अमरूद में छत्रक प्रबंधन I Guava Pruning Tips and Techniques

Guava is a shrubby tree that grows densely and will attempt to spread horizontally along the ground. You can, therefore, choose to prune guavas into the shape of a tree or a bush, or even grow them as a hedge.


Pruning Technique :--
1. Thinning Cuts : Thinning helps counteract the tree’s dense growth to let light and air in to the inner branches, which helps them stay healthy and productiveIt also makes the fruit easier to reach. To thin, simply remove some of the branches by cutting them at their base.
2. Heading Back : Heading back means pruning individual branches to reduce their length. These techniques allow you to control the horizontal spread of the tree. Guava flowers on new growth, so these cuts also induce the tree to produce more flowers and fruit.
3. Pinching : Pinching means removing the growing tip of shoots


Best Pruning Time : for winter season ( Mrig Bahar ) April / May is the baest time to for pruning. Apply  compost and fertilizer after pruning and arrnge for irrigation .

Pruning Tips 

1. Flowering and Fruiting always occur on New Growth ( new shoots /current year growth ) 

2. Pruning is dwarfing process to train tree to get better and higher yield.

3. Too much vegetative growth results in smaleer / lesser fruits with inferior quality. 

4.On an average we should prune 50% of new growth every year. 

5.Cut / prune branches - touching ground , diseased, crossing and thin ones. 5.Always cut diagonally - to stop accumulating rains/moisture on cut portion. 

6. Use bordex Mixture aftre pruning. 

7. Alternatively can use Waste Decomposer 50% solution as foliar spray. 

8.Pruning helps delay flowering in young tree. 

9. Use heavy pruning in old trees for rejunivation . 

10. This opens up middle of tree to get more air and sunlight.