Cultivation techniques of loquat

Ground loquat, also known as wild sweet potato, sweet potato vine, pomegranate, etc., is an evergreen woody vine of Ficus of Moraceae, which has medicinal and garden value. the fruit matures in June and July every year, and there are two varieties, one kind of fruit is sweet and delicious, the other is not fragrant, can not be eaten, generally one piece is the same variety, let's take a look at the planting technology of loquat!

Planting value of Loquat

Ground loquat has a neat plant shape and is an excellent ground cover plant in the configuration of garden plants, which can be used alone as flower belts and flowers, or in combination with flowers, colored leaves and autumn leaf plants as a greening background. It can be used as a dominant population to inhibit the growth of weeds in some places with many weeds. At the same time, loquat can also be cultivated as fruit, which is suitable for planting in orchards to turn the traditional single-season orchard into a double-season orchard. Can also be used for fruit, leaf hanging bonsai, flexible green stems chic and elegant, with "thousands of strands of willow branches are hanging green strips" beauty.

Growth habits of Eriobotrya japonica

Loquat is distributed in the Yangtze River basin and many subtropical provinces in China, such as Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and southern Shaanxi. Loquat is a positive plant and can tolerate semi-shade. It grows naturally in low mountain slopes, ridges, ditches, thickets, sparse forests, roadsides and other places.

Propagation techniques of Loquat

Loquat propagation is very easy, and cuttage propagation is often used in practical production. Taking Guilin as an example, it is generally the best time for cutting propagation after the temperature rises from early March to early April. One-year-old branches are cut, with a length of 10 to 15 centimeters, and the cutting medium is unlimited, fine sand or loam. If it does not need to grow quickly, it can also be cut directly in the place where greening is needed, and the row spacing is 15 × 15 cm. The cuttings in March can be closed at the end of May. At the same time, the cutting experiment shows that the stem segment with one node is likely to develop into a population, because of the rooting characteristics of the node, it is easy to grow new plants.

Planting techniques of Loquat

After planting loquat, attention should be paid to watering and pulling out weeds at seedling stage, and watering should be done once a week after row closure. There is a great demand for N and P in the vegetative growth season. According to their growth and site conditions, urea and compound fertilizer with higher N and P content can be applied on rainy days to promote seedling growth. Strong resistance, suitable for extensive management, no need for frequent replacement and frequent manual pruning after planting. There are few other weeds in the community, and there are occasional leaf-eating pests, such as bamboo locust, skull, diamondback moth and so on, which need to be controlled early.