The "Queen of Fruits" costs 20 yuan per jin; a neighbor grew a potted plant from its seeds, and netizens called it a little mangosteen.

As people's living standards and living conditions improve, more and more friends like to keep some green potted plants at home. Keeping them at home can not only decorate the room, but also purify the indoor air, which is of great benefit to family members' health. Especially some friends who love growing flowers like to keep all kinds of flowers and plants at home, and sometimes they constantly try to grow some new plants.

Many friends grow some vegetables at home, and some flower lovers also try to grow fruit potted plants at home, just like Shitou's neighbor, who is an expert at growing plants and very much likes trying to grow all kinds of fruit potted plants. For common ones like dragon fruit, lemon, orange and longan, he grows potted plants from seeds, and all of them succeeded. Recently the neighbor has been using mangosteen seeds to grow a mangosteen potted plant, which is simply an eye-opener. Because mangosteen is a tropical fruit, in ordinary life we only buy some to eat, and we have never seen what a mangosteen tree looks like.

Mangosteen is called the "Queen of Fruits"

Mangosteen is a tropical fruit. In China, apart from some places in the south that grow mangosteen, most mangosteens in the country are imported from Southeast Asia. Mangosteen is rich in protein and lipid substances, and contains abundant vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and vitamin C4. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and reducing dryness, and together with durian it is called the queen of fruits, so eating mangosteen is of great benefit to human health.

Mangosteen saplings generally need to grow for ten years before they bear fruit, and a mangosteen tree has a lifespan of about 70 years, so the fruit yield of a single mangosteen tree is not high. Of course, things are precious when they are rare, and the average price of mangosteen is generally around 20 yuan per jin. From August to October each year, the price may be slightly lower, and the highest price of the year may reach 40 yuan per jin.

It is the "Queen of Fruits" at 20 yuan per jin; a neighbor grew it into a potted plant from "seeds", and netizens said: little mangosteen.

The neighbor used mangosteen seeds and grew a small mangosteen potted plant in 10 days.

The neighbor already liked growing all kinds of fruit potted plants at home, so after buying some mangosteens to eat, he took out the mangosteen seeds and dried them, then grew a small mangosteen potted plant at home, and it succeeded!

Generally, mangosteen seeds sprout in spring and autumn, and the suitable ambient temperature for seed germination is between 20-25 degrees. The recent temperature is just right. To make mangosteen seeds sprout quickly, pretreatment is needed. Soak the mangosteen seeds in a 0.2% rooting powder aqueous solution for five minutes, or soak the seeds in a 0.2% white sugar aqueous solution; both have the effect of promoting seed germination. Then soak the treated seeds in clean water for two days, which has the effect of awakening the sprouts.

Then prepare a flower pot and soil. Because mangosteen seeds are not large, just choose a suitable flower pot according to your own situation. For the soil used to plant mangosteen seeds, ordinary flower-growing soil is fine, as long as the soil is breathable and drains water. Bury the seeds that have been soaked for two days in the soil, at a depth of about two cm from the edge of the flower pot, cover the seeds with a layer of fine sand, and then place the mangosteen potted plant in a ventilated place on an indoor windowsill, avoiding direct sunlight. After about 10 days, you will see the mangosteen seeds send out small red sprouts.

After the mangosteen seedlings grow bigger, they can be divided and repotted in spring. In later care, apart from keeping them indoors in winter, they can be placed outdoors in other seasons. Each spring, supplement the mangosteen with compound fertilizer. After fertilizing, pinch the mangosteen by cutting off the terminal buds of the branches and trunk. This can promote the growth of lateral buds, let the plant grow more branches, and keep the plant shape full and rounded.

Especially in the north, the possibility of seeing mangosteen bear fruit is very small, so growing a small mangosteen potted plant is just a personal hobby. Flower lovers who like it can try it themselves.

That is all for today's sharing. See you next time!