How to Plant Plum Seeds? A Detailed Guide to the Planting Method

Plums are one of the fruits people love to eat. They usually ripen in July-August, taste sour, and some are sweet, containing an oval or oblong seed inside that can be planted. So, how do you plant plum seeds?

1. How to plant plum seeds?

First, select mature and plump plum seeds, remove the flesh from the seeds, and rinse them clean with water. Then, add an appropriate amount of water to fine sand to keep it moist, put the plum seeds in and stir evenly, then place them in a ventilated and cool indoor spot so they can go through their dormant period. Then, choose a suitable time to sow the plum seeds in the soil, generally sowing before Grain Rain, covering with 6 cm of soil after sowing. Seedlings will emerge in about half a month to one month.

2. What should plums not be eaten with?

1. Sweet fruits: such as watermelon, muskmelon, durian, banana, sugarcane, papaya, etc. Some varieties of plums taste especially sour. This type of strongly acidic plum will interfere with the smooth digestion of sweet fruits, delay gastric emptying, and cause the fructose components of sweet fruits to remain in contact with gastric acid and act for a long time, resulting in excessive fermentation and causing bloating and discomfort.

2. Sour fruits: such as orange, lemon, waxberry, hawthorn, green plum, etc. Plums themselves are relatively sour, and eating them causes a certain amount of irritation to the stomach and intestines. If you then eat other sour fruits, it will further increase the irritation to the stomach and intestines. In mild cases, it causes excessive stomach acid; in severe cases, it can lead to acute or chronic gastrointestinal ulcers, gastrointestinal bleeding, and other conditions.

3. High-calcium foods: such as calcium tablets, dairy products, soy products, poultry eggs and meat, animal bones, shrimp and crab, etc. In addition to containing a large amount of fruit acid, plums also have a fairly high oxalic acid content. When eaten together with high-calcium foods, the acid and calcium will react, which will reduce calcium absorption and also produce a large amount of poorly soluble calcium oxalate, increasing the risk of urinary tract stones.

4. High-protein foods: such as eggs, milk, soy products, animal meat, etc. Plums are cold in nature, and after eating them, the digestive function of the stomach and intestines is reduced, while high-protein foods need good gastrointestinal function to ensure digestion and absorption. Eating the two together will cause protein indigestion, leading to bloating, belching, and other discomforts.

5. Bitter almonds: Plums contain a small amount of amygdalin, which after metabolism produces a slightly toxic hydrocyanic acid. People will not experience poisoning from eating a small amount, but bitter almonds also contain this component. Eating them together will lead to excessive intake of amygdalin, which may cause poisoning, and in mild cases will also damage the liver.

6. Honey: Plums contain components such as amygdalin and fatty oil, while honey contains a large amount of active enzymes. Eating the two together will accelerate the decomposition and metabolism of these components, thereby increasing the content of hydrocyanic acid in the body and also increasing its toxicity.