How to grow red pomelo seeds

Red pomelo is a very common fruit, sweet taste, autumn and winter season is one of the essential fruits. Red pomelo seeds can still be planted after eating. So how do you plant red pomelo seeds?

I. Germination

To plant grapefruit, you need to collect the seeds of grapefruit first. You only need large, full seeds to keep them. Some small, dried seeds are best not to use. Tear off the rind, but don't let the seeds break. If this step is omitted, it will be difficult to germinate. Soak the seeds in clean water for 5-7 days, during which time change the water every day to prevent odor.

II. Sowing

Prepare loose soil, add appropriate amount of pebbles or pearlite, and spray grapefruit seeds after planting. In winter, it is necessary to bag heat preservation, ensure scattered light irradiation, and maintain it indoors.

III. Fertilizer and water management

Red pomelo flowers, fruit, high yield, nutrient consumption, fertilization should be based on the amount of fruit and tree growth to meet its requirements, generally 3000 kg per mu of red pomelo, should be applied annually urea 100 to 150 kg, phosphorus 60 to 100 kg, potassium 3050 kg, at the same time to apply more organic fertilizer, each plant fertilizer 30 to 50 kg or cake fertilizer 2 to 3 kg, improve fruit quality.

IV. Pest control

Red pomelo will often appear some diseases and insect pests, according to the actual growth situation to prevent and control, specific control methods and other citrus fruit trees are the same.

V. Trimming

Red pomelo can adopt natural round head shape or natural semicircular pruning. Trunk height of about 30 to 45 cm, after sending out new shoots, leave more base branches, timely picking, promote branching, with pulling, supporting, hanging branches and other methods, increase the opening angle of main branches and auxiliary main branches, cultivate into natural round-headed crown. The fruiting mother branches of Chuhong pomelo are most beneficial to fruit bearing by enriching spring shoots, so pruning is not precise, only dead branches, diseased branches and overlapping branches are removed.