How to prune Japanese crabapple

When to prune Japanese crabapple

Japanese crabapples should be pruned after their leaves fall and before they sprout in early spring to remove dead branches, diseased and insect-infested branches, keep the crown sparse, and allow ventilation and light to pass through, which can also promote the flowering of the plant.

Before grafting Japanese crabapples, choose branches grown that year, generally about 15 cm in length, and insert them into the soil. If well maintained, they will soon take root and sprout.

Japanese crabapple pruning

In order to reduce the nutrient consumption of Japanese crabapple germination, the overgrown branches are pruned short so that the remaining axillary buds can obtain more nutrients and form more flowering and fruiting branches.

The fruiting branches and middle branches of Japanese crabapple do not need to be pruned. During its growth period, it needs to be topped in time to limit its nutritional growth so that the plant can grow more vigorously.

Japanese Begonia Pruning Tips

Japanese crabapple is generally a shrub type, and it needs to maintain a shape that is high inside and low outside, sparse inside and dense outside to make the entire branch more beautiful. It can not only increase the light of the plant, but also increase the permeability between shrubs. Part of the parallel branches and dense branches can be cut off in spring.

In spring, select 3 to 5 strong branches from the Japanese crabapple plant and keep them. Cut off the remaining weak branches and poorly grown branches from the base. The crabapple flowers will grow new branches at the bud points. When pruning, the yellow leaves and diseased leaves can be removed together. After pruning, water them appropriately and place the Japanese crabapple flowers in a cool place for maintenance.

Japanese Begonia pruning and flowering

Japanese crabapple flowers need to have dense branches, thin branches, diseased branches and yellow branches pruned off to maintain the light transmittance of the plant, promote the sprouting of new branches, reduce the occurrence of diseases and pests, and encourage the plant to bloom.

Tips for Pruning Japanese Begonia

When pruning Japanese crabapples, be careful to shorten them appropriately and avoid pruning too heavily at one time, which will affect the normal flowering of the plant. As the plant grows, the amount of pruning should increase each year, but do not prune the seedlings too much.