How to Grow Longan from Seed? Detailed Planting Method
AbstractAfter eating the flesh of the longan, clean off the white soft tissue at the top of the pit, put it in water to soak for 4-6 days, and after the seed slightly cracks, soak it for another 2-3 days to speed up the sprouting of new shoots; once the bud point is visible, it can be planted. Choose a suitable pot, fill it eight-tenths full with potting soil, spray an appropriate amount of water on the surface soil, spread the seeds densely on the surface, then use potting soil to fill the gaps and cover the seeds, spread a layer of Maifan stone or small gravel on top, and water again.
Longan Seed Planting Method
1. After eating the flesh, clean off the flesh and white soft tissue at the top of the pit to avoid attracting insects.
2. Soak the longan seeds in water that can submerge them for 4-6 days, and the seeds will slightly crack. To speed up the sprouting of new shoots, after the seeds crack you can soak them in water for another 2-3 days. Once the bud point is visible, they can be planted. To ensure there are no impurities in the water, change the water every day.
3. Choose a suitable pot without drainage holes, put potting soil eight-tenths full into the pot, then spray some water so the surface soil feels moist, then spread the seeds on the surface, packed closely together without leaving gaps. Put seeds with a similar degree of cracking in the same pot so that germination is consistent, then use potting soil to fill the gaps and cover the seeds, then use Maifan stone or other small gravel to cover the surface completely, then gently press the surface with your palm to make the seeds more stable, then use a sprayer to spray water back and forth into the pot 3 times, and afterward spray water once a day.
4. Generally, in about 8-10 days, all the new shoots will emerge.
Suitable Regions for Planting Longan
Longan needs to grow in a warm environment. Guangdong region in China is the most suitable for planting longan, especially the western Guangdong region, where the geographical and climatic conditions are the most superior, the local annual accumulated temperature is relatively high, the temperature rises faster in spring, and there is plenty of sunshine. The longan fruit grown there matures early, and the fruit is large and of good quality.
Key Points of Longan Planting Techniques
1. Timely carry out shaping and pruning of young longan trees by the method of thinning branches without heading back.
2. Carry out retraction pruning on densely planted longan orchards. The earlier the time, the thicker the branches of the fruit tree will be, which is more conducive to the tree flowering and fruiting the following year. The branch-thinning and retraction method can also be used.
3. Every autumn, year by year thin out the scaffold branches or relatively thick branches on the fruit tree, and timely and effectively cultivate autumn shoots.
4. In winter, appropriately control winter shoots, and adjust the last shoot to mature by the end of November to early December.
5. Use scientific and effective technical measures to promote the timely germination and growth of flower buds and promote the normal growth and development of flower spikes.
6. During the flower bud stage of the fruit tree, spray the tree with “Longan Fruit Thickener” and carry out flower thinning to control the amount of flowers and thereby increase the fruit-setting rate of the tree.
7. Reasonably carry out pest and disease control work on the fruit tree during the planting process.