How to prune the thorn plum?

For Prunus spinosa seedlings, pruning should focus on forming skeleton as soon as possible, but pruning should not be too much. When the seedlings grow to 10 cm, some top branches can be cut off to promote side branches. In the future, when the lateral branches grow to a certain height, the top branches can be cut off and the lateral branches can be lifted again to form a basic backbone branch frame.

When the seedlings grow 4-5 branches, they can be shaped and bound into spheres, flower screens or flower baskets. , and can drag and coil branches properly to make them develop directionally. It's hard to shape after this time.

For the formed thorn plum, except for individual prominent damage to the formed branches, it can be lightly cut or not trimmed, as long as proper bending and shaping are paid attention to. If you still want the branches to grow new branches, you can bend the branches in the opposite direction and bind them, and soon new branches will grow in the binding.

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Cultivation management

1. During the growing period, indoor windows can be placed outdoors or cultivated outdoors, but avoid exposure to the hot sun.

2. With sufficient light, fertilizer and temperature, flowers can bloom all year round. On the contrary, only leaves grow, and few or no flowers bloom.

3. Cultivation soil can be mixed with one third of humus soil and sand, and then planted in pots. Turn the pot and change the soil every 2-3 years.

4. Except in midsummer, the pot soil should be dry and wet, and watering too much and too often will also cause rotten roots, which is the key to raising and feeding the thorn plum well.

5. In the growing season of spring and autumn, nitrogen scale mixed fertilizer can be applied 2-3 times each.