1. In crown shaping, strong trees can make full use of secondary branches to continuously cultivate main branches and lateral branches, so that young trees can form early and bear fruit early. It is best to adopt open-heart type for erect apricot varieties to maintain good ventilation and light transmission conditions in the canopy. The specific shaping process and method can refer to peach trees, and some technical adjustments can be made according to the characteristics of apricot trees.

2. In the pruning of fruiting branches, two problems should be considered: apricot trees are easy to freeze flowers in early spring, and degraded flowers increase obviously when fertilizer and water are insufficient. Therefore, in areas with frost during early spring germination and flowering, secondary branches can be used to delay flowering and avoid freezing injury. The specific method is to prune again in winter and core in summer to cultivate a large number of fruit branches with secondary branches. The problem of increasing the number of degraded flowers should mainly start with selecting suitable varieties and strengthening the management of soil, fertilizer and water. On the basis of strengthening the tree potential through pruning and adjustment, the fruit should be as strong as possible and the branches should be as short as possible.