What are the common problems in peach tree cultivation?
Growing peach trees is a fairly time-consuming matter, and growers need to pay attention throughout the entire growth process of the peach tree. However, there will always be some abnormalities during the growing process, and various problems are often encountered. Below, let us learn about several common problems that occur during cultivation and see whether you have encountered them.
1. The trunk does not grow
The growth and development of a peach tree depends on the drive of the trunk. If the trunk grows quickly and well, then the whole peach tree is basically relatively healthy, and the output is guaranteed. However, the trunk not growing is something everyone easily encounters. In everyone's orchards, poor-growing fruit trees are often found, whose trunks are thin and short, and the yield of the fruit trees is also extremely unoptimistic. When this situation occurs, pay attention to problems in fertilization and pests. If all other aspects are normal and only this tree is abnormal, then it is basically the sapling itself that has a problem. You can try clearing away the other branches and keeping only the trunk to see whether the growth can become normal.
2. The tree body is tilted
During the growth process, it also happens from time to time that a peach tree grows crooked, or the whole tree grows at a slant. Trees growing like this are very bad in an orchard and can easily affect the surrounding trees. There are several situations that cause this. First, when planting, some saplings were planted crookedly, so in the end they naturally grew somewhat crooked. Second, it is caused by sunlight. If one side has more light for a long time, the fruit tree growing toward the sun is naturally prone to growing crooked. There is also another situation, which is that after planting, it was attacked by factors such as wind and was blown crooked, and the grower did not adjust it in time, ultimately leading to crooked growth.
3. Severe fruit drop
The problem of fruit drop has always been a challenge faced by peach trees, but this problem occurs to some extent every year and is very difficult to prevent and control. The causes of fruit drop are mainly divided into several aspects, including natural factors, disease factors, and human factors. Natural factors are caused by conditions such as wind, rain, and drought, and everyone cannot change these. Disease factors can be prevented and controlled. The diseases that cause peach fruit drop are generally around the fruit. When fruit drop is abnormal, checking more around the fruit can basically identify the cause. Human factors include unreasonable fertilization, which leads to insufficient fertilizer needed by the peach tree, ultimately causing fruit drop. There is also excessive pruning, which causes the fruit tree to enter a short-term weak period, and the nutrient supply cannot keep up, leading to fruit drop.
4. Short full-fruit period
What growers like most is nothing other than the full-fruit period, because this represents a continuous time of harvest. However, more and more people find that their peach trees' full-fruit period cannot compare with others'. There are many cases where others' last ten years while one's own lasts only six years, and the returns are far inferior to others'. In fact, this is caused by not paying attention during daily cultivation. Only when pruning, scientific fertilization, winter maintenance, and various other aspects are all done well can the maximum full-fruit period of the fruit tree be guaranteed to the greatest extent. Therefore, do not neglect these problems during cultivation, because they affect future harvests.
The above are some of the problems in peach tree cultivation. Here, we have mainly selected some common situations to introduce to everyone, and by the way let everyone know the causes, so that it will be convenient for everyone to make adjustments during cultivation.