What to Do About Cracked Fruit in Wampee? The Latest Solutions Are Here
Wampee is one of the fruit peels of southern China, rich in nutrients, can be used as medicine, has the effect of aiding digestion and resolving phlegm, and regulating qi, and is deeply loved by people. But during cultivation, the phenomenon of fruit cracking often occurs, affecting yield and quality, and causing economic losses to fruit farmers, so what should be done about wampee fruit cracking? Let's take a look together.
1. Scientific water control
In the late stage of wampee fruit growth, the fruit begins to expand rapidly and color up. If at this time a long drought is followed by rainy weather, the water absorbed by the plant begins to increase sharply, and the fruit expands within a short time. However, the development of the fruit peel and the expansion of the flesh are not synchronized, so fruit cracking occurs, which at this time not only affects quality but also reduces yield. Therefore, when the fruit is ripening and during high-temperature drought weather, water should be supplemented in time. This can be done by spraying water on the tree canopy or watering, and after rain, drainage should be carried out in time to increase soil permeability and avoid fruit cracking.
2. Supplementary application of microfertilizers
During wampee cultivation, many growers do not pay attention to organic fertilizers and trace elements, so their input is also relatively small, and when fertilizing they mostly use compound fertilizers, which leads to long-term deficiency of trace elements such as boron, sulfur, calcium, and iron in the plants. These trace elements are important components in the formation of the wampee fruit peel structure, and their deficiency reduces the toughness of the fruit peel, making fruit cracking very likely to occur. Therefore, during wampee production, more organic fertilizer must be applied, trace elements must be supplemented, the toughness of the fruit peel must be improved, and the phenomenon of fruit cracking must be reduced. In addition, during the fruit ripening period, increasing the application of organic fertilizer has an obvious yield-increasing effect.
3. Bagging
From the fruit expansion period to maturity, the method of fruit bagging can be used, which can prevent and control pests and diseases, sunscald, bird pecking, and fruit cracking. At present, there are various specifications of special fruit paper bags on the market. After the plant sets fruit, put the paper bag over the fruit cluster, tie the bag opening and the fruit cluster tightly, and when harvesting, pick the bag and the fruit cluster together. Before bagging, the fruit must be disinfected and sterilized. When bagging, mainly do not let the fruit touch the bag surface, so as to avoid sunscald.
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