Introduction to the New Carambola Variety Tianyangtao No. 3

Tianyangtao No. 3 is a bud sport single plant of the Malaysian sweet carambola. In May 2007, it passed the approval of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Crop Variety Approval Committee and was named.

(1) Fruit economic traits: the fruit is long-elliptical, with an average single fruit weight of 183.0 g (the original variety 285.0 g). The fruit ridge is thin and the fruit tip protrudes (the original variety has a thick fruit ridge and a concave fruit tip). The peel is thin and smooth (the original variety's peel is slightly rough and lusterless). Unripe fruit is green, ripe fruit is yellow, and the ridge edge is green. The flesh is fine and crisp, with few fibers, and the taste is fresh and sweet; the quality is better than that of the original variety. The soluble solids content is 12.60%, 1.8% higher than that of the original variety; total sugar 8.90%, total acid 0.18%.

(2) Growth and fruiting characteristics and phenological period: fast growth and early fruiting. Planted in the same year, it flowers and fruits in the same year; it can come into production in the 2nd year, with a plant yield of up to 10 kg; in the 3rd year the plant yield reaches 25 kg; in the 4th year it enters the full production period, with a plant yield of more than 36 kg. In southern Guangxi, there are 3 to 4 flowering periods each year, namely flowering from mid-to-late May to early June, with fruit ripening from mid-to-late August to early September; flowering from mid-to-late July to mid-August, ripening from mid-October to early November; flowering from late October to mid-November, ripening from mid-January to late February of the following year.

(3) Key cultivation techniques: suitable for planting in southern Guangxi. Choose a site with loose, fertile soil and a small slope, on a south-facing or southeast-facing mid-to-lower slope or gentle slope, to establish the orchard. Use grafted seedlings, with row spacing of 5 m x 4 m. Before planting, use decomposed organic fertilizer as base fertilizer. Pay attention to shaping and pruning.