How to prune potted crabapple

When is the right time to prune potted crabapples?

The best time to prune potted crabapples is before they sprout in spring and after their leaves fall. Pruning at this time can concentrate nutrients and promote healthy growth.

Cuttings: Use potting soil with good drainage and strong air permeability. The cuttings should be cut from strong plants, with a length of five or six centimeters, and ensure that each section has two buds. When cutting, just insert it straight into the soil at a depth of two or three centimeters. In the later stage, you must spray water frequently, ventilate more, and avoid light. In this way, it will take root in two weeks.

How to prune the branches and leaves of potted crabapples

In spring, crabapples need more nutrients to promote growth. Dead branches, weak branches, diseased and insect-infested branches, crossed branches, stacked branches, and excessive branches should be cut off to promote the plant to sprout new branches.

After the crabapple flowers fade, you need to prune its branches and leaves, cut off the dense branches and longer branches, and shorten the long branches, leaving 3-4 buds from the base, which can increase the short branches that form flower buds.

If you want potted crabapples to grow faster, you need to cut off dead branches, weak branches, diseased and insect-infested branches, crossed branches, stacked branches, and excessive branches, etc., to promote the plant to sprout new branches and promote the growth of new branches.

Potted Begonia Pruning and Flowering

When caring for potted crabapples, you need to cut off some of the overly long branches and leaves to promote the growth of lateral branches, increase the number of flower branches, and ensure the quality and quantity of flowering.

Precautions for pruning potted crabapples

After the crabapple flowers fade, the branches with leaves should be cut off to reduce the area of ​​photosynthesis, thereby inhibiting its growth and reducing nutrient consumption. Be sure to prune gently.