Cultivation techniques of Phoenix eye fruit

As the planting quantity of Phoenix eye fruit is indeed relatively small, and most of the Phoenix eye fruit produced is not used for market sales, so for many people, Phoenix eye fruit is a kind of fruit that is not familiar with. But the benefits that Phoenix eye fruit can bring to us are very many. It is believed that with the promotion of Phoenix eye fruit and the increase of planting, the opportunity of putting it on the market will gradually increase.

1. Sowing seeds

When the Phoenix eye fruit is ripe and cracked, it can be picked with the fruit and peeled out the seeds. It is not suitable to be exposed to the sun or dehydrated. It should be picked and sowed immediately, and the sand bed should not be too wet so as not to affect the germination rate. The seeds can be sterilized with thiophanate methyl or carbendazim, sowed by strip sowing method and germinated within 1 week. Moving into the nutrition bag at the beginning of seed germination can improve the survival rate of transplantation and reduce the work of management.

2. Cuttage

Because the branches of Fengyan fruit take root easily, therefore, cutting method is often used in propagation, which is simple and easy to operate, and grows rapidly. The semi-lignified branches of the same year can be cut in spring and autumn, or the essential branches of two or three years old, and even the old branches can be cut to survive. Cuttings grow about 1.2 to 1.5 meters long and cut into soil about 0.3 meters. In the case of less materials, they can also be cut to 20 centimeters and 30 centimeters. As long as the air and soil moisture are maintained, roots can take about one month.

3. Root tillering seedlings

The root system of Phoenix eye fruit is well developed and the regeneration ability is strong. The root system which is often exposed in the ground can sprout and tiller seedlings, dig and plant, and it is also very simple.

4. Colonization

It is suitable to plant 33 plants per mu when the row spacing is 4 m × 5 m in spring. The size of the hole is 80 cm × 80 cm × 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.

5. Fertilization

Young 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. That is, it was applied once in late winter and early spring, mainly organic fertilizer, with 20-30kg organic manure per plant. For the second time, post-fruit fertilizer was applied after fruit harvest from August to September. Mainly chemical fertilizer, 0.5 kg per plant, scattered in the plant rhizosphere.

6. Florescence management

According to its growth habits, Phoenix-eyed fruit trees are resistant to waterlogging and drought, and appropriate soil moisture and atmospheric humidity are required in flowering and young fruit stages, commonly known as "sunny mango, rainy Phoenix fruit". Therefore, during flowering, if you encounter dry weather, the crown should be sprayed with water. Increase the humidity of the air to facilitate flowering and fruiting.

7. Pruning and shaping

If the tree grows vigorously but blossoms and bears little, it must be properly pruned to facilitate ventilation and light inside the crown, which can reduce wood lice and the bituminous disease caused by it, as well as flowering and fruit bearing. That is, after fruit picking, some nectar branches, weak branches and diseased branches were cut off. The trunk branches at the top of the tree should also be controlled. It can also cut branches in summer and autumn to promote spring flowering.

8. Harvest

3 ~ 4 years after planting, the fruit reached the full fruit stage in 15 years, the yield tended to be stable, and the 30-year-old plant 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. When harvesting, it is appropriate to use a bamboo pole with an iron hook to hook the dark red pods hanging on the branches to the ground, collect and dry. After a few days of sun exposure, it has become a commodity of Phoenix eye nuts.