The pruning of golden marbles needs to grasp three key times to make the tree branches compact and perfect. First, before spring sprouting, that is, before March, pruning can promote the growth of branches and sprout new buds; the second time point is to prune the branches that grow too long in summer, maintain a reasonable proportion, pruning is conducive to extending the viewing period of the marbles, and can make the autumn buds shrink back to compact branches. Third, in autumn, wait for the branches to be coarsened and sheared to produce spring buds. In autumn, pay attention to keep the fruiting twigs so that the female plants can bear fruit.
The pruning of golden marbles should follow the principle of mainly thinning branches, supplemented by light pruning and the combination of wiping buds and picking heart. Under the condition of vigorous growth, there is no need to keep the long branches. The old and weak trees or some parts can be properly kept under the lack of branches. When they grow to a certain height, they can pick the heart as a preparatory branch. Focus on cutting those branches that affect growth and beauty, such as cross branches, bore branches, overlapping branches, disease and insect branches. In order to control the sprouting of new shoots and avoid falling fruit, the method of heart picking can be used from fruit setting stage to young fruit expanding stage. In the same year, the fruiting branch needs to sparse the buds below the fruiting node, and the buds above the fruiting node are counted from the fruiting node, leaving 4 leaves to pick the heart.
In the peak growing season, we should often wipe out the dense, overlapping and overgrown branches and buds. For the strong branch, the heart should be removed in time to promote the secondary branch, so as to cultivate the tree form and fruiting mother branch. Results the amount of mother branch should be determined according to the shape and trend of basin tree. Pruning is required once a year in winter. Prune weak branches, disease and insect branches, Cross branches, overlapping branches, which is conducive to ventilation and light transmission to promote its healthy growth, and to achieve flowering and fruit.
