A Detailed Guide to the Planting Methods and Conditions for Four-Season Honey Longan

SummaryBefore planting four-season honey longan, first prepare the land well and apply base fertilizer, then dig a water storage ditch nearby to make fertilizer and water management easier. One month after the seedlings are planted, the branches need to be pruned and the shoot tips removed to keep the four-season honey longan tree dwarfed. Spray an appropriate amount of shoot-control agent to promote flower bud differentiation and the formation of inflorescences, so that it can bear fruit better. After fruiting, attention must be paid to fruit retention, and throughout the entire planting process, attention must also be paid to preventing and controlling diseases and pests.

The longan we all know is generally marketed every year in summer and autumn. Now, however, a new longan variety has been bred that can be picked many times a year, allowing longan lovers to eat fresh longan all year round. Everyone gave it a very sweet name, calling it four-season honey longan. Follow along with the editor to get to know it.

Planting Methods for Four-Season Honey Longan

The planting methods for four-season honey longan mainly include the following steps:

1. Before planting four-season honey longan seedlings, first prepare the land well and apply base fertilizer. A water storage ditch can be dug nearby to make fertilizer and water management easier.

2. One month after the seedlings are planted, the branches need to be pruned to promote branching and thereby increase yield.

3. In addition to pruning branches, shoot tips also need to be removed to keep the four-season honey longan tree dwarfed, which can increase the amount of fruit set.

4. Then comes the careful cultivation of fruit-bearing mother branches. An appropriate amount of shoot-control agent can be sprayed to promote flower bud differentiation and the formation of inflorescences, allowing better fruit set.

5. After fruiting begins, attention must be paid to fruit retention, especially during the physiological fruit drop period after flowering and pollination.

6. In the later stage of planting, attention must be paid to preventing and controlling diseases, pests and disasters.

Planting Conditions for Four-Season Honey Longan

Four-season honey longan is a longan variety that can be picked multiple times within one year. In China, it is generally planted in Lingnan areas such as Guangxi, Fujian and Xiamen.

The planting of four-season honey longan has the following several planting conditions:

1. Four-season honey longan cannot endure low-temperature disasters such as frost, so it is generally planted in subtropical areas leaning toward temperate zones.

2. Four-season honey longan likes fertilizer and needs sufficient fertilizer. Fertilizer is also needed after fruiting and picking to ensure that later nutrition keeps up, so that there is more fruit set and greater yield.

3. Four-season honey longan likes water and needs to be planted in places with abundant rainfall, so that the fruit produced is more juicy.

Four-season honey longan generally begins to bear fruit in the same year or the second year after planting. After about 3 years of the fruiting period, the yield of four-season honey longan becomes relatively stable. It can increase from an initial yield of 1000 jin per mu to 3500 jin per mu during the full production period, so the planting benefits are still very good.

Growers who are tempted should be sure to find growers familiar with four-season honey longan cultivation to understand the planting methods in detail before planting. Do not be blindly overconfident, so as to avoid unnecessary losses.