Many friends like to eat Chili, so do I. Every time you cook, you can't do without Chili. However, the price of pepper is not low, which is mainly related to the yield of pepper. Friends who have planted peppers should understand that the yield of peppers is very low, and generally a pepper tree can't bear a few kilograms of peppers. Of course, pruning is indispensable for a good harvest of peppers. Here I'd like to share with you some knowledge about pepper pruning.

How to prune pepper trees?

First of all, the question mentioned the newly planted pepper. The newly planted pepper generally belongs to young trees. At this stage, the pruning of Zanthoxylum bungeanum is less, mainly based on the pruning of young trees, so that young trees can form a good tree structure. There are generally three kinds of pruning of young trees: natural happy type, cluster type with many main branches and spindle type with sparse layers and small crowns.

Natural pleasure type: The natural pleasure type Zanthoxylum bungeanum has an obvious trunk, the trunk is about 35 cm high, and there are generally three main branches on the trunk, and each main branch has about three lateral branches. Such a tree shape is conducive to the rapid formation of pepper, early fruiting time, uniform illumination of pepper and increased yield. Pruning time is suitable for autumn.

The pruning method needs to be fixed first, and the height of the fixed stem needs to consider the variety of pepper and the planting environment. The fixed stem height of Zanthoxylum bungeanum is generally about 30 to 50 cm, and it is necessary to keep 6 complete buds below the incision 10 cm. After the pepper tree germinates, wipe off the new buds under the full buds left here.

In the first year of planting, three well-growing Zanthoxylum bungeanum branches are generally selected as main branches for cultivation, and other Zanthoxylum bungeanum branches are used as auxiliary branches. For auxiliary branches, methods such as pulling, hanging and pressing are generally used to control their growth. When the main branch of Zanthoxylum bungeanum grows to about 50 cm, it is generally in June every year to start pinching and cultivate secondary branches.

When pruning in winter, pay attention to the parts to be trimmed. Generally, the main branches and side branches should be pruned when the buds are full. The growth angle of the main branch is best to keep an included angle of about 60 degrees with the vertical direction. If the angle is not suitable, it is best to adjust the growth angle of the main branch.

In addition, according to the growth situation, it is decided to keep the branches other than the main branch. Generally, it can be used as an auxiliary branch without affecting the growth of the main branch. If it affects or overlaps or crosses the growth, it can be thinned appropriately. When thinning, it is generally cut directly from the base of the branch.

Natural and happy Zanthoxylum bungeanum trees generally take four years to shape, during which they need to be shaped and pruned every year. In the second year, coring was carried out at 40 ~ 50cm of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, and secondary lateral branches were cultivated in the direction opposite to the growth direction of primary lateral branches. In the third year, the core was taken at the position of 50 ~ 60cm, and the third-level lateral branches and the second-level lateral branches were cultivated in the opposite direction. In the fourth year, we don't need to cultivate lateral branches, but we should also pick the core to avoid excessive growth of top branches and pay attention to tamping the inner cavity branches.