When is the best time to water the pepper tree (how many times a year is best to water the transplanted pepper tree)

Why choose to plant pepper trees?

First, the prickly ash tree has thorns, which can prevent theft. Because this place is close to the village and the surrounding roads are connected in all directions, they are afraid that "gentlemen on the beams" will enter the garden and steal things.

Second, the Zanthoxylum bungeanum tree is quite solid and drought-resistant.

Because the orchard is too long, if we buy pepper seedlings, the amount will be very large, so we grow the seedlings ourselves.

After the purchased pepper seeds are soaked and defatted in alkaline water, they are sown in furrows around the orchard in autumn. Peppers sown in autumn will germinate earlier than in spring, and the germination is neat, not easily affected by heavy rain, and have a low incidence of root rot.

Dig a trench about 5 cm deep and water it. After sowing the peppercorns, keep the soil moist. Do not flood it. In case of heavy rain, pay attention to drainage. There should not be any accumulation of water, otherwise root rot will easily occur and the plant will die.

After the seedlings emerge from the soil, strengthen water and fertilizer management, apply more biological fertilizers to promote the growth of seedlings, leave good spacing, and prevent the occurrence of root rot.

During the growth period of pepper seedlings, it is necessary to master the principle of "small watering, timely topdressing, weeding, and strict prevention of diseases and insects". If managed well, it can grow to 0.6-1 meter in one year.

In the next 1-2 years, we watered the poplar and pepper trees beside the garden when watering the peach trees, and sprayed them when spraying pesticides. The pepper trees grew very fast and lush, which played a protective role.

After 2-3 years, the pepper trees around the orchard began to bloom and bear fruit, but we found that the veins of some pepper trees turned red, the leaves fell off, and the weak pepper trees died.

After digging up the soil, it was found that the roots were rotten and discolored, with a foul odor. The root bark was easily peeled off from the xylem, and the xylem turned black, which are obvious characteristics of root rot.

Looking at the pepper trees in the surrounding area, root rot is more common in the late peach trees, while it is rare in the other early peach trees, or even not at all.

I know that the occurrence of root rot has a lot to do with soil moisture. Since early peaches enter the harvest period in June, we basically don't water them .

However, this is not the case for late peach trees, which still need to be watered frequently. In addition, the terrain of this late peach tree is a bit low, which leads to high moisture content in the soil and causes root rot.

Soil moisture has a great influence on the growth of Sichuan pepper and the differentiation of flower buds. Under normal circumstances, you can water it more before June, and water it enough for budding and fruit setting. This can promote the growth of branches and leaves, form more leaves, and be beneficial to the production of nutrients .

After entering July, you should water less or not at all, so that the leaves do not wilt and the autumn shoots do not grow vigorously. This is conducive to the accumulation of nutrients and the promotion of flower bud differentiation.

If there is little rainfall and it is particularly dry in autumn, you can water the trees after harvesting the fruits to promote flower bud differentiation and the accumulation of nutrients in the tree; water them for wintering after the leaves fall.

But we forgot this point, and when we watered the late peach trees, we watered the surrounding pepper trees at the same time or failed to cut off the water in time. As a result, root rot occurred due to excessive moisture.

After learning about these problems, we stopped watering in a timely manner, sprayed methyl thiophanate as soon as possible, dug out the diseased seedlings, trimmed the roots, cut off the diseased roots, applied lime sulfur for disinfection, and replaced the soil in the diseased holes.

After a few days, when the soil moisture has almost been lost, pour methyl thiophanate on the roots. This can save most of them, and those that are really dead will be transplanted later.

In general, Sichuan pepper is drought-tolerant, but excessive drought will affect its growth and fruiting.

Generally speaking, you can water more before June, but you need to control the watering after July, water less or not at all. When there is a lot of rain, you need to pay attention to drainage, and do not allow water to accumulate. In places with sufficient water sources, you only need to water the buds, fruit setting, and after the leaves fall . When the autumn is particularly dry, water lightly after picking the fruits.