Plum trees can at any time stop the bear harvest. Flowers react strongly to temperature changes, the ovary may fall off due to improper care, ripe fruit is often affected by pests. To drain fruited, it is necessary to follow the recommendations of experts, which give important tips on planting and caring for this tree.
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without pests
If the ovary plum or already large fruit began to crumble, it may indicate that the tree bred moth larvae or sawyer. A sign of these pests are wormholes, in large numbers appear on the fruit. Upon detection of pests and foliage threads should be immediately sprayed with a special solution, for example, or konfidor actarit.
In cases where the drain was discovered codling, treatment is repeated 2 more times, because this insect for the summer time to give 3 generations.
Other pests - tolstonozhku - difficult to notice, because it leaves no trace on the ovaries. However, they quickly begin to crumble. The reason is that the insect chooses a place of oviposition pit plums. After 2-3 weeks, the fruit shed. If it broke in half, you will see the crumbling stone.
To protect the wood from this type of pest, spraying is carried out after the flowering period is ended, and again after 2 weeks. If there are fallen ovary, they should be collected and buried away from the tree.
Soil for plums
Dry soil is unfavorable for such a tree as a drain. If it will give the harvest, the fruit will be small, some of them will crumble. Watering at least 5 times in the season should be conducted under such conditions. It is necessary to ensure that the soil was wetted up to a depth of 55-65 cm. Even more intense watering plum trees is carried out for 2-2.5 weeks before harvest. To ensure full ovary only with sufficient moisture and food additives.
The soil composition is important for the plum, it will not bring the harvest in acidic soils. Its symptoms are white streaks on the surface of the ground. On such a soil little clover, but in an abundance of growing moss, horsetail, sorrel, Belous, buttercups, etc..
To sink was fine, it is desirable to plant it in the ground with a neutral reaction. If this is not possible, the acidity can be reduced by using slaked lime or wood ashes. For 1 m² scatter 300-400 g.
fertilizer plums
Drain quickly respond to nitrogen deficiency in the soil. Signs shortage of this material consist of ovaries in a small amount, their rapid subsidence, yellowing leaves, green mass decreases.
When the tree is not enough potassium, are beginning to fall already large fruit. But even in the absence of evidence of a lack of nutrients should promptly carry out feeding, especially if the tree grows in poor soils.
Already in the first days of summer, gardeners are beginning to make a plum mullein, watered with a solution of liquid manure or droppings of birds. Suitable organic any high-speed means.
Diseases plums
The most common disease of plum trees is moniliosis. It manifests itself in the fact that on the fruits begin to appear putrid spot caused by fungus. The disease spreads rapidly, as is transmitted by contact ovaries. If the fungus penetrates into the wood, it will ruin the tree completely. Moniliosis may appear on the already harvested, so it is important to start treatment as much as possible the tree faster. This can assist in drugs such as an ambulance, Switch, Horus or Topsin-M
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