How do you plant leftover orange seeds so they sprout?

Oranges are sweet and tangy, and many people love eating them, and oranges all have seeds, which we usually do not eat and just spit out. In fact, orange seeds can also be planted. So, how do you plant leftover orange seeds?

1. How do you plant leftover orange seeds?

1. Collect the orange seeds, clean off the attached orange flesh, then soak them in water for about one week, changing the water every day.

2. Take the orange seeds out of the water and carefully remove the thin outer skin with tweezers, making sure not to damage the inside of the seeds.

3. Sow the orange seeds into a flower pot with the pointed end facing up and the round end facing down, then cover the seeds with 1 cm of soil.

4. Keep the temperature suitable and the potting soil moist, and they will sprout in about 3 weeks.

2. How do you care for orange seedlings after they sprout?

1. Soil: Oranges adapt to a fairly wide range of soils, but soil that is loose in texture, well structured, contains 2%-3% organic matter, and drains well is most suitable. You can mix one part garden soil, one part decomposed organic fertilizer, half a part river sand, and half a part plant ash to make the growing medium.

2. Temperature: Oranges like a warm environment and are not cold tolerant. The best growing temperature is between 12.5-37 degrees, freezing damage occurs when the temperature is below -8 degrees C, and fruit and root growth stop when it is above 37 degrees C.

3. Light: Oranges are a tree species with fairly strong shade tolerance, but sunlight is indispensable. With good sunlight, the fruit has high sugar content, low acid content, and a high sugar-to-acid ratio.

4. Watering: Oranges like a humid climate. A relative soil moisture content of 60%-80% is suitable; when it is below 60%, irrigation is needed, and when there is too much standing water, drainage is needed.

5. Fertilizing: Mainly apply fertilizer to the soil, together with foliar feeding. Young trees should be fertilized frequently and lightly, mainly with nitrogen fertilizer, combined with phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. For mature trees, apply four good rounds of fertilizer, namely the sprouting fertilizer, fruit-setting fertilizer, fruit-swelling fertilizer, and post-harvest fertilizer.