1. Select varieties

Selecting good varieties is the key point of planting apples. At present, the more common apple varieties include Red Fuji, new red star, golden dwarf, Huaguan, Gala, Shouhong, etc. if you want to buy varieties with strong cold resistance, you can choose Hanxiang and Hanfu

2. Soil preparation

Planting apples requires selecting sandy loam with good drainage performance and rich nutrition, and adding enough base fertilizer into it, which can ensure that the soil contains enough nutritional value and make apple trees grow better

3. Planting density

The terrain, climate and apple varieties of the planting area will affect the planting density of apple. Generally, the planting density of apple is 4 * 5, with 33 plants per mu. If it is a dwarf variety, some can be densely planted, 3 * 3, 75 plants per mu

4. Soil management

Before and after planting fruit trees, the soil in the planting area needs to be deeply turned, and some base fertilizer can be applied during deep turning. In addition, weeds on the soil surface should be cleaned regularly during the growth period. After falling leaves every autumn, plough the apple tree between each row and each plant, about 20 cm, and then level it

5. Fertilization method

Generally, a large amount of base fertilizer is applied after the apple harvest of medium maturity varieties, before the apple harvest of late maturity varieties and during the growth period of roots. Fertilization is mainly concentrated around the root system, and the soil should be excavated to apply fertilizer. However, be careful not to apply it too deeply and do not expose the root system for too long, otherwise the root system will be seriously affected by cold and drought

6. Fruit tree pruning

When the fruit tree is still a young tree, the branches that have damaged the overall tree shape too fast should be cut off to slow down the growth of the fruit tree. Keep the main branches and make the fruit trees grow and take shape as soon as possible. When the fruit tree enters the full fruit period, the number of redundant large branches and peripheral branches in the crown shall be cut off, and the excessively dense auxiliary branches shall be thinly cut to ensure good lighting conditions in the crown