How to prevent fruit dropping
In the second half of June, we can notice an intensive fall of some of the fruit buds on fruit trees.This rainfall is called the June or Midsummer rainfall.Sometimes there may be so many drooping young fruits that they literally cover the entire surface of the soil. This is not a serious phenomenon, although it can be fearful at times. Remember that each year some fruit drops naturally.
For abundant fruiting of sweet cherries and sour cherries, it is enough if about 40-50% of all flowers yield fruit, and of pome species, such as apple and pear trees, only 10-15%. However, if there are stressful conditions, and the trees are not in good condition, it is worth applying several treatments that will affect the maintenance of the fruit.Expecting weaker fruiting, foliar feeding of plants is beneficial.
Good nutrition and the supply of nutrients determines the proper course of physiological processes, and as a result - fruiting. For foliar fertilization, we use multi-component fertilizers containing micro- and macroelements. Among the wide range of fertilizers, the best are those containing elements in the form of chelates.This makes them much easier for the leaves to pick up and therefore very effective.
Summer crown-forming treatments
There are two periods of tree crown formation in orchard production. The basic term is the end of winter and the beginning of spring and is called winter pruning. The second one starts in early June and ends in August. During this period, we also regulate the crown, and the treatment itself is treated as a supplement to the previously performed winter cutting.
Already a few weeks after flowering, usually in June and July, new growths appear on trees, sometimes reaching several dozen centimeters in length.These shoots usually grow vertically, shade the crown and needlessly take up valuable nutrients. As these shoots are still slightly lignified at this time, they can be freely formed. An important summer treatment is bending vertically growing shoots to a more horizontal position.
Thanks to this, we will limit their growth and cause flower buds to appear on them.We perform bending operations gradually, because delicate growths are susceptible to damage.If there are too many such one-year shoots in the crown of the tree, remove some of the fastest growing growths. We can do this in two ways.
The first one is pulling the shoots.Young shoots break easily and it is enough to take a twig with your hand and then pull it down firmly. The second way to illuminate the crown and limit the growth of the tree is to cut unnecessary twigs with a pruner. In the places where the cut shoots were cut, more twigs will grow anyway, but they will grow much less.
