The latest planting of Fructus Aurantii can bear fruit in several years.

In fact, Fructus Aurantii is the dried product of lime fruit, which is a plant of Rutaceae, which belongs to the same genus as citrus. The fruit is characterized by a thick peel, very difficult to peel, a special flavor and many seeds. Because Fructus Aurantii can be used as a medicinal material, and the fruit is very bad, so it is mainly cultivated as a medicinal material. Planting Fructus Aurantii takes several years to bear fruit. Next, I will introduce you to more details.

1. Result time

Fructus Aurantii sowed to emergence, growth, transplanting, development, fruiting, this whole period will take about 5 years, usually in the fifth year of planting, about 10 years will be a period of yield and high yield. The first year is sowing, after emergence, cultivation and growth, about a year later can be transplanted, after transplanting can be cultivated for several years, these years the tree continues to grow, improve the branch group. Trees blossom and bear fruit when they mature in about 4 to 5 years.

2. Sowing and planting

Choose a suitable place to raise seedlings in a seedbed, choose land that has not planted citrus plants, general deep sandy soil, or loam land for planting. Apply 2000 jin of farm manure per mu, bury it in the soil, arrange the land to make a seedbed and sow seeds. After emergence, the saplings are cultivated for a long time. The growth is slow, must plant next spring, dig holes to plant, dig holes properly. Stretch the root system, cover the soil and compact, and finally lift the seedling. Then cover the soil and finally water it.

3. Fertilization and water control

During the seedling period, weed several times a year, loosen the soil once or twice, so that it grows better. In general, during the seedling growth period, it will not be watered too much, only when it is dry, and when it does not rain for a long time. Lay water pipes to facilitate watering. Topdressing once in spring, autumn and winter. Mainly apply farm manure, calcium fertilizer and nitrogen fertilizer. Mainly to promote shoot fertilizer. Shoot growth needs to be promoted.

4. Pruning and shaping

When the saplings grow to a certain extent, after planting for one or two years, a good tree structure can be built for stereotyped pruning during cultivation. Prune when the height of the plant is more than 1.5 meters, and remove the weak twigs near the ground. Keep the branches upward and keep the tree round. Keep the branches growing evenly. Winter pruning dense branches, old branches, transverse branches.

Fructus Aurantii usually takes a long time from planting to beginning to bear fruit. It takes a long time for the tree to mature. Cultivation still needs plenty of funds. Otherwise, it's better to plant it carefully.