Cultivation techniques of small-grain coffee: multi-dry shaping and cultivation

Multi-dry integer type

Multi-dry shaping is a method of shaping using the first-order branch as the main fruiting branch. The purpose of plastic surgery is to cultivate multiple trunks and grow a large number of robust primary branches, and the multi-trunk trees will not be topped. As a result, when the yield decreases after 3-5 years, the new trunk will be replaced.

Multi-stem method of ① cultivation

Oblique planting method:

When planting, the seedlings are obliquely planted, generally at an angle of 30-60 degrees with the ground. Oblique planting can inhibit the growth of the top of the trunk and promote the germination of basal straight branches. Attention should be paid to the selection of 3 or 4 sturdy and spaced direct branches for new stem culture. Cut off the old one when the new one has grown up.

Bending and drying method:

When planting, wait for the seedling to grow to about 1 meter high, then bend the trunk and fix it with a rope or wooden hook. Attention should be paid to the selection of 3 or 4 straight branches with strong growth and certain intervals, which should be cultivated into new stems. The result of the original work was cut off after 2 or 3 years. This method is more labor-intensive than the oblique planting method, and the trunk material must be fixed.

Cut-off method:

This method is mainly suitable for seedlings more than 2 years old, which are cut off at a distance of about 25 cm from the ground, then planted in the field, and then cultured into new stems by using several direct branches that grow after truncation.

No matter which method is used, when the new trunk is left, we should always pay attention to cutting off the straight branches sprouting from the new and old trunk.