How to Grow Navel Oranges: A Detailed Guide to the Latest Planting Methods
The navel orange, also known as the sweet orange, is a fairly well-known orange variety, and the navel orange is a very popular fruit in China. Because navel oranges have no seeds, their main propagation method is cuttings. Navel oranges are rich in vitamin C and carotene, can fight cancer, and can improve human health and lower blood lipids, which is very beneficial to human growth. So how should navel oranges be grown? Today, the editor brings you the planting methods for navel oranges. Let's take a look!
1. Choose superior varieties
The first step in planting is to choose the variety. To grow navel oranges with high yield and good quality, you must choose high-quality varieties. You also need to pay attention to how strong its disease resistance is. After choosing the variety, observe the seedlings and select well-growing, robust saplings. This can not only increase the survival rate, but also ensure yield and quality. And you must inspect the saplings several times; never mistakenly choose saplings with pests or diseases. Then choose good weather for planting, and before planting, be sure to sterilize and disinfect the saplings.
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About half a month before cutting the saplings, carry out land preparation on the soil, plowing and leveling the soil. For plots with compacted soil, appropriately increase the depth of cultivation. After land preparation, apply enough base fertilizer, mix the fertilizer and soil thoroughly and evenly, let the soil absorb the nutrients, and then about half a month later you can begin cutting. Before cutting, pay attention to planting density and control the spacing between plants and rows. Be careful when cutting so as not to damage the sapling roots. Otherwise, it will affect root nutrient absorption and reduce the survival rate. After all cuttings are done, cover with soil promptly and water thoroughly to set the roots.
3. Thinning seedlings and weeding
After planting, regularly observe the growth of the seedlings. About three weeks after planting, thin the seedlings according to the specific growth conditions of the saplings. Saplings that grow weakly, are thin and small, or are diseased should be removed promptly and replaced with good saplings. Also ensure that the spacing between each sapling differs by no more than 5 cm. As long as the saplings are in their growth period, check and replant seedlings promptly. Then promptly remove weeds from the orchard, because the nutrient uptake of navel orange saplings is not yet very strong. To prevent weeds from robbing nutrients and increasing fertilizer costs.
4. Water and fertilizer management
Navel oranges have a relatively large demand for nutrients during growth, so they require a large amount of fertilizer. In addition to applying enough base fertilizer during land preparation, you should also topdress in time according to the growth of the navel orange trees. Usually, the number of topdressings throughout the growth period must not be less than 4 times to ensure that navel oranges have sufficient and comprehensive nutrition for their growth. Watering is relatively less strict. After watering thoroughly to set the roots, there is no need to water unless it is very dry. However, this also depends specifically on the soil moisture content; just keep the soil moist. But during the peak growth period of navel oranges, water more to promote flowering and fruiting and increase yield.
The above is a brief introduction to navel orange planting methods. Navel oranges have no seeds, so the genes of today's navel oranges are exactly the same as those of the very first navel orange tree. However, this is not the main point. Because the cutting method is rather troublesome, I hope everyone can pay more attention to it to prevent planting failure. 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!