Detailed Explanation of Key Points on Red Beauty Mandarin Orange Cultivation Techniques
Red Beauty Mandarin Orange is a citrus variety bred in Japan, featuring a deep orange fruit surface, flesh that is extremely easy to chew with almost no residue, high sugar and premium quality, and an aroma like that of sweet orange. It is known as the nobility of citrus. So how should Red Beauty Mandarin Orange be cultivated? Let's take a look together.
1. Site Selection
A warm planting site with fertile soil and good drainage and irrigation should be chosen. Red Beauty has relatively poor cold resistance and has relatively high requirements for heat, sunlight and nutrients, so it is suitable for planting in orchards that have no strong winds in winter, are warm and sunny, have sufficient sunlight, fertile soil, deep soil layers and relatively high organic matter content. It is relatively sensitive to soil moisture content, so a site with convenient drainage and irrigation needs to be chosen for planting, and moisture should be reasonably controlled according to actual conditions to control pests and diseases and improve quality.
2. Fertilizer and Water Management
Red Beauty has relatively high demand for fertilizer and water, so fertilizer and water management needs to be reasonably strengthened, and the annual fertilization amount should be appropriately increased. For young trees, mainly nitrogen fertilizer and organic fertilizer are used, following the principle of applying thin fertilizer frequently, to cultivate a high-yielding tree shape. Fertilization should be carried out four times a year. The base fertilizer is mainly slow-release organic fertilizer, matched with chemical fertilizer and trace element fertilizer, and applied in combination with deep plowing to improve the soil. Before the spring shoots sprout, a sprouting fertilizer is applied, mainly quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer and potassium fertilizer, combined with the application of Sea Elf biostimulant to the root system, to awaken the roots and promote new shoots. In July, a fruit-strengthening fertilizer is applied, including organic fertilizer, balanced compound fertilizer and medium and trace element fertilizer, and Sea Elf biostimulant can also be drenched to achieve the purposes of strengthening fruit, promoting shoots and nourishing roots. 10-15 days before fruit harvest, quick-acting compound fertilizer is mainly used to quickly restore tree vigor.
3. Pruning and Shaping
For young trees, the main aims are to expand the canopy, cultivate scaffold branches and increase the shoots and leaves of the canopy. One year after planting, promote multiple sproutings of spring, summer and autumn shoots to accelerate canopy formation. Timely and repeated pruning is needed to cultivate effective fruiting branch groups, appropriately shorten the extension branches of the main branches and secondary main branches, and maintain a certain amount of growth and tree vigor. For adult fruit trees, spring pruning is mainly adopted, combined with pruning throughout the year. In spring, for trees with too many or too dense main branches, sky-window pruning should be carried out in time to improve light conditions.
4. Flower and Fruit Management
Red Beauty has a relatively high fruit-setting rate. In addition to pruning, flower and fruit thinning must also be carried out in time, thereby improving quality and maintaining strong tree vigor, to achieve the goals of high and stable yield. Flower thinning is carried out when buds appear and before flowering, mainly thinning leafless inflorescences on weak and slender branches. Fruit thinning can be carried out twice. The first time is in late June, thinning diseased and insect-damaged fruit, deformed fruit, damaged fruit, and overly numerous and dense fruit inside the canopy; the second time is in August to September, removing cracked fruit, diseased and insect-damaged fruit, small fruit and tip fruit. In addition, in order to prevent pests and diseases and improve fruit quality, the fruit can be bagged.
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