How many years does it take for a sea buckthorn tree to bear fruit?
The sea buckthorn has a well-developed root system and the characteristic of producing nitrogen-fixing root nodules, and is extremely tolerant of drought, poor soil, and salinity and alkalinity, so it is used as an excellent tree species for windbreaks and sand fixation, water and soil conservation, and soil improvement, and has been promoted for planting in many areas across the country, and its fruit is also edible. So, how many years does it take for a sea buckthorn tree to bear fruit?
1. How many years does it take for a sea buckthorn tree to bear fruit?
Sea buckthorn usually begins to bear fruit in the 3rd year after planting, and enters the full fruiting period in the 5th year; its fruit is a small berry with a high vitamin C content.
2. What are the values of sea buckthorn fruit?
1. Nutritional value
Sea buckthorn fruit is rich in vitamins; in addition, the fruit also contains flavonoids, triterpenes, organic acids, polysaccharides, pigments, tryptamine, volatile oils, proteins and other nutrients. Sea buckthorn seeds are very rich in vitamins, lipids, sugars, amino acids, volatile oils, proanthocyanidins, flavonoids, trace elements and other nutrients. Sea buckthorn fruit pomace and seed meal are very rich in proteins, nitrogen-free extracts, sugars, lipids, pigments, volatile oils, amino acids, proanthocyanidins, phospholipids and other substances, among which the protein content is about 20%.
2. Medicinal value
According to the Great Dictionary of Chinese Materia Medica, sea buckthorn has the effects of promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, resolving phlegm and relieving chest tightness, tonifying the spleen and strengthening the stomach, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and clearing heat and stopping diarrhea, and it also has a certain therapeutic effect on many diseases. It relieves cough and expels phlegm, promotes digestion and resolves food stagnation, and promotes blood circulation and disperses blood stasis. It is used for cough with copious phlegm, indigestion, abdominal pain due to food accumulation, bruises and swelling from falls, and blood stasis with amenorrhea.
In addition, sea buckthorn fruit contains β-carotene, unsaturated fatty acids, amino acids, flavonoids, vitamins, trace elements and so on, which can lower cholesterol in the human body and reasonably prevent atherosclerosis. The superoxide dismutase it contains can also effectively scavenge free radicals in the body, and improve human immunity, regulate the body's immunocompetent cells, act as an immunomodulator, and help delay human aging.
3. Economic value
It can be processed into health products, fruit oil, skin care products, feed and so on, with a wide range of uses. After the sea buckthorn tree enters the full fruiting period, it lasts about 4 to 5 years, after which part of the branches dry up, the inner canopy becomes hollow, and the tree vigor weakens. After about 3 years, the branches renew, the tree vigor becomes strong again, and a new peak fruiting period can be welcomed.