Now it's almost May, except for some cold areas in the northeast, most areas have been transplanted with a variety of vegetables, especially vegetables such as tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, etc., these vegetables in the planting management, just watering and fertilizing is far from enough, but also pruning, the purpose of pruning is to make it more fruitful. For example, topping, forking and leaf picking, etc., but pruning cannot be done casually, and it requires time and method. So, when to top, cross and pick tomatoes, peppers and eggplants?
tomato
Tomatoes in the growth, branching ability is particularly strong, whether it is a large tomato, or a small tomato, the fork will continue to germinate, if not forked, the fork will consume a lot of nutrients, and another will also lead to poor ventilation and light illumination, resulting in normal flowering and fruiting, seriously affecting the normal growth and yield. Therefore, to grow tomatoes, it is necessary to make forks. As for topping and leaf picking, it is necessary to be flexible according to the growth situation. But whether it is topping, forking, or leaf picking, early or late will affect the growth.
1. Fork the tomatoes, don't play too early, too early seedlings are small, few leaves, affect their growth, and will cause the seedlings to grow, fork to wait until the flowers are blooming and then play, do not fork before flowering, Deng Kai is not too late to fork again. If the seedlings grow well, only the main branches can be left, and if the seedlings grow thin, you can leave 1-2 branches, which should be decided according to the growth.
2. Topping should also be decided according to the growth, and in the case of sufficient fertility and normal growth, it is generally not necessary to top. However, if the fertility is insufficient or in order to promote early ripening, you can leave 4, 5 or 6 layers of fruit according to the growth, and then pinch off the top.
3. Picking tomatoes leaves should not be picked too early, because good leaves have photosynthesis, the lower leaves can raise roots, and the middle and upper leaves supply fruit development. The principle of tomato leaf picking is: when the first layer of fruit begins to turn from green to white, then remove the leaves under the fruit, and when the second layer of fruit begins to turn color, then remove the leaves under the second layer of fruit.
eggplant
Eggplant is very different from tomatoes in the process of growing, eggplant mainly depends on the germination of branches, and the more branches, the more fruits. But it is not that the more branches, the better, too many branches, it will inevitably affect the air and light transmission. Therefore, eggplants also need to be pruned and foliage-picked.
1. Prune the eggplant, when the first flower appears, remove the small branches below the branches, simply put, the forks sent out close to the ground, only keep the branches above the eggplant, and then according to the growth, cut off some of the weak branches, overly dense branches, long branches and branches that do not bear fruit, and concentrate on the nutrients to supply the fruiting branches.
2. After eggplant seedlings are set or transplanted seedlings, remove 2-3 leaves close to the ground, which is conducive to the rapid growth of seedlings. When it is time to flower, only two leaves below the eggplant can be left, and the lower leaves can be removed.
3. Regarding topping, according to the growth of the plant, if the plant appears to be long, the top of the plant can be pinched off. If the plant is growing normally or is short, it is not necessary to top. If the branch is too vigorous, the top can also be pinched off after fruiting.
chili pepper
The growth characteristics of peppers are somewhat similar to those of eggplants, and the results are regular, the only difference is that the leaves of peppers are small and numerous, and the leaves of eggplants and tomatoes are large. However, peppers also need to be forked during the growth process, and reasonable forking can promote more flowering and more peppers.
1. Fork the pepper and eggplant, and when the pepper begins to bloom, knock off the forks below the door pepper, and don't hit the above, but you can cut off some branches that are too dense, weak and not flowering in the inner hall, and retain the thick branches to bloom and bear fruit.
2. Peppers generally do not need to pick leaves, even if they are the leaves below, and wait until the peppers are expanded, and then remove some yellow leaves and old leaves below. In addition, peppers generally do not need to be topped, and can be allowed to grow naturally.
The above is the method of pruning and forking tomatoes, eggplants and peppers for your reference, and the specific needs to be decided according to different varieties and different growth.