Right time to harvest is the most crucial thing to know. And only by knowing the best time, one can get maximum yield and minimum damage and quality sustained. For a plant completing its growth cycle, there will be several physical morphological changes that can be seen. The following such changes should guide you in […]
Category: Harvesting, Pruning and Trimming
How is pruning beneficial?
Plant pruning is done for younger plants for making necessary formative structures rather than removing large, aged branches from mature plants. In order to inhibit potential pathogen intrusion, later decay. Plant pruning includes: deadwood removal, shaping the branches(restricting and redirecting the growth), thus improving the health, reducing the fall back in growth period and increasing […]
What is the difference between pruning and trimming?
Pruning is a practice of removing diseased, damaged, dead parts of the plants that are said to be non-productive. Most of the time branches, buds and roots are prior to pruning. While Trimming is cutting back overgrown branches and stems of plants, especially to increase fruitfulness and growth. Both are widely used in Horticulture and […]