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Spring and summer are the most vigorous growing seasons of hazelnut. The growth of hazelnut requires a lot of water and nutrients, but it is also the main period of hazelnut management, especially the root and sprout, which has a great impact on hazelnut, and needs special attention.

[How to remove sprouts after planting two-year seedlings]

The second year of hazelnut planting is a critical period for hazel trees to fix the stem and shape. If the sprouts cannot be removed in time, the single-stem tree shape will become a clump-shaped tree. In this case, the sprouts and roots cannot be removed in time, and the later management will be carried out. And the increase in production has caused serious constraints.
If the three main branches of the hazelnut tree are healthy, we recommend that all the sprouts be removed. If the three main branches are unsound, one sprout can be left as an auxiliary branch.

【Three years to build a key moment in the link】

The three-year tree has basically formed a tree shape, and the hazel tree has begun to bear a small amount of fruit. The budding and roots at the bottom of the hazel are gradually increasing. By removing the roots and extra branches, the reasonable distribution of nutrients can be further adjusted and the overgrowth can be suppressed. Promote the differentiation of flower buds, achieve early flowering and fruiting of hazel, achieve premature production, high yield and avoid these root tillers, which hinder the tree shape and disperse the nutrients of the tree body.

Three year hazel trees that began to bear fruit

Hazel forest with garden grass proof cloth

[Use the correct way to fruit trees for four or five years]

[Growth Significance]

The four or five-year tree-shaped skeleton has been basically completed, and the properly managed hazel tree has entered the initial fruit period. With the growth of the hazel root system, the roots and sprouts gradually increase. All roots and sprouts should be removed to ensure nutrition And all the water is used for the growth of hazel trees and the fruiting of hazelnuts.

The best time to remove sprouts is from May to August each year. There are mainly the following methods:
1. Manual tillering: The sprouts are removed manually. The advantage is that the removal is thorough and clean, without any damage to the tree, but the disadvantage is labor-consuming and low efficiency;
2. Covering and removing tillers: Cover the trunk around the tree with black plastic cloth or gardening ground cloth, under the condition of irrelevant light, suppress the occurrence of root evil. One is to prevent root tillers, to divide grass, and three to keep water and fertilizer loss;
3. Chemical tillering: In hazelnut orchards where herbicides are used, most of them use chemical tillering to remove roots directly. Its advantages are high efficiency in hazelnut orchards using herbicides or clear ploughing, and thorough tillering. The disadvantage is that it is easy to damage hazel trees, and it is inconvenient to work in hazelnut orchards that are made of grass.

[important note]

 No matter the seedlings in two or three years or the hazelnut garden in five years, there are no seedlings under the bearing trees. Once the sprouts grow, the hazelnut is not full, which affects the fruit quality. If the water and fertilizer are not enough, it will affect the normal growth of Corylus heterophyllus. Even if it fails to bear fruit first, the gain is not worth the loss!

A small amount of tall grass growing between rows can be removed by soft rope rotary mower in hazelnut garden covered with garden grass proofing cloth, and the root can also be removed simultaneously. Pay attention not to be too close to the trunk, so as not to damage the bark.

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