How to trim Buddha's hand

Pruning principles

Reasonable pruning helps the growth, development, flowering and fruiting of Buddha's hand.

In principle, when pruning Buddha's hand, you should cut off the densely crossed branches, overlapping branches, and diseased branches, weak branches, and dead branches. It is best to combine pruning with repotting.

The pruning of Buddha's hand generally requires that the branches are even, reasonably distributed, and well ventilated and light-permeable.

Spring Pruning

The spring shoots of Buddha's hand should be pruned in spring.

In March, Buddha's hand will grow new branches and need to be pruned. Generally, in addition to retaining some branches used to fill space and branches near the fruiting branches, the remaining branches that are not needed to be fruiting branches can be cut off.

Summer pruning

When pruning Buddha's hand in summer, the summer shoots need to be pruned.

The summer shoots of Buddha's hand sprout after Grain Rain, so they easily compete with spring fruits for nutrients and affect the growth of Buddha's hand autumn shoots. Therefore, except for a few branches that need to be shaped, all the branches growing in summer can be cut off.

When pruning Buddha's hand in summer, there are two points you need to pay attention to. First, the temperature and humidity are high in summer. If there are sufficient nutrients, the branches will grow freely. If the branches grow too long or do not grow flower buds, it is best to cut them off. Second, in summer, some branches of Buddha's hand that do not bear fruit all year round can be pruned hard, leaving a few buds at the base of the branches so that new branches can sprout.

Fall Pruning

Autumn pruning of Buddha's hand is very important, as it determines whether the Buddha's hand can bloom more and bear more fruits.

When pruning Buddha's hand in autumn, in addition to pruning those thin and underdeveloped branches, the other branches can be left as fruiting branches. The key is to strengthen the maintenance of the branches of Buddha's hand in autumn.