How should young blueberry trees be pruned to be scientific and reasonable?
How should young blueberry trees be pruned? Please give guidance. After planting, young trees develop flower buds in the first and second years, and flowering and fruiting will inhibit vegetative growth. The main purpose of the young tree stage is to promote root development, expand the canopy and increase branches, therefore pruning at the young tree stage focuses mainly on removing flower buds. In the spring of the second and third years after planting...
How should young blueberry trees be pruned? Please give guidance.
After planting, young trees develop flower buds in the first and second years, and flowering and fruiting will inhibit vegetative growth. The main purpose of the young tree stage is to promote root development, expand the canopy and increase branches, therefore pruning at the young tree stage focuses mainly on removing flower buds. In the spring of the second and third years after planting, thin out weak and small branches.
In the third and fourth years, the focus should be on expanding the canopy, but a moderate amount of fruiting is allowed; generally, the yield per plant in the third year should be kept below 1kg, with fruiting canes bearing the fruit.
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