The planting technique of Api Po

Apple woman, also known as Phoenix eye fruit, is an evergreen tree plant of the genus Orchidaceae, which is used as a sacrifice for customs and festivals in Guangdong customs. due to the low annual output and the extinction of sacrificial customs, there are few orchards planted in large quantities, only sporadically planted. But the planting conditions of the apple tree are not harsh, so let's take a look at the planting techniques of the apple woman.

The growth habits of the apple woman

The bark of the apple woman is brown and black, and the branchlets are slightly stellate when they are young. Leaves thinly leathery, rectangular orbicular or elliptic. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, weak and scattered, pedicels much longer than flowers, calyx milky white at first, later turning reddish, campanulate. Follicles bright red, thickly leathery, rectangular-ovoid. Seeds elliptic or rectangular-orbicular, dark brown. The flowering period is from April to May, but a few plants bloom for the second time from October to November. Born in fertile soil with good drainage, and resistant to shade. Like warm and humid climate.

The breeding method of Api Po

1. Sowing and propagation: before sowing, the sand bed and seeds can be sterilized with methyl topiramate or chlorothalonil, and sowed by on-demand method. Pay attention to shading and moisturizing after sowing, it can sprout after 7 days, the plant can reach 20-40cm in spring in the second year, and can be transplanted in March-April.

2. Cutting propagation: the branches of apple women can take root easily, and they can be propagated by cuttings. semi-lignified branches, lignified branches and even old branches can be cut to survive. Generally choose 2 ~ 3 years of woody branches, cuttings cut into about 15 cm, spring and autumn cutting in the seedbed.

3. Root tiller propagation: the root system of apple woman is more developed, and the regeneration ability is stronger, and the root system often exposed on the ground can sprout tiller seedlings, dig and plant, which is also very simple.

The planting technique of Api Po

The main results are as follows: 1. Timely planting: the suitable planting time is spring, the row spacing is 4 × 5 meters, and 33 trees are planted 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.

2. 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.

3. Florescence management: Apple mother-in-law trees are resistant to waterlogging and drought, and appropriate soil moisture and atmospheric humidity are required at flowering and young fruit stage, commonly known as "sunny mango, rainy apple mother".

4. 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 the bituminous disease caused by it, and is also beneficial to flowering and fruiting.

5. pest control: the main diseases and insect pests of apple trees are anthracnose, root rot and planthopper, combined with fertilization in winter, do a good job in the sanitary cleaning of the garden, collect fallen leaves and burn them centrally, which can reduce the source of infection.

6. timely harvest: 3 ~ 4 years after planting, the fruit reached the peak 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.