What are the latest key points for growing and managing canistel?
Canistel is an emerging fruit, also known as “xiantao”, and is a perennial plant of the Sapotaceae family. The tree is relatively tall with a large canopy, and the fruit is round or oval, usually ripening at the end of each year. Few people grow it now, and there is no mature cultivation technique, and everyone is not quite clear about how canistel should be managed when grown. Below, the editor brings you the key management points for canistel. Let's take a look!
1. Fertilizer and water management
Canistel has relatively high fertilizer and water requirements, and it has different needs at different growth stages. For example, during the young tree stage, canistel needs more nutrients, but each application must not be excessive, and the main approach should be frequent light applications. It should be fertilized at least once every month, and then the fertilizer nutrients should be adjusted appropriately according to the growth age and the number of flowers and fruits. During the young tree stage, attention should be paid to watering to keep the soil moist so the fruit tree can grow and develop normally. The nutritional needs of mature trees are even greater, so not only should fertilizer application be strengthened, but foliar fertilizer should also be sprayed appropriately. However, watering should be controlled before flowering to promote flower bud differentiation.
2. Soil management
Canistel has relatively strict soil requirements. When planting, we should strengthen soil moisture, but note that waterlogging must not occur, to prevent root rot from soaking. Then, according to the growth of the canistel tree, appropriately expand the planting hole, improve the soil, and enhance the growing environment of the canistel tree. It should be noted that the growth of weeds in the orchard must be controlled. A layer of ground cover can be laid on the soil to suppress weed growth. If weeds appear inside the tree basin, manual weeding should be used, but care should be taken to avoid damaging the roots.
3. Shaping and pruning
Shaping and pruning should also use different methods according to the growth age of the canistel tree. For example, the purpose of shaping and pruning young trees is to advance the time of fruiting. During the growth of young trees, the main focus is on cultivating the tree structure, and during the high-yield period of young trees, the principle of less thinning and more retention should be followed. When young trees show flower bud differentiation, the flower buds should be removed in time to avoid reproductive growth competing with vegetative growth for nutrients. Pruning of mature trees should be carried out once after harvest, replacing the fruiting mother branches, improving the fruit-setting rate, and cutting off dead branches, old branches, diseased branches, vigorous branches, and other branches to ensure the orchard's ventilation and light penetration.
4. Flower and fruit protection
Around Qingming Festival each year is the flowering period of the canistel tree. During the flowering period, the number of flowers should be reasonably controlled according to the growth of new shoots, the number of flower buds, and the growth vigor. For example, for fruit trees with strong growth vigor, flower control should be the main focus, cutting off excess, overly dense, and weak flower branches in the inner canopy to ensure concentrated nutrients. Then, after young fruits are set, fruit-protecting agents should be sprayed in time to promote the growth of young fruits, improve disease resistance, and prevent pests and diseases or physiological fruit drop. Too many fruits should not be retained, and they must not exceed the tree's bearing capacity. Diseased fruits, weak fruits, and other small fruits should be removed in time to ensure yield and high quality.
The above is a brief introduction to the key management points for canistel. Although canistel is not very common on the market now, its market demand is still quite good. So those who want to grow it can consider it! That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. If you want to learn more related information, please continue to follow us!