Planting conditions of Lantern Fruit

The lantern fruit belongs to the perennial shrub of the genus Camellia of the gooseberry family. The lantern fruit can withstand the bottom temperature of 40 degrees below zero and the high temperature of 42 degrees above zero. It can be cultivated for more than 15 years. Because the plant is short and umbrella-shaped, it is suitable for large-scale cultivation. It can also be cultivated sporadically in gardens, balconies and roofs. Let's take a look at the planting conditions of lantern fruit.

Temperature condition

The lantern fruit is warm and not resistant to frost. Seeds germinate rapidly at about 30 ℃, suitable for seedling growth at 20: 25 ℃ and no less than 17 ℃ at night, and 20: 25 ℃ at day and no less than 15 ℃ at night during flowering and fruiting period, otherwise it is easy to cause flower and fruit drop. The growth of plants stopped when the temperature was below 10 ℃. The plants below 0 ℃ were frozen. According to the investigation, the low temperature tolerance of seedlings is not mature, so the reproduction period in the open field should not be too early, but can only be planted after the late frost.

Light condition

Lantern fruit is sensitive to light requirements and needs sufficient light. In the range of 3000m to 4000m candlelight, the growth and development are coordinated and the fruit quality is good. When the light is insufficient, the plant is only long and thin, the yield decreases, the color of the berry is poor, and the taste is poor. Therefore, attention must be paid to the rationality of planting density and the necessity of sharpening, sprouting and pruning in production.

Water condition

Lantern fruit needs more water, especially in the early stage of berry ripening, branches, leaves and fruit grow at the same time, need more water, when a large number of berries mature, need to control water. Therefore, in the life of the lantern fruit, the early stage likes water, the later stage is afraid of water, and there are more Rain Water in the later stage, which leads to greedy green and prosperous growth of the plant, and delays the berry ripening period and affects the harvest work. Therefore, in the production, attention should be paid to watering in the early growth stage and drainage in the later stage.

Soil condition

Lantern fruit is not strict on the soil, it can be said that it can be planted in all kinds of soil. But the sandy soil is the best, the berry taste is good, the yield and commodity rate are high. Lantern fruit is more tolerant to salt and alkali, and the soil with PH value of 6.5 to 7.5 is more suitable. In addition, it is required that the soil physical properties are better, the plough layer is deep and loose, and the root system is easy to grow to the deep layer.

Nutritional condition

Lantern fruit is more sensitive to nutritional conditions. If there is too much nitrogen fertilizer in the soil layer, or the proportion is out of proportion, it will lead to the phenomenon of green and late ripening, poor fruit quality and so on. If the nutrition is insufficient, the plant is short and the berry is small, but the coloring is fast, the maturity is early, and the yield is low. Therefore, it is necessary to give priority to organic fertilizer and supplement chemical fertilizer in fertilization. Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer is the main fertilizer in the early growth stage, and phosphorus and potassium fertilizer is the main fertilizer in the later stage, in order to meet the needs of each period.