So, do you know how to graft apricot trees? When will it mature? How to prune during the full fruit period? Let's take a look with Bian Xiao.
How to graft apricot 1? Select healthy apricot branches, cut 5-8 cm as scions, leave 2-3 robust buds at the top, and cut the other end into inclined planes.
2. Insert the apricot scion into the incision of the rootstock and tie it tightly with a plastic bag.
3. Check the survival rate of grafted apricot seedlings.
About 10 days after grafting, if the bud is fresh, it means that the growth condition is good.
If it falls after touching the petiole, it means it has survived.
Bud atrophy and blackening or petiole touching but not falling, indicating that it is not alive and needs to be patched in time.
4. Apricot trees should be watered in time before and after grafting to promote juice flow and improve grafting survival rate.
When do apricot trees ripen and bear fruit? The fruit setting time of apricot trees depends on the growth of transplanted or grafted seedlings. Normally managed apricot trees can bear fruit in the second year and enter the full fruit period in the fourth year.
After reaching the fruiting age, you can eat apricots from June to July every year.
Pruning methods of apricot trees in full fruit period Apricot trees have entered the full fruit period and have been reshaped.
With the increase of tree age, the growth trend weakens, the tree trend tends to ease, and the yield increases and gradually stabilizes.
Without reasonable pruning during the full fruit period, the branches inside the crown will gradually die, and the resulting parts will gradually move out. Because the load cannot be adjusted reasonably, the trees will age prematurely.
The main task of pruning in full fruit stage is to adjust the relationship between growth and fruiting, keep the tree strong and prolong the life of full fruit stage.
Pruning can keep stable fruiting parts and growth potential according to the growth of branches and the space of each part of the crown.
The growth of trees in full fruit stage is obviously reduced compared with that in young tree stage, and the main lateral branches are often horizontal or drooping because of more fruits.
Branches with extended main side branches should be cut again properly, generally, 1/3- 1/2 of the length of new branches should be cut off, so that they can continue to grow strong new branches.
For the weak main branch, trim or increase the angle at the strong branch to restore its growth potential.
Apricot trees have weak branching ability. As long as it is not too dense, the fruiting branches, long fruit branches and medium growth branches in all parts are generally not sparse, and short cutting can promote the alternate fruiting of medium and short fruit branches.
The fruiting branches, drooping branches and perennial auxiliary branches whose growth potential has decreased should be retracted in time to rejuvenate.
In order to prevent hole baldness, attention should be paid to renewing and rejuvenating the lower part of the crown and hole branches in time, so that they can continuously produce strong new branches.
Excessive dense branches and strong branches in the upper or outer part of the crown can be thinned or shrunk according to the specific situation, so as not to affect the illumination in the inner room.
Diseases, pests and dead branches should be removed in time.