How to Plant Sugar Apple Seeds? A Detailed Guide to the Planting Method
Sugar apple is a tropical fruit, also commonly known as custard apple, and it is grown in several places in our country, so how should sugar apple seeds be planted? Let's take a look.
1. Basic Introduction to Sugar Apple
Sugar apple is a small deciduous tree, also called lai qiu guo, fo tou guo, custard apple, etc. The fruit is an aggregate berry formed from many round or oval ripe carpels that are slightly connected and easily separated, round-spherical or heart-shaped conical, hairless, yellow-green, and covered on the outside with a white waxy bloom. The fruit can be eaten and tastes quite good. Generally, sugar apple blooms from May to June each year, and the fruiting period is from June to November each year.
Sugar apple is native to tropical America, but it is also grown in some areas of our country. The main cultivation areas include Fujian, Zhejiang, Taiwan, China, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan, etc.
2. How to Plant Sugar Apple Seeds?
1. Seed treatment: after the seeds are taken out, wash them clean and dry them, then they can be sown. If they will not be planted for a long time, they need to be fully sun-dried and then stored in a sealed container.
2. Sowing: generally choose to sow in spring. If the temperature is relatively low, pay attention to keeping them warm.
Because sugar apple is also easily affected by pests and diseases during growth, before sowing you can soak the seeds in 200 mg/kg gibberellin for 24-36 hours, so that the sugar apple's resistance to pests and diseases will be better.
3. Soil: it is necessary to choose loose, fertile, well-drained sandy soil for planting.
In addition, because sugar apple is a tropical plant, its planting temperature requirements are relatively high. If sowing in autumn, it is also necessary to do a good job of cold protection and warmth.
4. Watering and fertilizing: in the early stage, generally water once every 3 days. In hot weather, the number of waterings can be increased as appropriate, and then fertilize reasonably according to the growth condition of the sugar apple.