How to Improve Fruit Quality in Peach Cultivation
There are many kinds of peaches, such as nectarines, yellow peaches, and so on, and all varieties of peaches are favored by many people. More and more people are growing peaches, so the market competition for growing peaches is also growing. Many friends want to promote early ripening when growing them so they can go on the market as soon as possible. In fact, improving the quality of peaches when growing them is also one of the ways to strengthen your own competitiveness. So how should we improve the quality of peaches? Let's take a look together with the editor below!
1. Reasonable fertilization
Fertilization is essential work in peach cultivation, but fertilization also has certain techniques; you cannot apply fertilizer in a one-sided way or excessively. Many people, in order to increase peach yield and growth speed, apply nitrogen fertilizer excessively, which reduces the sugar content of the peaches and makes the proportion of nutrients in the peaches unbalanced. This seriously affects the quality of the peaches, for example causing the peaches to have no sweetness, fail to color, have reduced storage time, and develop rotten fruit. Therefore, the nutrient content in the fertilizer must be reasonably controlled to ensure fruit quality.
2. Provide light
Peach trees have a high demand for light, especially during the fruit coloring period; without sufficient light, the peaches will color poorly. Therefore, the fruit trees should be pruned appropriately to improve the permeability of the tree body in the orchard. Cut off excessively long, excessively dense, aged, and some thin and weak branches to prevent them from blocking sunlight. During the maturity period, ensuring 16-17 hours of light time can effectively improve fruit coloring, taste, appearance, and so on.
3. Appropriate watering
The growth of peach trees cannot be separated from water, and their demand for water is very high. Once they lack water during the growth process, branch growth will become extremely slow. And immediately watering will also cause large-scale leaf drop, so we must manage water well. Especially in the later stage of peach tree growth, when flowering and fruiting, the peach trees must not be left in a drought state, and water should be replenished in time, but not excessively.
4. Ensure leaf area
Leaves are organs on the tree body and are also the key to the tree body's photosynthesis. Without sufficient leaf area, the tree body's photosynthetic capacity will decline, nutrient accumulation will be insufficient, sugar content will decrease, and the taste of the fruit will be affected. The main cause of reduced leaf area is pests and diseases, so we should further strengthen pest and disease control work, reduce leaf drop, and improve photosynthetic capacity, so as to effectively increase fruit sugar content and promote coloring.
5. Adjust the PH value
The final quality of the fruit is closely related to the PH value in the soil. Appropriate acidity and alkalinity will directly determine the fruit's coloring, taste, sweetness, and so on. But many friends ignore this point in cultivation, resulting in very poor fruit quality. The most suitable growth PH value for peach trees is between 5.5-7.5; below or above this range will have a great impact on fruit coloring. Therefore, the PH value in the soil must be reasonably controlled
in order to further improve fruit quality.
The above are the main methods for improving peach fruit quality. You can also bag the fruit during the young fruit stage; bagging can help the fruit color and improve the fruit's appearance. And pay special attention to the PH value in the soil, because coloring is mainly based on anthocyanins, and anthocyanins change with changes in PH value; changes in anthocyanins will have a direct impact on the sugar content of the fruit. This article is for reference only, and I hope it is helpful to everyone.