Basic errors when pruned fruit tree garden
Trimming. Many may think that this is a rather complicated procedure. It is therefore not surprising that some site owners prefer to only periodically remove dry, cracked shoots. Others, on the contrary, after reading the information from various sources, taking up too hard pruning, and allow for a lot of errors.
In this article, we shall discuss the most basic mistakes in pruning fruit trees.
1. Improperly installed cropping period
Many do not even realize how important this is. Therefore, you should remember that this is an early spring pruning procedure, namely, the beginning of spring, when the severe frosts will not get any, but before bud break has another two weeks.
No specific date, since it depends on the conditions of the year. End trimming of fruit trees needed before active sap flow begins (active supply of moisture).
2. regular pruning
The error that is regular pruning. There are two options. Or gardener forgets about the plant, and does not carry out pruning, or he too is responsible for this belongs, and conducts cutting hard and too often.
To carry out such procedures should be regularly and should start in the first year drop-off plants on open ground.
3. hemp
The main error is the fact that some spending pruning, leaving stumps.
Cutting the need to ring to have the fruit of the tree was an opportunity to tighten the wound with his bark.
If we do it the other way around, leaving the stump, the bark starts to break down. As a result, the plant will begin to get sick, and die.
4. reinforced trimming
This is the main mistake that often. It lies in the fact that some gardeners pruned shoots too much. Thus, part of the increase is shifted down.
5. Do not cut the young plants
Gardeners who have a lot of experience over their shoulders, are not advised without the need to carry out pruning the tops of young trees that are actively developing.
Thus, you will provide strong growth tree shoots up obessilivaya side shoots.
6. Do not gloss over the place fresh crop
Wet "wound" will not allow the paint or whitewash to take wrong. Thus, the wound dries out, starts to rot.
It is best to wait a week, and then paint over or with pitch or paint.
7. bullies bark
Many people are often faced with the fact that you need to hold the powerful pruning branches, so more and having a large diameter. Only one branch can not keep people.
As a result, during the saw cut, it breaks down and forms a crust bullies. Treat have long and dreary.
Therefore, the best solution will initially start spending little pruning the shoots, thus reducing the weight of the main branch.
It is very useful to know about the main problems that arise when pruning fruit trees. Thus, you will be able to find solutions to prevent these errors.
Through regular pruning, you not only help the plant to properly form the crown, but also to ensure the tree rejuvenation and healing.