When do plums turn yellow?

Mei Huangshi is from June to July in summer.

Plum turns yellow in summer, which refers to the time from awning to light summer in solar terms. The specific time is between early June and early July. This season is just the rainy season in the south, that is, around the Dragon Boat Festival.

At this time, Jiangnan, especially the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, entered a rainy day for about a month. In this continuous rain, plums slowly turn yellow, so this season is also called Huangmei season. Meteorology calls this rain belt, which has stayed in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, Huang Meiyu.

Plums in this season are also the freshest and sweetest, with a large yield. When they can't be sold in the season, the merchants will dry the plums, make them into dried plums and pickle them with sugar, which is the best snack when watching the drama.

Cultivation method of plum tree

When cultivating plum trees, it is necessary to provide sunny soil with good drainage, remove weeds in the soil in time, and prevent weeds and plum trees from robbing nutrients. It is also necessary to prune the branches and leaves that grow too densely during the vigorous growth of plants to improve the light transmittance of plants and promote rapid flowering. In early winter, the diseased branches, yellow branches and long branches of plum trees should be pruned to make plants grow stronger branches in the second year.

When the new shoots grow to 5-8 cm, cake fertilizer should be applied to promote the growth of lateral branches of plum trees, and diluent fertilizer should be applied every 1-2 months at the flowering stage of plum trees to promote the differentiation of flower buds and make plum trees grow more vigorously.