How to grow mangosteen

Mangosteen should be planted on semi-hillside, gentle slope and flat land with good natural barrier and slope of less than 20 degrees, and clay loam and loam are better soil. Planting holes should be dug one month in advance and sufficient base fertilizer should be applied. Then choose the appropriate time to plant, drench the root water after planting, and do a good job of shading and fertilizer and water management.

1. Select the place

It should be planted on semi-hillside, gentle slope and flat land with good natural barrier and slope of less than 20 degrees. Clay loam and loam with deep soil layer, loose soil, good drainage, good air permeability and rich organic matter should be selected for planting. It can not adapt to calcareous soil, sandy alluvial soil and sandy soil with low humus.

2. Colonization

The planting holes need to be dug one month in advance, the size is generally 60cm × 60cm × 60cm, and the plant spacing is 4m × 6m. Each planting hole is applied with 15kg mature organic fertilizer and 0.5kg calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer. The planting time is generally from May to November, and it is better in the afternoon on cloudy days. Put the mangosteen seedlings into the hole, fill the soil, step on it with your feet, and drench the roots with water.

3. Shading

The early growth of mangosteen needs low light environment, and the shade degree of 40% Mel 75% is the most suitable. Piles can be driven around the mangosteen, using sticks or bamboo poles as support materials, and then fixed on the square bracket with a shade net with a light transmittance (shade) of 90%, to form a square sunshade to block the sun.

4. Fertilizer and water

The first year dry season needs to apply urea water fertilizer once, can be combined with watering, 100 ml per plant, the concentration is 2%. At the beginning of rainy season, organic fertilizer plus calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer was applied once, and 10 kg organic fertilizer and 0.25kg calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer were applied to each tree. Fertilizing 2-4 times during the rainy season, applying ternary compound fertilizer with the ratio of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium at 15:15:15, 0.2kg per plant.