Peach blossom can be made into peach crisp, peach balls, peach tea and other foods. With high ornamental value, it is a common material for literary creation. In addition, the elements in peach blossom have medicinal value of dredging meridians and moistening skin. Its gorgeous language and representative meaning are: prisoners of love. From March to June every year, different Peach Blossom Festival activities are held in different places with peach blossoms as the medium.
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First, growing habits
Peach likes light and requires good ventilation; Good drainage and drought resistance; Fear of waterlogging, such as waterlogging for 3 ~ 5 days, light leaves, heavy death. Cold-tolerant, East China and North China can generally overwinter in the open air.
Peach blossom should be light loam, and the moisture should be kept semi-humid. Not tolerant of alkaline soil, not liking too sticky soil, not choosing fertilizer, and other ecological habits are roughly similar to plum blossoms. However, the growth potential and branching ability are stronger than that of plum blossom, but it can't last long, and it begins to decline from about 20 years old.
Generally, the tree age can reach 20 ~ 40 years. Peach trees begin to blossom and bear fruit very early, usually 1 ~ 2 years after the grafted seedlings are planted, and begin to blossom and bear fruit in 3 ~ 5 years. It grows rapidly, and can grow secondary buds 2-4 times a year. Developed roots, especially fibrous roots; Transplanting is easy to survive. Each node has 1 ~ 3 flower buds, almost sessile. Flowers and leaves germinate at the same time, and the leaves grow into full shapes after flowering.
Most peach varieties take long fruit branches as the main part of flowering and fruiting, but a few varieties, such as "Shouxing Peach", mostly blossom and bear fruit on short fruit branches and middle fruit branches. East China and Central China bloom more in the middle and late March, and the fruit ripens in June-September.
Second, species distribution.
Peach blossom originated in central and northern China and has a long cultivation history. Later, it gradually spread to the surrounding areas of Asia and spread from Persia to the west. Persica, a peach blossom, means Persia in Latin. China, French, Mediterranean, Australian and other warm regions. Its reproduction is mainly grafting.
Nitrogen fertilizer, it is best to add bone meal in autumn. Now it is widely planted in all parts of China.
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