How to trim the cinnabar plum to look good

When is the best time to prune the cinnabar plum?

It is more appropriate to prune the cinnabar plum within 1 to 2 weeks after flowering. At this time, it will recover faster after pruning, and the pruned branches can also be used for cuttings and planting.

Tips for pruning cinnabar plum

When pruning the cinnabar plum, you should prune away dead branches, overgrown branches, and obstructing branches so that it can get sufficient light and grow vigorously.

Pruning branches and leaves: When the cinnabar plum seedlings grow to 30 cm, they need to be topped. During the normal growing period, you only need to cut off useless long branches, weak branches, and diseased and insect-infested branches.

Pruning makes it grow faster: The principle of "weak pruning of strong branches and strong pruning of weak branches" should be adopted for Cinnabar Plum, which can stimulate the latent buds to sprout into long branches and speed up the growth rate.

Precautions for pruning cinnabar plum

When pruning cinnabar plum, the scissors must be disinfected before use. After pruning, the wound must be sterilized with carbendazim to avoid infection.

When 95% of the flowers have faded and only the withered flowers remain, and the tree has lost its ornamental value, it should be pruned immediately. At this time, most varieties have not sprouted, and the pruned parts do not consume nutrients. If you wait until the buds and branches sprout before pruning, the nutrients will be consumed greatly, which will easily weaken the tree.