What are the precautions for planting passion fruit in autumn?
Autumn is a good time to plant passion fruit, because this way the fruit can set and reach the market earlier the following year, avoiding the peak marketing period and gaining a greater price advantage, so many farmers choose to plant passion fruit in autumn. However, there are also many issues to pay attention to when planting in autumn. Below, follow the editor to take a look at the precautions for autumn planting of passion fruit.
1. Planting time
The climate across the country is different at the same time, so the autumn planting time also varies from place to place. Taking the south as an example, the average temperature is much higher than in the north, and in many areas the temperature remains high even in winter, so the autumn planting time is from September to November, and it should not be too early or too late.
2. Pay attention to the selection of fruit seedlings
There are extremely many varieties of passion fruit, and the cold resistance of each variety is different. For example, Tainong No. 1 and Zixiang No. 1 have stronger cold resistance than Mantianxing and Golden Fruit. Therefore, the choice of fruit seedling variety is extremely critical. Although golden passion fruit commands a price, it has higher requirements for planting technology, and beginners need to observe more when planting. The fruit surface should also be selected as high-quality and healthy. Generally speaking, seedlings with well-developed root systems, robust plants, and no pests or diseases have a higher survival rate.
3. Pay attention to frost and irrigation
Autumn planting is already close to winter, which often brings frost damage, and passion fruit seedlings are afraid of frost, so preventive measures need to be taken. Before frost arrives, you can use newspaper to cover the buds, or build a shed in advance to keep warm and protect against the cold. There is less rain in autumn and the climate is relatively dry, so attention should be paid to watering. Passion fruit is afraid of both waterlogging and drought. After the seedlings are transplanted, sufficient root-setting water must be applied, and water should be replenished in time.
4. Pay attention to pests and diseases
When passion fruit is planted, it suffers from the harm of rats and underground pests, and the roots and stems of the seedlings are very easy to be bitten off, causing missing plants and broken rows. Therefore, before planting, deep plowing and turning should be carried out to destroy the hiding places of underground pests, and timely prevention and control should be carried out when diseases are found. After one year of planting, the orchard will more or less have some viruses, so newly planted seedlings should not be mixed with old seedlings, and at the same time try to avoid being infected by nearby passion fruit orchards that are already infected with viruses.
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