Maintenance methods of Photinia fraseri in winter

Photinia fraseri should be protected from freezing in winter

Anti-freeze for Photinia fraseri in winter mainly refers to preventing the soil from freezing. If the soil is frozen, it will cause physiological drought in the plant and then cause the plant to die. Therefore, when cultivating Photinia fraseri, you should pay attention to maintaining the temperature in winter and prevent the soil from freezing, so as to protect the root system.

You can take warming measures and cover the soil before the temperature drops in winter.

Pay attention to prevent diseases and insect pests in winter

In winter, the prevention and control of diseases and pests of Photinia fraseri mainly aims to reduce the invasion of diseases and pests and reduce the source of infection. In winter, the plants of Photinia fraseri will gradually enter dormancy, so you can prune them at this time to remove the diseased branches, insect-infested branches and dead branches on the plants to prevent these pathogens from surviving the winter and then breaking out again the following year.

Reasonable fertilization of Photinia fraseri in winter

Although Photinia fraseri grows slowly in winter, it still needs to be fertilized, but the purpose of fertilizing is to make the plant grow better in the second year. Between December and January, you can apply fertilizer once while loosening the soil, using compound fertilizer.

Photinia fraseri should be pruned in winter

In fact, the germination time of Photinia fraseri is quite early, generally starting in February. Therefore, in order to make it have a better ornamental effect, it needs to be pruned in winter. In this way, when it grows in the second year, it can grow according to the current situation and achieve a better ornamental effect.