How to grow Sterculia? When is it ripe for harvest?

The tree has a dense crown, evergreen leaves and beautiful shape. It is a common courtyard tree and street tree in the south of Guangdong Province. Its fruit has high edible value, can be steamed, can be boiled, suitable for roasting, molasses and braised, etc., and is very popular. So, how should the apple lady grow it? When will the harvest be ripe?

Apple woman likes to be born in fertile soil with good drainage and is resistant to shade. Like warm and humid climate, Guangdong, southern Guangxi, southeastern Fujian, southern Yunnan and Taiwan. It is often cultivated near Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta. It is also distributed in India, Vietnam and Indonesia, mostly artificially cultivated.

I. timely planting

The suitable planting time is spring, and the suitable row spacing is 4 × 5 meters, with 33 trees per mu. The size of the hole is 80 × 80 × 60 cm. Based on organic matter fertilizer, combined with a small amount of chemical fertilizer, base fertilizer was applied to promote the early growth and rapid development of seedlings and put into production.

II. Rational fertilization

Young apple trees are generally fertilized 4-6 times a year, once every 2-3 months, either organic fertilizer or chemical fertilizer. Adult fruiting trees need more nutrition. In order to prevent the tree from weakening, it is necessary to apply fertilizer more than twice a year.

III. Florescence management

Apple mother-in-law tree is resistant to waterlogging and drought, and requires proper soil moisture and atmospheric humidity at flowering and young fruit stage, commonly known as "sunny mango, rainy apple mother".

IV. Pruning and shaping

If the apple tree grows vigorously but blossoms and bears little, it must be properly pruned and shaped to facilitate ventilation and light in the crown, which can reduce wood lice and bituminous disease caused by it, as well as flowering and fruit bearing.

V. Disease and pest control

The main diseases and insect pests of apple tree are anthracnose, root rot and planthopper, combined with fertilization in winter, do a good job in the sanitary cleaning of the garden, collect diseased fallen leaves and burn them, so as to reduce the source of infection.

VI. Timely harvest

3 ~ 4 years after planting, the fruit reached the full fruit stage in 15 years, and the yield tended to be stable. The 30-year-old tree produced 125 kg of fruit. The positive fruit blossoms from March to May, the fruit ripens from July to September, the secondary fruit blossoms from August to October, and begins to mature in mid-December.