To keep the orange garden from withering
The concern of orange growers is that the orange garden quickly becomes old (small fruit, reduced productivity). To overcome this situation, the following should be considered when establishing an orange garden:
Early garden establishment period: In addition to paying attention to the reasonable distance between trees and preparing organic fertilizer for planting holes, creating a canopy as a basis for high-yielding trees later is very important: from the grafted eye position on the trunk up to about 50-60cm, pinch off the top, the purpose is to let dormant buds and side branches develop.
When the tree is 3 months old, choose 3 strong branches from the main trunk and use a stake to fix them to grow in 3 equal directions so that the tree can spread evenly and widely. In the first year, the tree needs to develop strong roots, so choose a fertilizer with a high phosphorus (P) ratio. If the garden is fertilized with enough phosphorus, the tree will have large and thick leaves, so it can photosynthesize strongly and grow well. Trees that bear fruit early should have their flowers and fruits removed so as not to affect the growth of the tree.
Harvesting period: When the tree bears fruit, continue to take care of the roots, cover the base to keep the tree moist in the dry season, remove ineffective branches to create ventilation for the tree, fertilize the tree with NPK fertilizer, pay attention to organic fertilizer to improve the soil for the tree to grow well (10-30 tons/ha because citrus trees need this type of fertilizer). After harvesting the fruit, remember to prune the branches of the garden.
During the old tree period: Pay attention to lightly hoeing the base, fertilizing with lots of nitrogen (N) to help the tree grow and limit fruit falling and being small.
Taking good care of the orange garden in the early stages will help the orange garden in particular and the citrus garden in general to age slowly, bringing high economic efficiency.
According to VL Online Newspaper
