How to plant orange seeds in potted plants?

In the golden autumn of October, sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance, it is also the season of a large number of oranges and grapefruit on the market. Among them, sweet and sour oranges can be planted in pots after eating them. How can orange seeds be planted in pots? How to maintain it at ordinary times?

First, how to plant orange seeds in pots?

First wash the pulp on the orange seeds, then soak them in clean water for about a week, changing the water once a day. After a week, the thin skin on the surface can be buried in the prepared basin soil. When sowing, the seeds are head up, buried in about 2 cm, and watered every day. Generally, they can germinate in about 3 weeks.

Second, how to grow oranges in pots?

1. Light

Orange potted plants like plenty of sunshine, warm and humid climate can make it grow better. Maintenance should be placed in a sunny place, if the lack of light will often cause branches and leaves to grow, blossom and bear less. The summer light intensity is big, must put in the shade place. It is best to keep the room temperature around 6 to 12 degrees Celsius in winter.

two。 Watering

Although orange potted plants like to be moist, the pots can not accumulate water, and the pots are easy to rot if the soil is too wet. So keep the basin soil moderately moist. Dry and windy in spring and autumn, it is best to spray water on the leaves once a day to increase air humidity. Spray water 2-3 times a day in summer, and spray water to the basin. But avoid spraying water during flowering to prevent flowers from rotting.

3. Fertilizer application

The culture soil mixed with rotten leaf soil, sandy soil and cake fertilizer should be selected when orange pot is planted. From the beginning of new bud germination to before flowering, rotten fertilizer and water can be applied every 7-10 days (fertilizer and water should be diluted with water), and alum fertilizer water should be poured alternately. After the beginning of summer, apply more phosphate fertilizer to facilitate bud pregnancy and fruiting.

4. Pruning

Prune for the first time every year before the spring buds sprout, cut off withered branches, disease and insect branches, over-dense branches and overgrown branches, and retain 3 to 4 strong branches that grow in the first year. When the new tip grows to 15-20 cm, pick the heart. When flowering, the flowers should be thinned properly, when there are young fruits, the thick branches can leave 2-3 fruits per plant, and the weak branches can keep one fruit, and make the whole plant fruit evenly. Of course, it is also necessary to prune the withered branches, over-dense branches and overgrown branches in time.

5. Diseases and insect pests

Oranges are susceptible to foot rot, scale, mites and aphids in Qinghai. Prevention should be done in advance and corresponding pesticides should be sprayed.