What to Do About Split Fruit in Monk Fruit? Analysis of the Latest Prevention and Control Methods

Monk fruit is a very precious traditional Chinese medicinal material, but you may not know that monk fruit can not only be used as medicine, but can also be eaten as a food ingredient. Its excellent medicinal effects can prevent and treat many cardiovascular diseases. In recent years, the market price of monk fruit has also been gradually rising, becoming a poverty-alleviation project for many people. But many people often find that the fruit develops split fruit during cultivation, so how should we prevent and control split fruit? Let's take a look together below!

1. Select superior varieties

Choosing excellent varieties can greatly reduce the occurrence of split fruit, although our country has not yet bred a variety that can completely eliminate split fruit. But there are still some with fewer split fruits and strong disease resistance, such as Red Hair Fruit and others, because some split fruit phenomena occur due to genes. So whether choosing seeds or fruit tree cuttings, try to choose high-quality varieties to reduce later split fruit.

2. Reasonable fertilization

Do a good job of reasonable fertilization according to the soil fertility of the planting site and the nutritional characteristics of monk fruit at each growth stage. Do not apply fertilizer in a one-sided or excessive way; reasonably allocate various nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium to ensure the various nutrients needed for fruit tree growth. And if the soil being planted is acidic, also apply an appropriate amount of calcium fertilizer or quicklime powder to the soil; this can not only neutralize the soil pH value, but also supplement calcium.

3. Water management

Improper water management will aggravate the occurrence of split fruit in monk fruit. During the planting process, ensure that the water needed by the fruit trees can be provided. Mainly in early summer, when the temperature gradually rises and the water evaporation rate becomes faster, water in time according to weather changes. It is not suitable to water at noon, because noon is the time of day with the highest temperature, and the effect of watering becomes smaller. Appropriately cover with grass and plastic film to lower the surface temperature, do a good job of water retention, and reduce the split fruit phenomenon.

4. Pest and disease control

Some pests and diseases can also cause split fruit, such as viral diseases and root-knot nematode disease. Strengthen orchard management. Do a good job of pest and disease prevention, gather excess weeds and miscellaneous trees in the orchard, fallen aged branches, diseased and disabled branches, and so on for centralized treatment, to prevent pathogen growth and infection of the remaining fruit trees. It is also not suitable to plant some solanaceous and leguminous plants around the orchard, to prevent pathogens from spreading to each other.

5. Flowering and fruiting stage management

The flowering and fruiting stage is a relatively important growth stage for monk fruit. Monk fruit has a relatively long flowering time and relatively high yield. While reasonably fertilizing to meet the nutrients needed by the fruit trees, also do a good job of artificial pollination. Artificial pollination can improve the pollination and fertilization rate of the fruit trees and lay the foundation for fruit set after pollination. Then carry out flower and fruit thinning on the fruit, promptly removing weak-growing and dense small flowers and various split and diseased fruits, to improve fruit quality.

The above are the main methods for reducing split fruit in monk fruit. After monk fruit splits, it is very easy to be affected by various contamination, reducing the resistance of the fruit. It easily causes the fruit to rot and fall, and also increases the incidence of pests and diseases, such as the Oriental fruit fly and others, causing some of the fruit that has not split to also suffer a certain impact. Everyone should pay attention to the split fruit phenomenon, check the cause of split fruit, and then prescribe the right remedy. This article is for reference only, and we hope it is helpful to everyone.