When pruning young Camellia oleifera trees, attention should be paid to promoting growth pruning, topping pruning, twig pruning and matters needing attention in pruning. At the initial stage, the lower branches of young Camellia oleifera trees are cut off to make them grow upwards. After reaching a certain height, the tops are cut off to make them grow around, and useless branchlets are pruned in time for disinfection.

How to Prune 1 and Prune Lower Branches of Camellia oleifera Young Trees

When we prune young camellia oleifera, we mainly prune the branches at the lower part of the plant at first. During the initial 1-2 years of planting, we usually focus on pruning the lower branches of the plant, leaving only one trunk to promote the upward growth of the plant, and then do the next pruning when it grows to a sufficient height.

Step 2 behead and topcoat

When the young Camellia oleifera grows to a certain height, it is necessary to prune its top, find the most vigorous and best-growing branches at the top, and cut them off, so as to control the height of the young Camellia oleifera, make lateral buds grow around it, grow more luxuriantly and have beautiful plant shape.

Step 3 prune branchlets

During the whole growth process of young Camellia oleifera, we should trim the shoots of the plants. In the process of plant growth, there will be many useless branches, such as small branches, subdivided branches, overlapping branches and so on. We should cut off these useless branches in time to keep the shape of plants and preserve nutrition.

4. Preventive measures

When pruning young Camellia oleifera trees, we must use special sharp tools, disinfect the tools before pruning, and spray disinfectant on the plants after pruning to prevent the wounds of the plants from being infected by germs and make the whole plants sick.