Pruning Methods and Technical Key Points for Peach Trees After Fruit Harvest
How should peach trees be pruned after fruit harvest? Please provide guidance. After fruit harvest, peach trees can be pruned by referring to the following methods: ① For trees that have just begun to bear fruit, if the angle of the scaffold branches is small, pull the branches to open the angle; when newly sprouted and vigorously growing branches reach about 30 cm, pinch off the growing tips. ② For overly dense branches, thin and weak branches, drooping branches...
How should peach trees be pruned after fruit harvest? Please provide guidance.
After fruit harvest, peach trees can be pruned by referring to the following methods:
① For trees that have just begun to bear fruit, if the angle of the scaffold branches is small, pull the branches to open the angle; when newly sprouted and vigorously growing branches reach about 30 cm, pinch off the growing tips.
② Remove overly dense branches, thin and weak branches, drooping branches, pest- and disease-damaged branches, and upright branches in the upper part that have no useful value; for weakened old branch groups, appropriately thin out slender branches to reduce nutrient consumption and improve light and ventilation conditions in the canopy.
③ Appropriately cut back overlapping branches, crossing branches, and some aging fruiting branch groups.
④ Shorten the terminal fruiting branch segments on fruiting branches; branches near the base should be retained as much as possible and kept as reserve branches.
⑤ Thin out the strong and vigorous shoot portions in the upper part, then twist the branches at the base to control vigor and promote the formation of flower buds.
⑥ For upright vigorous branches inside the canopy that have value for renovation, select basal branches, and shorten or twist and bend the shoots at weaker secondary shoots to moderate vigor and promote fruiting.
⑦ For competing branches, make pruning wounds or twist and bend the shoots downward to control growth and make them form fruiting branch groups.
⑧ For peach trees with few branches inside the canopy, pull the main branches open as much as possible to a nearly horizontal position to increase the number of branches inside the canopy; you can also use ring girdling to promote the sprouting of new branches, and before leaf fall, pinch or twist the new shoots to promote their development into branch groups and increase fruiting sites.
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