Guide to Growing and Caring for Peach Trees After Tet

Many families keep peach trees after Tet to save costs. However, peach flowers often fade quickly after Tet and require many care techniques. Although it requires careful and meticulous care, taking care of peach trees is not difficult. To know how to take care of peach trees after Tet so that they can live and blossom for the next Tet season, let’s follow this article.

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1 Care for peach trees during Tet

To take care of peach trees during Tet, you need to pour warm water, about 45 to 50 degrees Celsius, around the tree trunk, repeating 4-6 times a day. You can water the tree trunk with a diluted mixture of urea and potassium fertilizer. You can also use a lamp to create a warm space for the flowers to bloom.

The appropriate time to replant peach trees is when all the tender buds and remaining buds have bloomed.

The tasks to be done before planting the peach trees in a new area include watering, cutting off branches and leaves, digging holes, and planting the trees.

Care for peach trees during Tet

2 Planting and taking care of peach trees after Tet

Preparing the planting soil

Prepare the soil by aerating it and raising the bed

You need to aerate the soil and raise the bed to a height of about 25-30cm, width 70cm, create trenches for good water drainage. At the same time, you should use fertilizers to nourish the trees.

Prepare a mixture of organic fertilizer and water to water the peach tree hole: Dilute Orgamin with clean water according to the instructions for use for about 10-15 days before planting the peach trees.

When planting the peach trees in a new area, you should replace the soil and mix the planting medium in a ratio of 3-4 parts soil to 1 part organic fertilizer to promote the growth of the peach trees.

Pruning the branches

Pruning the branches to promote new branch growth for more flowers next year

Prune the branches to promote new branch growth for more flowers next year. If not pruned early, old branches will dominate and next year’s flowers will only appear on the outer branches. During the pruning process, shaping the tree crown should also be done.

Note: Immediately after planting, you need to prune the peach branches to encourage more flowers for the next Tet season. After that, you only need to lightly trim the branches until the 6th month of the lunar calendar.

Fertilizing the peach trees

During Tet, the trees have used up their nutrients to bloom. Therefore, after Tet, you need to fertilize the trees to provide them with enough nutrients.

You can fertilize each tree with 0.5 to 1kg of NPK mixed with 2ml of NEB super fertilizer depending on the size of the tree, fertilize about 30-50cm away from the trunk according to the shadow of the tree crown.

Make sure to keep the peach trees well-watered during the fertilizing period so that they can absorb the fertilizer and grow well.

Fertilizing the peach trees

Girdling

First, use a knife to cut around the tree trunk in one circle to break the cambium layer to the wood near the base of the tree. Then, girdle the tree for about a week until the leaves start to turn from dark green to light green and droop slightly. If the leaves have not changed color, girdle again by cutting another circle at the old mark.

The girdling time is from mid to late August of the lunar calendar. You should girdle the healthy trees first, then the weak trees, and do not girdle the old trees.

Leaf forcing

If you see that the flower buds have not emerged in early December of the lunar calendar, you can force the buds to bloom faster by watering them with Sunfat nitrate or urea. Then, dig the soil around the base about 5cm deep, apply fertilizer from the north, urine, hot water at 35-40 degrees Celsius.

Leaf girdling

If you see that the flower buds are large and can bloom early, you can girdle the leaves by shading the tree, creating darkness for the tree for 10-15 days. Use a knife as mentioned above.

Pest and disease prevention

Pest and disease prevention

Next, we should spray pesticides to prevent diseases in the trees. If your peach pot shows signs of root rot or leaf spots, you need to use Anvil 10EC hat Penac P. Peach trees can also be infested by scale insects, in which case you can use Supracide for prevention.

Shaping the peach pot

Shaping the peach tree is crucial and needs to be done continuously by combining bending, pruning, removing unwanted branches. You can also use a scale knife on the peach trunk to create an ancient look for your peach tree.

Further reading: How to continue blooming next year

Shaping the peach pot

3 Frequently asked questions about planting and taking care of peach trees after Tet

How should I prune peach trees after Tet?

To ensure that the peach trees produce beautiful flowers on Tet next year, you need to prune old branches. Cut the branches aggressively to stimulate new growth and more flowers next year. For subsequent pruning, only lightly trim the branches once a month until the 6th month of the lunar calendar, then stop. The pruning process should be decisive to avoid damaging the trees’ growth, health, and aesthetics.

How should I take care of the peach trees to make them bloom on Tet?

According to experienced peach tree growers, to make the trees bloom on Tet, you need to take care of them by regularly monitoring the weather for pruning purposes. If the weather is warm, delay the care activities; if it’s cold, start the care activities earlier.

Peach trees should be planted from late January to February, prune the undesirable branches at the base to allow the top branches to grow, continue pruning the high branches too far from the trunk for a balanced tree crown.

Starting in late November, remove all the leaves to encourage the trees to produce flowers and new buds. If by this time, the leaves have not changed color, you need to girdle the peach tree again in August of the lunar calendar by using a sharp knife to cut a circle around the trunk below the branch junction, about 40 cm above the ground, to prevent infections caused by rain.

After that, if the leaves do not turn yellowish or slightly droop after a week, you need to girdle the peach tree again until the leaves change color. Use a plastic bag to cover the girdling area to prevent rainwater from seeping in and causing rotten bark. Use warm water to irrigate the tree to encourage rapid flowering.

To limit the growth of leaves and stimulate flower buds, at the beginning of November, use a knife to girdle the peach branches and trunk a few times. In mid-November, remove all the leaves on the tree by hand. This is a traditional method that has been used for a long time to make the peach tree produce new buds and flowers before Tet.

Frequently asked questions about planting and taking care of peach trees after Tet

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