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Pistachio tree pruning

Like any other tree, your pistachio tree needs pruning. The best time to prune is winter. That is, when the tree is asleep. Pruning makes the tree gain more energy for the new year and actually prevents energy loss. Usually, your tree does not need heavy pruning. Be careful when pruning because cutting some branches will not only cause growth. Rather, they reduce the growth of the tree. Iranian Pistachio

 

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When pruning, note that the lowest branch should be about 60 to 70 cm above the soil level. Remove any branch below this level. Select a branch as the main trunk and remove the branches that cast a shadow on the main trunk.

 

Weed management

Every season and at any time during the growing season, if you see a weed, remove it. Try to keep the entire area weed free. After the time when the seedlings have grown and the trees have reached enough to create shade, the amount of weeds will decrease significantly.

 

Pests and diseases of pistachio tree

I recommend that you refer to this link to read about pistachio pests.

 

pistachio harvest

 

 

When the balkhera and finally the pistachios arrive, it is time to harvest them. One of the signs to make sure your pistachios are ripe is that the color of the shells changes from green and yellow to red and sometimes the shell cracks. When you see these signs, you should immediately harvest your product. Because in this period, your product is very vulnerable and pests may attack it.

 

Harvesting pistachios is very easy. Just shake the tree so that the pistachios fall to the ground and you collect them. Do not forget that pistachio trees are biennial trees. It means that one year they produce more and one year they produce less. The average yield of young pistachio trees is between 1 to 2 kg of pure product, or 3 to 6 kg of fresh product. As your tree grows bigger and bigger, the volume of its products will also increase. So that it gives you between 6 and 10 kg of dry nuts between the 7th and 10th years. A mature pistachio tree can produce up to 15 kg of dry nuts for you.

 

As I mentioned earlier, growing pistachios requires patience. But after the waiting is over, you can enjoy the result of your work and drown in the sea of ??pistachios.

 

I hope this article answered all your questions and was useful for you. If you still have a question, you can raise it from the bottom of this page.ش