How Many Years Until the Ginseng Fruit Tree Flowers and Fruits? A Detailed Guide to Yield per Mu and Home Growing Methods

Ginseng fruit is a food that serves both as a vegetable and a fruit with fairly comprehensive nutrition. Eating it can supplement what the human body needs and it has nutritional and health value. So how many years until the ginseng fruit tree flowers and fruits? How many kilograms per mu? How do you grow it at home? The details are organized as follows:

How many years until the ginseng fruit tree flowers and fruits

If it is a one-year-old seedling, you have to wait two years, and even longer with poor management. A three-year-old seedling will generally flower the following year; it is best to plant two or several of them.

Ginseng fruit belongs to the Solanaceae family and is a herbaceous plant grown as a vegetable, fruit and ornamental. In tropical and subtropical regions it is a perennial small shrub. The suitable temperature for ginseng fruit growth is 25°C; it can tolerate low temperatures of 3—5°C, and below 0°C it will freeze to death. Within 15—30°C it can flower and fruit continuously, with a long continuous fruiting period and a high fruit-setting rate, and the yield per mu can reach 2000-3000 kilograms. In China and Japan it is cultivated as an annual, so ginseng fruit flowers in one year and fruits in one year.

When does ginseng fruit generally ripen

Every year from September to November is the ripening period for ginseng fruit, so at this time each year we can see ginseng fruit being sold in farmers' markets.

However, because the climate and soil differ from place to place, the ripening period of ginseng fruit will also change accordingly, but the difference is not great.

According to the latest prices on Alibaba, potted ginseng fruit tree seedlings cost 5-10 yuan each.

How to grow a ginseng fruit tree at home

I. Requirements of ginseng fruit for environmental conditions

When the temperature stabilizes at 10°C, new buds begin to sprout, and above 18°C it flowers and fruits. The optimum temperature for growth is 15-18°C; when the temperature reaches 38°C the tender leaves become scorched, and at 0°C freezing damage appears again. It likes light, and its light saturation point is 70,000 lux. Ginseng fruit is a semi-drought-tolerant plant, and the optimum is 60%-80% of the maximum field water-holding capacity. Ginseng fruit has wide adaptability to soil and is not demanding, but soil that is deep, well-drained, fertile and rich in organic matter is best. Ginseng fruit both likes fertilizer and tolerates it, and the order of its absorption of nutrient elements is: potassium > nitrogen > calcium > phosphorus > magnesium.

II. Cultivation techniques

Ginseng fruit seeds are few and small, and the emergence rate and seedling survival rate are both unsatisfactory, so at present seedling propagation is mainly by cuttings; however, seed propagation can maintain the seed's characteristics and also makes seed disinfection convenient, thereby overcoming the serious viral disease problems brought by cutting propagation.

Ginseng fruit planting techniques:

Fertilizer and water management

In addition to applying sufficient base fertilizer, topdressing should also be done twice: once when the seedlings grow to about 30 cm; the other when the seedlings are close to flowering, applying 3 kilograms each of N, P and K fertilizer per mu, watered 10 cm away from the main root of the seedlings. During the flowering and fruiting period, boron fertilizer and other trace elements or Baofengsu No. 2 should be appropriately added. Apply N, P, K compound fertilizer in small amounts and frequently, and pay attention to intertillage and weeding; generally fertilize once every 10 days, and apply more potassium fertilizer after flowering. March—June and September—November are the periods when ginseng fruit has the greatest water demand for growth, development, flowering and fruiting, so water promptly.

Pruning and trimming

Ginseng fruit has strong sprouting ability, so branches and shoots should be trimmed promptly; from the part of the plant above 15—20 cm, select and keep 3—5 robust, evenly distributed branches as main branches, and cut off all the rest. Keep 2—3 flower clusters on each side branch, keep 2—3 fruits per flower cluster, and thin out all the remaining flower clusters and small fruits. Each plant should bear at most 30 fruits. Because the stems of ginseng fruit are relatively soft, when it begins to bear fruit, bamboo poles or plastic rope should be used to build a trellis to prevent lodging.

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