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When will kumquat be pruned

Hank Schrader
2020-07-21 08:16:15
Except for winter time, kumquat trees can be pruned. In each growth stage, different thinning methods should be adopted: in its growth stage, it mainly carries out fixed drying, pruning its crown during the fruiting period, cutting its height below 250cm during the fruit harvest period, and shrinking it during the aging period.

I. When is pruning better?

It can be pruned from February to mid March in spring and from early July to mid August in summer and autumn. In addition, between April and July, you can also get rid of the extra buds, cut off the extra treetops, and get rid of the flower branches to help it grow flowers and bear fruit.

Second, the way of pruning

1. Pruning method in growing period: in its growing period, first give its seedlings dry, then help it reshape and cultivate its crown. In the first two years after planting, we can continue to help it cultivate strong branches, making its tree more compact, and its branches and leaves more dense. Every year, we should cultivate the treetops for three or four times, let the crown form as soon as possible, and remove the redundant flowers in time.

2. Pruning method during the fruiting period: during the growth period of its fruit, we still help it to cultivate the crown, and let it grow two or three new treetops every year. The crown will be more beautiful only when the branches are tight and sparse. Try not to let the top of the tree bear little or no fruit. During this period of pruning is mainly to prune the treetops.

3. Pruning methods in the fruit harvest period: during the fruit maturity period, the height of the tree should be controlled below 2.5 meters, the crown should be concave and convex, the treetop should be strong enough, there should be a meter of green leaf layer, and the green leaves should be transparent and ventilated. When pruning, remove the too dense branches and leave the thick ones. Remove the top branches and leave the bottom branches.

4. Pruning method in fruit aging period: at this time, it is necessary to shrink it, renew the old branches, and let the lower branches grow out. If the tree is thin and weak, it needs to cut off more branches.

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