Selection of apricot flower varieties

If you want to carry out potted planting, you are recommended for several varieties of apricot flowers in Xiaobian, such as Lanzhou Dajie apricot, white plum apricot, Chuanzhi red, crystal apricot, golden longevity apricot, etc. These apricot flowers are characterized by easy formation of flower buds, and then have strong self flowering and fruiting ability, large fruit, early maturity, bright color and high ornamental value

Selection of pollination varieties

Each pot of apricot tree is best to graft Apricot Varieties with the same, similar or equivalent flowering period for pollination, and the ratio is 4:1, which can improve the ornamental value

Basin soil preparation

Basin soil requires complete nutrition, rich in sufficient organic matter and various nutrient elements necessary for Apricot growth

Formula proportion

High quality loose garden soil or rotten leaf soil 55%, furnace ash 20%, plant ash or sawdust 3.5%. Retting fermentation circle fertilizer 15%, fine river sand 5%. Potassium dihydrogen phosphate 0.2%, calcium superphosphate or bone powder 1%. Trace element fertilizer 0.1%, urea 0.2%

Apricot upper basin

The time should be selected in the dormancy period of apricot trees, and then dig out the dormant apricot trees, remove the soil around the roots, trim the roots and branches slightly, and then directly put them into the basin. After putting them into the basin, they can be watered thoroughly. If conditions permit, the potted plants can be placed in the big shed or arch shed for maintenance, which can promote the new development of roots

Flower and fruit maintenance of apricot

Artificial pollination

Although most apricot flowers can bear fruit by themselves, some apricot flowers must be artificially pollinated, which can increase the yield. If you want to taste, you can carry out artificial pollination

Thinning flowers and fruits

Domestic potted plants remove too many and dense flowers after flowering. After fruiting, malformed fruits and fruits with improper placement should be removed

Paste words

In order to improve the viewing effect and value, lucky words such as "Xi", "Shou", "Fu" and "Xiang" can be pasted to make people like it more

Foliar fertilizer

Spray 0.3% urea and 0.2% borax at full flowering stage

After flowering, spray 0.2% urea and 0.1% potassium dihydrogen phosphate

0.1% potassium dihydrogen phosphate + 0.2% photosynthetic micro fertilizer was sprayed every 15 days from fruit expansion stage to coloring stage

Topdressing

Pot apricot can be applied with 0.5% liquid fertilizer every 7 ~ 10 days in the growing season. Fertilizer can be selected: livestock manure + cake water + potassium dihydrogen phosphate. After mixing, add water, retting and fermentation. For potted apricot with more results, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer should be applied before and after fruit picking during the flower bud differentiation period, i.e. from early June to early August

Growth inhibitor

The fast-growing basin apricot was sprayed with 200 times of Paclobutrazol during the vigorous growth period of new shoots. This growth inhibitor can make apricots dwarf and robust, and promote the differentiation and formation of flower buds

Watering of apricot flowers

Generally speaking, it can be watered once every 7 ~ 10 days in winter and spring, once every 1 ~ 2 days in summer and once every day if necessary. In sunny days, water should be poured every day to keep the basin soil moist< span>