How to grow ornamental peach? Care methods for cultivating a beautiful presence at home

Ornamental peach is a variety of ornamental flowering peach. Ornamental peach has many flower types and vivid, rich colors. Nowadays, many parks or scenic areas like to plant a stretch of ornamental peach to beautify the environment for visitors to enjoy. If you like it, you might as well plant an ornamental peach at home to boost your romantic luck. So how do you grow ornamental peach? Next, the editor will introduce it to everyone.

How do you grow ornamental peach? Let's learn about the appearance and methods of ornamental peach together!

Cultivation methods for ornamental peach

Propagation of seedlings: mainly by grafting, but also by sowing. For grafting, wild peach or mountain peach is used as rootstock, and seedlings of apricot, plum, mume, and dwarf peach can also be used as rootstock, but compared with using mountain peach and wild peach as rootstock, they have the disadvantages of lower survival rate and slower growth after survival; the advantages are long lifespan and fewer pests and diseases. Grafted plants should be moved indoors after winter begins, then moved outdoors again the next year for cultivation. During the growth period, strengthen water and fertilizer management. As the plant grows larger, replace it with a larger pot the next year, and after about 3 years it can take shape.

Fertilizer and water management: ornamental peach is relatively sensitive to fertilizer. During the growth period, whether to fertilize should be decided according to the growth vigor of the plant. If growth is excessive, it is not conducive to the formation of flower buds, so there is no need to fertilize; if growth is weak, apply organic fertilizer once around the plant before and after leaf fall, and apply one topdressing of diluted human manure or compound chemical fertilizer before flowering. Usually pay attention to timely intertillage and weeding, and water in time according to drought conditions. During the rainy season, pay attention to drainage and prevent waterlogging to ensure healthy plant growth and normal flower bud differentiation. Irrigate once with antifreeze water before frost.

Pest and disease control: the main pests of ornamental peach are aphids and red spiders. When they occur, use 3000 times dilution of decis to spray and kill aphids, and 1800 times dilution of dicofol to spray and kill red spiders. But avoid using dimethoate to prevent leaf fall. Diseases include leaf curl disease and brown rot, which can be sprayed with 705% thiophanate-methyl wettable powder at 1000 times dilution.

Flowering period regulation: in early December, move potted ornamental peach indoors for cold room treatment, with a temperature of about 6°C as suitable, then gradually increase the temperature so that the flower buds develop in a programmed way. After 10 days, gradually increase the temperature to 6-16°C; after 20 days, increase it to 16-23°C, and after a few more days increase it to above 24°C. But it must be noted that water and fertilizer should be applied according to the gradual increase in room temperature. The temperature can only increase gradually, and must never be increased abruptly, otherwise bud drop or early opening may occur, or even adverse consequences such as death. Through this method of gradually increasing room temperature, ornamental peach can be made to bloom early during the Spring Festival.

In addition to daily care, growing ornamental peach also requires developing the habit of regular pruning. Pruning is a very important part for any plant, and ornamental peach is no exception. Only by reasonably and correctly pruning and shaping ornamental peach can its ornamental value be better enhanced, making it beautiful and loaded with fruit. So how do you prune ornamental peach?

Pruning methods for ornamental peach

1. First determine the tree's scaffold branches. Ornamental peach generally has 3-5 main branches. Clarify the subordinate relationship between each main branch and side branches at all levels, find the tips of each main branch, and balance them according to the growth vigor of each main branch, mainly by heading back, using the method of suppressing the strong and supporting the weak to balance the branch vigor with each other. When a main branch extends too long, it should be retracted in time, selecting a suitable branch to replace the original branch tip for heading back. The tip of the main branch must be higher than the other branches, and should be left longer.

2. Next remove useless branches. Thin out crossing branches, overlapping branches, diseased and dead branches, damaged branches, weak twigs, and unnecessary water sprouts. Then prune the branch groups. If during pruning you only pay attention to the arrangement of scaffold branches and not to the cultivation of flowering branch groups, the flowering position will soon move upward, the inner canopy branches will die, and flowering will become planar. Flowering branch groups can be divided by branching order into large, medium, and small. Large branch groups are generally above the 4th order of branching, and are arranged in the middle and lower parts of the canopy and on the back and oblique sides of the main branches.

3. Finally prune the flowering branches. Keep more long flowering branches. Medium-developed long branches flower best and should be retained with 8-12 flower buds and headed back; medium flowering branches retain 5-6 buds, short flowering branches retain 3-4 buds, the bud at the cut should be a leaf bud, and flower cluster branches are not headed back.

The above is the relevant introduction to how ornamental peach is grown. You do not necessarily have to go to a park or scenic area to see ornamental peach. As long as you put in some effort, you can also enjoy the beautiful presence of ornamental peach at home. I hope the editor's introduction can help everyone better understand the methods and techniques for growing ornamental peach.