How to Select Seeds and Grow Seedlings of the Chinese Lantern Fruit? A Detailed Guide to the Methods

The Chinese lantern fruit is also known as the lantern plant. It is a fruit mostly grown in the mountainous areas of Northeast China. The Chinese lantern fruit has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and reducing internal heat and swelling. At present, the market price of the Chinese lantern fruit is relatively high, and the planting area is gradually expanding. So how do you select seeds for the Chinese lantern fruit? What seedling-raising methods are there? Let's take a look together below.

1. How do you select seeds for the Chinese lantern fruit?

To grow the Chinese lantern fruit, you must choose the right variety. Farmers should first choose a relatively popular Chinese lantern fruit variety according to the local market and local climate. At present, farmers mostly choose the larger yellow Chinese lantern fruit, because this variety has a relatively large planting area in the north, and the temperature changes are also relatively large, so its resistance is relatively strong. Generally, it takes about one hundred days from sowing to fruiting.

2. What seedling-raising methods are there for the Chinese lantern fruit?

1. Site selection

The Chinese lantern fruit has strong vitality, so wild Chinese lantern fruit can be seen everywhere in the countryside. The Chinese lantern fruit does not have very strict requirements for soil, and it has the characteristics of strong adaptability and stress resistance. However, when planting artificially, it is still best to choose sandy soil that is fertile, loose in texture and well drained. Also, when planting, more farmyard manure should be applied, and it can be applied directly in old trenches. But if the fertilizer is of low quality and insufficient in amount, it will directly affect the later yield of the Chinese lantern fruit. So we still need to choose different land preparation methods according to the condition of the land. Although the methods differ, the soil still needs to be carefully worked, and enough base fertilizer should be applied. The base fertilizer should preferably be mainly farmyard manure.

2. Propagation

After planting, the future propagation issue must be considered. The Chinese lantern fruit is generally cultivated artificially by vegetative propagation using rhizomes. This is because the rhizome propagation method has a series of advantages such as fast propagation, being easy to understand, and being easy to keep seedlings. The rhizomes of the Chinese lantern fruit have many adventitious buds. Generally, around Qingming Festival, choose rhizomes free of diseases and insect pests as "planting stock", cut them into 10cm small sections, and each small section should retain about 2-3 adventitious buds. Sow them in furrows to prevent ventilation, and rake the soil evenly. In this way, they can grow continuously for 4-5 years.

3. Seedling stage management

Every crop must undergo thinning during the planting process, and the Chinese lantern fruit is no exception. The thinning principle for the Chinese lantern fruit is "thin on fertile land, dense on poor land." Pay attention to intertillage and weeding. About half a month after planting, seedlings begin to emerge. After emergence, remove the weeds in the surrounding garden. When the seedlings grow to about 10 cm high, carry out the second thinning, and complete the third in July. During the rainy season, pay attention to drainage, apply more agricultural machinery fertilizer, properly irrigate and drain the orchard, keep the soil moist, and increase the final yield. After the seedlings recover, water and topdress appropriately according to the soil fertility and growth conditions to promote root development.

4. Harvesting

There is also technique in the harvesting time of the Chinese lantern fruit. The Chinese lantern fruit will fall off automatically after ripening. At this time, it can be harvested by picking it up by hand, and this is when the quality of the Chinese lantern fruit is the best. After the fruit matures, the persistent calyx outside becomes withered and yellow, and the fruit also shows a pale yellow color with a very rich fragrance. But if the fruit is not ripe enough, the taste is poor. At this time, it should be ripened in a timely manner. The fruit can be sprayed with ethephon and then piled up until it is fully ripe. If the fruit needs to be transported or stored, the calyx should be retained.

The above is an introduction to the Chinese lantern fruit. The Chinese lantern fruit is currently becoming more and more popular. It also has relatively good adaptability to the environment, is simple to cultivate, and matures relatively quickly, so many areas have farmers planting the Chinese lantern fruit on a large scale.

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