Loquat trees are neat, with few branches, and generally grow naturally without pruning. However, it is very necessary to prune in time in order to ensure high yield and prolong the life of fruit trees.

First, plastic surgery

Considering that the branches of loquat have certain regularity, in the case of natural growth, the central trunk is particularly significant. The hierarchical tree structure of the trunk is summarized as follows: the trunk is 40 ~ 60 cm high, with 3 ~ 4 layers, the distance between layers is 50 ~ 80 cm, and the number of main branches is 3 ~ 4. The third and fourth floors have two main branches. The tree maintains 10 ~ 12 main branches, and each main branch has 2 ~ 3 numerical control systems.

Second, pruning

Light pruning is recommended for loquat trees, because heavy pruning will affect the production intensity of the trees. The main thing is to cut off the dense branches, reduce the bare branches, and ensure sufficient light and ventilation. Loquat has strong branching ability. For strong branches, the lateral branches may be stronger than the central branches, so they should be cut off, leaving only 1 ~ 2 strong lateral branches. Young loquat trees with vigorous vitality are easy to grow branches and affect the shape of the whole tree, so they should be cut off from the base. If a tree has too many mother branches, some weaker branches should be removed. In addition, summer buds are selected from fruit branches, and each fruit branch has 1-2 well-developed branches.

Third, flower and fruit management.

Fruit management is an important part of loquat cultivation management and a key measure to ensure high quality and stable yield of loquat. Loquat blooms easily in spring and summer. There are usually 60- 100 flowers per ear, but only 10% will bear fruit. Flowering consumes a lot of nutrients and weakens trees to some extent. Therefore, it is necessary to remove redundant flowers, which can effectively preserve nutrition, make the ear get enough nutritional support, improve its resistance to adverse external environment and ensure the fruit setting rate. When thinning the head, one-third of the top of the head and one to three of the bottom of each head are removed, leaving only three to five solid heads in the middle. In the growth period of flower buds, that is, when the flower ear is just picked, the florets do not separate, so it is best to distinguish between spindle shape and branch axis shape. Good ears preserve nutrition. After the young fruit is stable, the fruit becomes thinner, and some small fruits, deformed fruits and diseased fruits are removed, leaving 3 ~ 4 large fruits. Small and medium-sized fruit varieties have 4 ~ 6 fruits.

The above is the introduction of shaping, pruning and flower cutting methods in the process of loquat planting, for your reference and study, hoping to help you.