Look, folks, the news in the back is getting crowded! It's all about almond trees: "how come the almond trees in my yard haven't seen flowers in three years?" the neighbor's almonds are thanks. Is there a problem with the breed? As an old gardener who's been fighting a fruit tree for 20 years, today you're gonna shake out the roots of the almond tree and make sure you know when the almond tree will bloom
The answer is: almond trees usually bloom in 3-4 months, warm in the south at the end of february, cold in the north until mid-april. But you want it to bloom on time, it's hot, it's hot, it's hot, it's light, it's soil, it's fertilizing, it's trim. My cousin's almond tree, the last two years with flowers, last year with my methods, was full of flowers this spring and even more bees than others
Let's start with the real thing: i planted an almond tree in the neighborhood, and last year, at the end of april, it didn't bloom, so i had to water it every day. I'm gonna go check it out, man. There's a bunch of crappy leaves under the tree. Soil plates are like rocks. I've helped him with the soil and fattening, and i've had a lot of fun at the end of march. I don't know what i'm capable of. It's the almond tree
The almond tree has to freeze and warm up before it opens. It's like we're from the north. It's cold in the winter. My home in hebei, the almond trees in the yard have to experience a few degrees of hypothermia every winter, or they're allowed to bloom late next year. One winter was particularly warm, with the lowest temperature below 2 degrees, resulting in almonds growing half a month later than in previous years and half the amount of flowers。
It's even more critical that spring warms up slowly. Last year shandong's florist, li, sent me a picture of the almond trees in his field that had been running in mid-march, more than 10 days before the others in the village. It was not until he had known that his land was a slope of sun, and the sun rose in spring, and the earth warmed, and the trees awaked early. The almond tree on the western slope of the village is running late, which is the temperature working。
The northern flower friend remembers that the apricot tree is to wear a dress. I suddenly cooled down at the end of march last year, and i quickly covered the apricot trees in the yard with straws, and the neighbor's house was empty, and the flowers were frozen, and my family was pretty good. The southern flower friends would have to protect the buds if they had cooled to below zero in the spring, or the year would have gone by。
The almond tree is a sunflower. It's not tan enough for six hours a day, and the flowers are cut off. The saddest almond tree i've ever seen, planted under the roof of an old house, has two hours of sun in the morning, and has been raised for five years, with at most a dozen flowers. The owner then removed the old shed next to it, and the flowers doubled in the following year。
But the light can't be too harsh. I went to the west countryside last summer to meet a family with almond trees growing on a rocky slope, and the leaves were tanned from morning to night, and the buds were less divided and the flowers were scarce this year. It's like a man sunshine, it's hot, it's hot, it's a almond tree, it's a little shaded in the summer, otherwise the leaves don't bloom。
There's a simple way to judge whether the light is enough: standing under the almond tree at noon, if there's a visible light in the tree, which means the light is right; if the tree is thick enough to see the ground, there's not enough light. Clean up the twigs and the groceries next to the light. It won't take long, and the tree will give you a good look。
The roots of the almonds are like a stubborn old man. They have to live in an open air. My cousin planted an apricot tree on the balcony in the city, and the garden was sticky and heavy, and the water was not dried for three days, and half of it broke. Don't say flowers, the leaves are yellow. And then i replaced her with rotting leaves and sand, three to one, and then a bud appeared in less than two months。
Soil alkalinity is also important, and almond trees prefer micro- acidity to neutral soil. Last year, a flower friend from shanxi looked at the almond tree and found his family's soil covered with almonds, leaves yellowing, and it must be a bad flower. He was taught to water with some rice and slowly to bring the soil back, and it was much better than last year, when it was small in the spring。
Every fall, the apricot tree can't be wrong. I was used to going through the earth around the trees after the leaves fell down, and burying stubbles and rotting leaves that would improve the soil and be fertilizer. Don't be a pain in the ass. You have a heart for the soil
Fertilizing almond trees is like cooking for kids. Before spring starts, i'll have to give you some "appetizers," and i'll usually bury it in 30 centimeters around the roots of the tree, so that it doesn't burn. Last year, three pounds of goat dung were put on the almond tree of my cousin's house, and the color was brighter this year than any other。
The bouquets are filled with "bone powder." late in mid-june, almond trees began to soak up the buds of next year, at a time when they sprayed potassium dihydrohydrophosphate, a pound of water to 1 grams of medicine, and sprayed the leaves on the back side, so that the buds could grow. I've been doing this for three years in a row, and the almonds in my house are running more than a year, and that's a lot of tricks。
Autumn's fatter than winter. Before and after the fall of the frost, the apricot tree was given a bit of rotting chicken and pig dung, and a little bit of bone powder, like winter grain for the tree, before spring. And one of the new guys didn't know, but he didn't put fertilise in the fall, and then the trees fell out of the spring because the house was too thin, and it was all over。
Winter is a good time to cut the almond tree, like a "cut the hair" for the tree, and the cut is hard. I've got a neighbor who can't cut, and the branches look like a mess, and last year they were all on top of the trees, naked under. I helped him cut all the cross branches, the weak ones, and this year, when the flowers rose from top to bottom, they were happy。
You'll have to leave the "result branch." the one-year-old strong branch, which looks small and has full buds. I usually stay around 50 centimetres long, too long to cut short, too short to keep, so that the next year's flowers will bloom. Last year i had my almond tree cut, and the branches were so condensed, and the wind blew in the spring。
And then, after the flowers, they have to be "picking up." the flowers don't hang on trees, consume nutrients, and are vulnerable to illness. I cut the flowers off every time i pay a price, and then i strangle the new stubbles too thick, so that the trees can use their strength on the buds. One year of slacking and not cutting, the summer turned out to be rather popular, and the second year of flowering was short。
Before flowering, "sugar water": a pound of clean water to one or two white sugars, mixed and melted around the roots of the tree, which can add energy to the flowers and attract bees for pollination. I tried that last year, and the almonds were actually hotter, and it took five days。
The trunk is coated with “white lime”: a layer of lime water is applied in winter to the trunk, which is both coldproof and reflective of the sun and more stable in the tree body. That's what old farmers in the village do. I tried for a few years and it worked。
• pre-flower “clean water”: if spring is particularly dry, fresh water is sprayed in the morning for the branches, and air moisture is increased, the buds are not easy to dry. I sprayed it every two days last spring, and the almonds were much more watery。
And finally, i'm going to say, "the almond tree blooms, it's destined for three days, it's for seven." and when you spend more on it, it will give you more in return." and when you look at the flowers, you will know that the suffering before it is worth it。
How long has your almond tree been growing? The comment section told me that i'll see if you can fill the tree with flowers this year. I'm sure it'll work
