How should potted kumquat be raised? Can the fruit be eaten?

On the occasion of the Spring Festival in Hong Kong, a kind of small kumquat with golden skin and fragrant skin is very popular with the public, and it is an excellent choice for potted plants. How to grow potted kumquat? Can the fruit be eaten?

I. the basic situation of kumquat

1. The origin and nickname of kumquat

Kumquat is an evergreen shrub up to three meters high, also known as golden jujube, golden bullet, golden mandarin, kumquat, kumquat, crispy tangerine and so on. It is widely distributed in the southeast coast of China and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in South China. Guangdong is also known as the "hometown of kumquat".

two。 The morphology of kumquat

Kumquat is usually about 3 meters, and evergreen trees usually have no spines and more branches; the leaves of kumquat are lanceolate to rectangular round with dark green on the surface and green on the back, with less obvious serrations on the edge of the leaves; the flowers of kumquat are fragrant white, the pericarp of golden yellow is thick, and there are many glandular spots on the epidermis.

3. The value of kumquat

(1) the ornamental value of kumquat: kumquat has luxuriant branches, beautiful tree shape, fragrant fruit and long hanging time, whether it is white flowers in summer or mature fruit in autumn and winter.

(2) the edible value of kumquat: kumquat is rich in nutrients such as vitamin C and hesperidin, which has a good effect on slowing down vascular sclerosis, sobering up alcohol, eliminating food and resolving phlegm.

(3) the health care value of kumquat: kumquat medicine sweet and warm has a certain effect on preventing hypertension, vascular sclerosis and other chronic diseases, but also can prevent pigmentation, slow down aging and so on.

Second, how to raise potted kumquat?

Kumquat is a plant that likes sunshine and warm and humid environment, so in pot culture, kumquat must pay attention to light, temperature, water fertilization and so on.

1. The light and temperature of kumquat culture should be moderate.

Kumquat pot conservation is to prevent in the sunny place, so full photosynthesis, branches and leaves can flourish, blossom and fruit will be better; but in the summer hot sun should pay attention to the pot shade or move to a cool and ventilated place, the low temperature in winter should be moved to indoor, but should be careful not to be placed in the air conditioning with high room temperature, otherwise it is easy to affect the blossom and fruit in the coming year.

two。 Proper amount of water and fertilizer for potted kumquat

If you make your own potted plant, it is best to configure slightly acidic sandy loam, and put mature cake fertilizer at the bottom of the potted plant as base fertilizer. If the potted plants purchased directly apply some nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer during the growing period, they will mainly promote the results with phosphate fertilizer after flowering; kumquat watering will ensure the moisture of the soil, and pay attention to spraying some water to the leaves every day when the weather is dry. In summer, it is usually two or three days in the morning or evening to water once, pay attention to the flowering period, there is no need to spray water on the leaves.

3. The variety of kumquat should be pruned in time

Potted kumquat pruning can not only ensure the beauty of the whole plant, but also help to bear more fruit. generally, money is paid for the first pruning in the spring bud dream, which is to cut off withered, old, diseased, over-dense and overgrown branches. it is OK to keep the strong and symmetrical branches; when the new shoots grow more than ten centimeters, it is necessary to pick the heart, and it is best to apply quick-acting phosphate fertilizer. Wait for the young fruit to grow on the branch is to be timely fruits and vegetables, and autumn should also be cut off in time, in order to improve the ornamental type of kumquat potted plant.

4. Pest control of potted kumquat

Should pay attention to kumquat canker, anthrax, yellow butterfly, and other diseases and insect pests, timely consumption of corresponding agents for treatment, in addition, diseases and insect branches should also be removed, so as not to affect other healthy branches.

Can the fruit of potted kumquat trees be eaten?

Potted kumquats can also be eaten when they bear fruit. But generally pot fruit will be more sour, not as sweet as cultivated in the field, so it is generally not recommended to eat. But kumquat can be made into sugar or salted kumquat.

After watching the conservation of kumquat potted plants by the editor of Tuliu.com, are you moved? Kumquat potted plants are not only good-looking, but also attract wealth, good luck, oh, like friends can also raise a pot at home!