A Detailed Guide to the Latest Kumquat Planting Methods and Cultivation Techniques
Everyone must have eaten small tangerines. Although they are called small tangerines, their taste is completely different from that of tangerines, and their growing method is also different from that of tangerine trees. The peel of the kumquat can be eaten directly and has certain medicinal value. Its current market price only rises and never falls, making it a planting project with relatively good prospects. So how should this kumquat be planted? Today, the editor brings you the kumquat planting method. Let's take a look together!
1. Select superior seeds
When choosing seeds for planting, choose seeds that are disease-free and high-yielding. You can also take seeds from the fruit and wash the liquid off the seeds. Eliminate shriveled seeds with no flesh, air-dry them, and then sow them. If they are not sown immediately, they should be stored with sand, piled in separate heaps, and placed in a dry place with strong permeability. This can both prevent disease and avoid the seeds losing their germination ability.
2. Land selection and land preparation
When choosing a site to build an orchard, choose flat land or hills, requiring fertile soil, deep and loose soil layers, and soil with strong permeability. If the soil layer is thin and poor, it is not suitable for planting. Try to ensure that the surrounding transportation is relatively convenient, which is beneficial for transporting the fruit after it ripens and for adding seedlings. Before sowing, the soil needs to be deep-plowed once, and in the second spring it should be plowed again, with a depth of no less than one meter. Build the field beds well for easy management.
3. Sow at the right time
Spring is the best time to sow kumquats, but they can also be sown in November. Determine the sowing density according to the orchard area, and it should not be sown too densely. Apply enough base fertilizer, with at least 15 kg of fully decomposed farmyard manure in each ditch of the field bed. Then sow, cover with grass material, and spread straw, in order to prevent water loss and field drought. After the seeds sprout and grow leaves, temporary planting should begin. If you do not know how to do temporary planting, appropriately increase and expand the density.
4. Field management
After sowing and before the seedlings emerge, water frequently to ensure the moisture needed for the seedlings to emerge, and loosen the soil around the seeds to facilitate seed germination. After the seedlings emerge, topdress appropriately, and be careful not to let fertilizer touch the leaves, otherwise the leaves will be burned. Before fertilizing, do the soil work well and remove weeds. In drought and high-temperature weather, water in time to prevent the fruit trees from lacking water and growing weakly.
5. Orchard management
After the seedlings emerge, observe the condition of the seedlings in time. If dead seedlings are found, be sure to pull them out in time and replant. Some crops with lower fertilizer requirements can be planted between the rows. This can not only add another source of income, but also, when they mature, they can be turned into the soil as fertilizer for the kumquats. To prevent the kumquats from growing too vigorously and producing leggy branches, remove the leggy branches in time and control excessive upright growth. This can not only facilitate later harvesting work, but also increase yield.
The above five points are a simple introduction to kumquat planting. One advantage of planting kumquats is that you do not need to worry about the occurrence of diseases, because with such a long planting history, there have basically been no cases of disease. However, everyone still cannot lower their guard. Do all the preparatory work well to prevent emergencies and provide enough water and nutrients for the growth of the kumquats. That is all for today's introduction. If you want to learn more related information, please continue to follow Qinnong Network!