Pruning is normally done by hand and is very important in the management of hazel because it serves to maintain the balance of the crown and regulate the production load. For a good balance between production and vegetative growth is necessary to recall some concepts
- the branch that has borne fruit in the fruit, but most will not give rise to new branches in fruit
- infructescenses can be found on the branches of a year in the illuminated area of \u200b\u200bthe coma in older plants or too dense to light the party is at the top, then we need to prevent fruiting moves too high, but remains distributed along the whole profile of the coma.
In the early years of production is sufficient to proceed with cuts to eliminate the excess sub-branches, especially toward the center of the crown, while in the process of increased production (from 15 th year in onwards) must take measures that keep young plants by stimulating the production of new wood. As the plant grows older and loses force, we need to eliminate the cancer and the various industries affected by dieback in order to stimulate vegetative growth without compromising the production the following year.
The clippings offers advantages - in terms of execution time - compared to manual pruning: pruning by hand is always internal branches, but with this type of pruning you are able to achieve much faster than the upper parts of the plant that require intervention.
Pruner machines are used like in the picture, with which it is possible to make cuts that both sides of topping the bush: the cutting side, combined with that of the top of the bush, can obtain plants more resilient and more flexible also important in the case of snow loads.
sperimentanto For several years it is this type of pruning and trying to define what are the benefits in terms of reducing the hourly cost of operation and the effects on productivity and fruit quality. Our company has provided a field stone for experimentation and, together, they are also considering the timing of recovery of mechanical pruning, the amount of "optimal" by aasportare of plant mass and the optimal time of intervention (autumn and spring).
0 comments:
Post a Comment