Early spring brings many challenges for fruit trees—bud-break strategies that delight orchardists.

Small Tips for Bagging Peaches

During peach cultivation, in addition to essential practices such as initial fertilization, irrigation, and pesticide application, bagging is the most critical step. The primary purpose of bagging is to protect against insect damage; after bagging, the fruit requires fewer pesticide sprays, helping to prevent various pest infestations. This not only reduces pesticide costs but also ensures the peaches maintain an attractive appearance. I. Selecting Peach Bags Peach bags come in single‑layer, double‑layer, and three‑layer varieties, with paper colors ranging from white to light shades and dark, light‑blocking types. The appropriate bag should be chosen based on the peach variety’s coloring characteristics and production objectives. Generally, early‑maturing varieties and nectarines are best suited to white bags; mid‑early varieties benefit from double‑layer bags that are yellow on the outside and white on the inside; and mid‑to‑late‑maturing varieties that color easily are ideal for three‑layer, dark, light‑blocking bags.

In spring, apply fertilizer wisely to peach trees—its blossoms are delicate, and its peaches are plump and delicious.

In spring, when flower buds begin to swell, flowers bloom, and leaves emerge, peach tree management should prioritize applying pre-bud fertilizer and post-flowering fertilizer. These stages require flexible timing and timely application.

Benefits of Applying Base Fertilizer to Peach Trees in Autumn

I. Deep Application to Improve Soil Quality and Enhance Fertility: The topsoil is rich in nutrients and organic matter, making it yang; below 20 cm, organic matter is scarce and soil activity is poor, rendering it yin. This condition is unfavorable for root growth and results in relatively low carbon utilization. Under such circumstances, most fine roots tend to grow in the shallow soil layer, thereby reducing the peach tree’s drought resistance. Therefore, autumn basal fertilization should primarily use farmyard manure and bio‑organic fertilizers. The goal is to enhance soil quality through deep tillage (furrowing) and mixing of topsoil with fertilizer—blending yin soil, yang soil, and fertilizer—to improve the physicochemical properties of deeper soil layers, increase aggregate structure, ameliorate subsoil, and raise organic matter content, thus boosting overall soil fertility.

There’s a proper method for applying base fertilizer to peach trees in autumn.

For peach trees, the optimal time to apply base fertilizer in autumn is generally mid‑to‑late September. During this period, soil temperatures remain relatively high, root regeneration is vigorous, and severed roots recover quickly. At the same time, fertilizer conversion is rapid, facilitating nutrient uptake by the tree and increasing the storage of nutrients in the plant. Peach tree roots are primarily concentrated in the 20–40 cm soil layer, so the depth of fertilizer trenches or planting holes should ideally be 30–40 cm. Currently, some orchardists adopt surface spreading followed by shallow tillage with a rotary tiller, which results in insufficient fertilizer placement depth. Compared with apple trees and other fruit species, peach roots have a stronger oxygen requirement; therefore, the fertilization area should be appropriately expanded to increase the root zone’s nutrient‑absorbing capacity, improve the root environment, and enhance root absorption efficiency. In production, base fertilizer application…

With the autumn harvest just around the corner, have you prepared your fruit trees with post‑harvest fertilizer?