Orchard Management of Lotus Fruit

Lianwu is a tropical and subtropical fruit, originated in Malaysia, Taiwan and Hainan, etc., is a famous fruit in the region of origin. With Lianwu entering into the inland cities of our country in recent years, it is concerned by more and more people, and its price is also very jealous, a kilogram of lotus can reach 60 or even hundreds of yuan. It has attracted a lot of people to compete for planting, but it is not easy to grow fruits that live in the tropics. Also do not know how to manage, the following editor brings you about the orchard management of lotus fog.

1. Shaping and pruning

After planting the lotus mist, leave the trunk, cut off the upper end of about 0.6 meters from the ground, and select some strong growth and evenly distributed new shoots as the main body above 0.25 meters from the ground. The rest except for leaving a few auxiliary branches, all cut off, then set up a pole next to the plant to tie up the main branch, and then begin plastic surgery according to the natural happy shape at a 45-degree angle. The purpose of shaping and pruning is to set the shape of the lotus tree and enhance the permeability between the trees. if it is a variety planted in winter and spring, the Beginning of Spring will begin to cut it short every year, cutting off the leaves, diseased branches, long branches and other useless branches of the plant, leaving behind the branches needed for growth in the next year.

2. Fertilizer and water management

The fertilizer and water demand of lotus flower is very large, so more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer should be applied in the early stage of planting, no more nitrogen fertilizer should be applied during flower bud differentiation, and the application of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer should be strengthened to ensure the normal growth of lotus flower. Water should be reasonable, in addition to keep dry conditions conducive to flower bud differentiation in autumn, the rest of the time to maintain a moist state, found that drying should be timely watering, lack of water will cause lotus flowers and fruit drop. When there are more results, an appropriate amount of foliar fertilizer can be sprayed during the hanging fruit period. Lotus fog is mostly planted in coastal areas, where the soil has a high salt content. Fresh water can be used to reduce the salt content in the soil and promote the normal growth of plants.

3. Thinning flowers and fruits

The amount of flowers and fruits in lotus fog is very large. Under normal circumstances, there are two thousand flowers on trees in about five years. In order to speed up the development of the fruit, expand the fruit effectively and improve the cortex of the fruit, the well-developed flower ear should be selected and the flower ear at the top of the long branch should be removed. And should pay attention to avoid bruising, sunburn and other physical injury, will remove inferior fruit. When removing the flower spike, the upward growing flower ear should be cut off first, leaving the horizontal end growing flower ear. The aim is to prevent the pedicel from breaking after the fruit is enlarged, and then begin bagging about three weeks after flowering, but pay attention to the disinfection of the whole garden and control the disease before bagging.

4. Disease control

Diseases and insect pests are the most harmful problems in all fruits, and lotus fog is no exception. The main diseases threatening lotus fog are anthracnose and fruit rot. Pests include fruit flies, beetles and so on. However, lotus is sensitive to pesticides, so attention should be paid to the use of pesticides in the prevention and control of diseases and insect pests. Carbendazim, methyl topiramate and other pesticides can be used instead of pesticides for control. After harvest, the orchard should be fully disinfected, ploughed the soil and reduce the source of disease. When selecting seeds, we should also choose those with strong disease resistance or soak and disinfect the seeds to effectively reduce the incidence of disease.

The above is the orchard management technology of Lianwu during the planting period. The market price of Lianwu is very high, even comparable to mangosteen. And now people have a high acceptance of new things, and they have a great feeling about the taste and appearance of lotus mist. But the biggest disadvantage of planting is that lotus fog is only suitable for planting in the tropics and subtropics, and the temperate climate is not suitable for planting lotus flowers. So planting friends who do not live in a tropical climate have to consider other projects.