Introduction of potted kumquat culture method! How many years of breeding can it bear fruit?

Kumquat is a plant of the genus Citrus of Rutaceae, with oval or Obovate fruit, golden yellow color, fragrance, long hanging time, is an excellent ornamental fruit flower, suitable for pot ornamental, but also edible, sour, sweet and delicious, rich in nutrition. Here is an introduction to the culture method of potted kumquat.

A brief introduction to kumquat!

Where is the origin of kumquat?

Kumquat is an evergreen shrub, native to southern China, widely distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and other southern provinces, especially in Guangdong, with the longest history of planting and eating kumquat, and is a veritable hometown of kumquat.

2. How to eat kumquat?

Kumquat can be directly washed and chewed, or you can squeeze juice to drink, because the nutrition of kumquat peel is more than kumquat flesh, it is best to eat or juice together with pulp.

Second, how to cultivate potted kumquat?

1. Prepare flowerpots: because kumquat is a fruit tree, in order to avoid plastic pollution, plastic flowerpots are not recommended. You can choose round mud pots that are breathable and permeable and conducive to root growth. The size of the flowerpots depends on the size of kumquat seedlings.

2. Prepare substrate: kumquat likes fertile, loose, slightly acidic sandy loam with good drainage. Rotten leaves and sandy soil can be used to add a little fertilizer, and the proportion is 4 parts of rotten leaf soil, 5 parts of sandy soil and 1 part of cake fertilizer. Garden soil can also be mixed with waste cinder.

3. Prepare to plant kumquat seedlings: kumquat seedlings can be purchased at the local flower market or online. First, fill some coarse sand or waste cinder at the bottom of the basin to achieve the effect of water penetration. Then fill the soil, you can plant kumquat seedlings, plant them with enough water, and put them in the shade. Let it slow down the seedlings and stabilize their roots.

4. Daily management

(1) temperature: kumquat likes a warm environment and is not cold-resistant, and the suitable temperature for growth is between 22-28 ℃. If the temperature is too high, it can not completely enter dormancy, and the growth is weak in the second year, and it is easy to drop flowers and buds. In winter, the temperature should not be lower than 6 ℃ to avoid freezing injury.

(2) Illumination: kumquat likes the sunny environment and is slightly shady, and it should be placed in a sunny place during maintenance, which is conducive to the formation of high-quality flower buds; if the light is insufficient and the environment is shaded, it will cause branches and leaves to grow and blossom and bear less fruit; if the sun is too strong in summer, shade should be carried out properly.

(3) watering: kumquat likes a humid environment and can keep the basin soil moist during growth; it is dry and windy in spring, spraying water to the leaves once a day, high temperature in summer, spraying water to the ground 2 or 3 times a day, and controlling water in winter; avoid stagnant water in the basin and avoid spraying water during flowering.

(4) fertilization: kumquat likes fertilizer, applying fermented fertilizer and water every 7-10 days from sprouting to flowering, applying more phosphate fertilizer after summer to benefit budding and fruiting, and suspending fertilization at the initial stage. when the young fruit grows to about 1 cm in size, liquid fertilizer can be applied once a week until the end of September.

(5) pruning: in order to make the tree graceful and fruitful, proper pruning should be carried out every year, pruning once before spring buds germinate, cutting off withered branches, disease and insect branches, over-dense branches and overgrown branches; coring when newly growing to 15-20 cm, appropriate flower thinning during flowering, and fruit thinning after bearing young fruit.

Third, how many years can potted kumquat culture bear fruit?

1. Kumquat can blossom in the second year after one year, bear fruit in three to five years, and blossom four times a year, the first in mid-late June, the second in July, the third in August, and the fourth in early September to October. It takes 150-170 days from flowering to fruit ripening.

2. Although kumquat can blossom four times a year, the fruit of the first flower is relatively large, mainly with the spring shoot of the year as the fruiting mother branch, one plant can bear more than 10 fruits, and the blooming flower is white, the aroma is far overflowing, and the fruit is yellow or red, with delicate fragrance.

The above is the introduction of potted kumquat culture methods and the results of breeding for several years. I hope it will be useful to you.