Why do mulberry trees need pruning? Analysis of the main reasons
Mulberries are very common in our daily lives. Mulberries not only have high edible value, but also have certain functional effects. When we grow mulberries, management work is very important. In particular, the pruning of mulberry trees, reasonable pruning is very beneficial to the yield of mulberry trees and fruit quality. However, many people still do not know why pruning is needed when growing mulberries, so let's take a look together below!
1. Balancing tree vigor
When the mulberry tree is young, we can begin the shaping and pruning work. Through annual pruning, the mulberry tree gradually grows robust branches, ensuring that the branches are evenly distributed and similar in thickness, improving the quality of the backbone framework. Within one or two years after planting, pruning techniques such as pinching and heading back are adopted to speed up branch growth and promote the early formation of the tree canopy. Then methods such as renewal pruning and thinning are used to cultivate fruiting mother branches of suitable density. This ensures balanced tree growth and lays the foundation for high yields in the later stage of the fruit tree.
2. Enhancing air and light penetration
Through pruning, the mulberry tree can form a good canopy, ensuring reasonable distribution of branches inside the canopy and even distribution of leaves. The main targets of pruning are various branches that are too dense, too long, or weak and drooping. This ensures that the branches inside the canopy can also receive light evenly, which not only improves the quality of mulberry fruit, but also expands the light-receiving area of the leaves, improves photosynthesis, and reduces useless leaves on the mulberry tree. It also provides sufficient nutrients for mulberry tree growth, flower bud differentiation, and more, improving planting benefits.
3. Reducing nutrient consumption
Reasonable pruning work can prevent branches from excessively consuming nutrients, which would lead to increased planting costs. When pruning, it is mainly necessary to thin out some dense branches, as well as excessive flower clusters on the branches. It is also necessary to cut off some overly long branches to prevent excessive nutrient consumption from overly long branches. Concentrate nutrients on branches with strong fruiting ability, provide sufficient nutrients for branch flowering and fruiting, and improve the utilization rate of fertilizer nutrients.
4. Coordinating growth conflicts
Pruning work can also effectively coordinate the growth conflicts of mulberry trees. When pruning, we should fully understand the growth characteristics of mulberry trees and the tree age and growth vigor. If it is intensive close planting, then proper summer pruning should be carried out every year, and after summer pruning, branches should be set in time, and winter pruning is naturally also indispensable. Ensure that every year the mulberry tree can be provided with a suitable amount of fruiting mother branches and a suitable leaf-to-fruit ratio. Avoid the alternate bearing phenomenon in mulberry trees, stabilize comfort, and thus achieve the purpose of extending the full fruit period of mulberry trees.
The above is a brief introduction to why mulberry trees need pruning. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and I hope it can help everyone!