tolerance. If there is insufficient light, it can easily lead to poor growth.
2. Propagation Methods
Beautiful plum propagation is generally based mainly on two methods: layering and grafting. However, grafting is used more often. Grafting is usually carried out in late autumn after leaf fall or in early spring before the tree body has sprouted. Peach trees, apricot trees, and similar trees can be used as rootstock, while the scion should mainly be strong, robust branches from within two years with no pests or diseases. Cut them into short sections with about 4 full buds to serve as scions, and the specific grafting methods are divided into branch grafting and bud grafting. The operation process is similar to grafting other plants, so no extra explanation will be given.
3. Water and Fertilizer Management
Beautiful plum likes water but is not tolerant of waterlogging, so everyone should pay close attention when watering. Before beautiful plum overwinters, be careful to water in an appropriate amount of freezing water, and in the following spring also pay attention to green-up water. When watering beautiful plum, do not water too frequently; in summer it can be watered appropriately more. But if there is cloudy and rainy weather, then drain promptly to avoid water accumulation causing root rot. Fertilizer is also very important for the growth of beautiful plum. Before cultivation, apply an appropriate amount of base fertilizer, mainly decomposed farmyard manure. Then during flower bud differentiation, appropriately apply compound fertilizer to promote flowering, and afterward apply less. After each fertilization, water appropriately; do not fertilize too much, to avoid fertilizer damage burning the roots.
4. Precautions
Beautiful plum has a certain cold resistance, but during the seedling stage, attention should still be paid to cold protection work. After maturity, beautiful plum can overwinter in the open ground, but the temperature should not be too low; keep it around zero degrees to avoid freezing damage. At the same time, do a good job of cooling in summer to prevent excessively high temperatures from causing wilting and yellow leaves in beautiful plum. As just mentioned, beautiful plum likes light, so we should also pay attention to maintaining sufficient light. Do not let beautiful plum grow for a long time in a dark, weak-light environment; ensure sufficient light duration and intensity.
The above is a brief introduction to the cultivation methods and precautions for beautiful plum. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and we hope it can help everyone!