What to do when winter jujube has a low fruit-setting rate? Here are methods to teach you how to improve the fruit-setting rate

As summer passes, winter jujube gradually begins to appear in people's view. As a winter fruit with relatively high nutritional value, winter jujube is very good for the human body when eaten regularly, but this year's growers encountered some problems. The fruit-setting rate of winter jujube is not ideal, so how can it be improved? Now let's learn about it together with Qinnong Net.

1. Water control

The growing season of winter jujube is in most cases a relatively dry season, and winter jujube itself has a fairly high water content, so the importance of water to winter jujube is self-evident. Especially during the pollination period of winter jujube, the requirement for air humidity is very high. If the weather is relatively dry during this period, watering is needed, and spray-type watering should be adopted, spraying the entire tree, so that air humidity can be effectively ensured. The same is true during the fruiting period, when it is only necessary to ensure sufficient water at the roots.

2. Light distribution

Many people will say that the factor of light cannot be controlled. What we need to do is only let the fruiting winter jujube receive light to a greater extent. This can be achieved manually, and this will greatly improve the fruit-setting rate. In places with more fruit and dense leaves, the branches need to be separated so that sunlight can better shine on the winter jujube hidden inside. For some places with dense leaves and few fruits, they should be pressed toward the inside of the tree, or even fixed in places with little light, and then other places with relatively dense fruit should be covered to increase the light-receiving area of high-quality winter jujube and improve the fruit-setting rate.

3. Reasonable fertilization

Fertilization is a threshold that winter jujube cannot avoid. Compared with orchard soil nutrients, it is difficult to ensure a high fruit-setting rate of winter jujube, so fertilizer is the best supplementary means at this time. In the initial base fertilizer stage, organic fertilizer is the main component, with compound fertilizer as an auxiliary; during the flowering period, nitrogen fertilizer should be the main component, making the branches of the winter jujube tree stronger and growing faster, so that the number of flowers will be greatly increased; when the flowering period ends and the flowers begin to turn into fruit, potassium fertilizer should be the main component to improve the fruiting rate; in the later stage when the fruit begins to grow, potassium fertilizer and phosphate fertilizer should be the main components, supplemented with a small amount of nitrogen fertilizer. In this way, fertilization can effectively ensure the fruit-setting rate.

4. Branch and leaf management

This aspect still has some effect on the fruit-setting rate, but relatively not that great. You can try it. This aspect is mainly to reduce the nutrient waste of the winter jujube tree and let the tree's nutrients go to effective places. First, clean up some dead branches and leaves. Some branches and leaves in low-light areas that are nevertheless growing luxuriantly should be partly removed, because the fruiting rate in such places will be very low. Second, directly remove some poorly developed branches, so as to provide a better growing environment for other well-growing branches.

The above are some measures for improving the fruit-setting rate of winter jujube. These are all aspects that are relatively easy to control manually. Winter jujube itself can also be considered a relatively easy tree species to grow. After taking the above measures, the fruit-setting rate will generally be very good. If you find it useful, you can follow our website.