Key Points and Methods of Orchard Management Techniques for Crabapple Fruit
Crabapple fruit is the fruit of the crabapple tree, and it is grown fairly widely in northern China. The fruit can be used as industrial oil. After the fruit is processed to remove toxins, it can be eaten directly. Crabapple fruit has relatively high medicinal value; its flowers, fruits, and roots can all be used as medicine. It has effects such as treating rheumatic pain, vomiting, and diarrhea, and is a fruit beneficial to the human body. However, how to manage it during the planting process is a relatively important issue. Below, I have brought you the orchard management methods for crabapple fruit. Let's take a look together!
1. Weeding and loosening the soil
Weeding and loosening the soil is the most basic and also the most important work. When crabapple fruit grows into the summer months of June to July, it is not only a period of vigorous growth, but also the time when various weeds have the strongest growth capacity. At this time, we must do a good job of weeding, because weeds have strong growth ability, and their nutrient demand gradually increases, so they will rob crabapple fruit of nutrients, causing a nutrient deficiency in crabapple fruit. During weeding, the soil can also be effectively loosened. Loosening the soil can improve the soil's ventilation and permeability as well as its water and fertilizer retention capacity, making the nutrient absorption capacity of crabapple tree roots stronger, which is beneficial to the growth of crabapple trees.
2. Water and fertilizer management
Crabapple fruit has relatively high requirements for water and fertilizer. When topdressing, try to use farmyard manure. You can dig trenches or holes about 25-35 cm around the tree body, then apply an appropriate amount of agricultural machinery fertilizer into them. Topdress in a timely manner according to the growth condition of the crabapple tree. The fertilizer components are mainly farmyard manure and compound fertilizer. If possible, avoid using chemical fertilizers, because chemical fertilizers will damage the soil, affect soil quality, and cause a certain impact on the growth of crabapple trees. We also need to do a good job of water drainage and irrigation management according to the condition of the tree body and soil. In continuous high-temperature and drought weather, water in a timely manner. However, there should not be too much water, to prevent the roots of the crabapple tree from being unable to breathe and affecting nutrient absorption. When there is too much accumulated water, it should be drained from the orchard in a timely manner.
3. Reasonable intercropping
The planting density of crabapple fruit is relatively sparse, because the fruit trees are relatively large, and if planted too densely, they will affect each other's growth. However, if the planting density is too sparse, a lot of land resources will be wasted, so during the planting process we can appropriately intercrop some cash crops, such as blueberries, cherry tomatoes, and other shrub fruits. This will neither affect the growth of crabapple trees nor fail to make full use of land resources, further improving the economic benefits for fruit growers. However, during the planting process, more time must be spent managing the intercrops, though these are just basic tasks such as weeding and fertilizing. It should be noted that taller crops cannot be planted, to avoid blocking sunlight and competing with crabapple trees for nutrients. If this happens, they should be removed in a timely manner.
4. Disease control
Disease control is work that cannot stop for even a moment during the planting process. After the fruit is harvested, do a good job of clearing the orchard, and take diseased plants, diseased leaves, residual branches, and fallen fruits out of the orchard in a centralized manner for disposal. Regularly disinfect the crabapple orchard comprehensively, and regularly observe the orchard conditions to see whether there are signs or symptoms before disease occurs. After disease occurs, cut off the diseased parts to prevent the spread of pathogens, then promptly check the specific situation. Then make corresponding control measures to reduce the presence of pathogens in the orchard as much as possible, so as to effectively reduce the incidence rate.
The above is the editor's brief introduction to crabapple fruit orchard management. Crabapple fruit has good planting prospects, and its economic benefits are also very good. However, before planting, everyone still needs to do all the preparatory work well, such as planting techniques and planting environment. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you all for reading and supporting.