Four major misunderstandings about pearl plum cultivation

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Cultured pearl plum blindly shades

Cultured pearl plums should only be thinned and not cut short

Cultured pearl plums ignore water and fertilizer management

Cultivated pearl plum neglects pest control

Pearl plum is a beautiful flower. When it blooms, the snow-white flowers look like crystal pearls. However, many people always make some mistakes when cultivating pearl plums. So what are the misunderstandings about cultivating pearl plums?

Cultivated pearl plums are blindly shaded

Pearl plums are a relatively shade-tolerant plant. Many people think that pearl plums are more shade-tolerant when cultivating pearl plums, so It was planted in a relatively shady place, lacking sunlight.

In fact, this is a big misunderstanding about cultivating pearl plum. Pearl plum is relatively shade-tolerant, but it does not like darkness in nature. It grows better in places with sufficient light.

Cultured Pearl Plum is only thinned and not cut short< /h2>

Many woody plants need to be pruned to grow well. Pearl plum is a plant that is relatively resistant to pruning and has many branches. Therefore, when pruning pearl plum, everyone will thin it out. Prune, cut off branches. But thinning is not enough; overly long branches also need to be shortened.

If you just thin the branches but don't cut them short, it will affect the ornamental effect of the plant. If you don't cut off the remaining flowers after blooming, a lot of nutrients will be consumed. So it is best to combine thinning and short cutting.

Cultivation of Pearl Plum despises water and fertilizer management

Many people think that pearl plum is a plant that needs extensive management and there is no need to worry at all, so they don’t pay much attention to water and fertilizer when breeding it.

In fact, although pearl plums are managed extensively, they must be well watered and fertilized, otherwise the plants will grow slowly, bloom less, have weak resistance, and are prone to diseases and insect pests.

Cultivation of Pearl Plum ignores pest and disease control

Many times, pearl plums are not prone to pests and diseases, so everyone thinks that pearl plums are very resistant to pests and diseases, so they don’t care about them. In fact, the prevention and control of pests and diseases of pearl plums is very important. Only by doing a good job in prevention and control can they be healthy and free from pests and diseases. Otherwise, they will still be easily attacked.

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