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Apricot blossoms are indispensable in the first days of the new year, creating a jubilant atmosphere for the arrival of spring, placed by families indoors on Tet. However, if you are unsure about proper care techniques, it may prevent apricot blossoms from blooming in time for Tet. If you are still pondering this issue, read the article below to obtain detailed information.
1. Leaf Pruning
This is one of the methods many people apply to stimulate apricot blossoms to bloom in time for Tet. The reason is that the characteristic of apricot blossoms is to bloom when all the old leaves have fallen. Under favorable weather conditions, when the spring begins, apricot trees shed all their leaves in winter. If the leaves are pruned, the outer layer of the apricot flower buds will burst, and after 6 to 7 days, the green buds will flourish when the husk is shed.
At this point, you should prune apricot leaves in the middle of the 12th lunar month. However, you also need to base it on the actual situation to apply this measure effectively, such as:
+ When you observe that the apricot buds are not fully developed, with only 3 to 4 husks enclosing them and forming a sharp diamond shape, you only need to prune the leaves before the 15th of the 12th lunar month to ensure the buds have time to develop.
For a vigorously growing apricot tree with many lush green branches, you must prune the leaves earlier to ensure early blooming.
2. Leaf pruning combined with fertilization
Besides leaf pruning, fertilization is a way to stimulate apricot flowers to bloom quickly and correctly on Tet days. However, you should also combine fertilization with leaf pruning and watering to increase effectiveness.
If you notice that the apricot leaves have curled while the bud size is still somewhat small, there is a high possibility that your apricot flowers will bloom late, not on Tet. Therefore, from the 10th to the 12th of the 12th lunar month, you should prune the leaves early. Moreover, to dry the apricot tree resin, you should stop watering for a day.
Then you should sprinkle additional NPK fertilizer (10-55-10) at a ratio of 10g of fertilizer with 8 liters of water, then water once every 5 days, and then water normally.
Wait until Tet's day, if you observe the flower buds shedding their husks, it means that the flowers will bloom on Tet's day. Switch to watering with NPK fertilizer (6-30-30) to ensure large, beautiful, and long-lasting flowers.
3. Other methods to ensure apricot trees bloom on Tet
When it's sunny, mist the flower buds if your apricot tree shows no signs of shedding husks.
If the weather is too cold, water the base of the tree with warm water.
Place ice water near the apricot tree's base on the ground.
Every day, from 7 to 8 PM, light high-pressure lamps to encourage early blooming of flower buds.
Prune young shoots to encourage early blooming of flowers.
- Use various products such as Miracle-gro, HVP, Decamon, Aron to stimulate early flowering.
Here's the secret to encouraging fast and timely blooming flowers for Tet that you need to grasp. Save it for reference and application. Don't forget to follow Mytour to quickly update the most useful information.
