To ensure that the peach tree has better growth and development as well as greater fruit production, it is very important to remember each year to prune it. Only with pruning - as long as it is well done - can we achieve a healthy specimen.
Therefore, so that we can achieve our goal This article explains everything about the pruning of the peach tree.
When was it pruned?
The peach tree is a deciduous fruit tree running out in autumn-early winter depending on the weather. By doing so, you also slow down your growth rate, so that the amount of sap circulating through your vessels decreases. However, we couldn't prune it right now because there could be a frost or snow to weaken it.
The ideal time to prune it is in early autumn -if it is a tree that has already begun to bear fruit- or late winter.
How is it pruned?
There are three types of pruning:
Deformation
As its name implies, it is made to shape the tree. It is carried out when it is still young, from 1 to 4 years old, giving it the shape of a glass.
Cleaning
Consists in remove branches, diseased or weakas well as hickeys. Branches that intersect are also trimmed, giving it a tangled appearance.
Fruiting
It is the type of pruning that is done to get the tree to produce a greater amount of fruit. It begins to be done from the third year of life. To do it well, you have to know the different formations that we can find in the plant:
- May bouquets: they are twigs 15 to 30cm long from which flowers can sprout. It is recommended to remove them.
- Chiffon: they are like bouquets of May but much weaker and shorter. You also have to remove them.
- Mixed bouquets: they measure from 30 to 100cm. Flowers sprout from them. They should be trimmed above two vegetative buds from the base of the bouquet.
- Wooden bouquets: they are branches without leaves -or very scarce-. They can be trimmed or removed directly.
- Pacifiers: they are suckers that sprout from the roots. It is advisable to remove them.
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