Methods of sowing and propagation of snake skin fruit

There is a very strange shape of the fruit, its skin is very similar to snake skin, the flesh is delicious, taste sweet and refreshing, its name is snake skin fruit. Snake skin fruit, also known as Shalat, is originally a woody flower. The fruit is edible and can be processed into candied fruit or wine. Do you know how it is grown? Let's take a look at it.

1. Planting conditions

Snake skin fruit likes to grow in an environment of high temperature and humidity, and it is most suitable for planting in woodland at an altitude of 400-600 meters, requiring an annual average temperature of 22 degrees and a relative humidity of more than 80%. Only in this environment can it grow normally, and there is no restriction on the composition of tree species when planting under the forest, either coniferous forest or broad-leaved forest, requiring 20-30% transmittance.

2. Sowing and reproduction

The method of sowing and reproduction of snake skin fruit can not determine the sex of seedlings, so it is generally a hermaphroditic variety to sow and propagate. After picking the fresh fruit, peel off the skin, remove the pulp, wash and leave the seeds, and then preserve them with wet sand at a low temperature. It is necessary to accelerate germination before sowing to improve the germination rate of seeds. If you want to spread the seeds in a container full of coarse sand, cover 2-3cm thick with sand and rice husks, preserve temperature and humidity, and transplant when the seedlings grow into 2-3 pieces.

3. Transplanting

When transplanting, the planting land should be reclaimed and planting holes should be dug. The general specification of hole length, width and height is 50 × 50 × 50cm, and the reasonable row spacing of plants is 1.5 × 1.5m or 2 × 2m, which can also be increased or reduced according to the actual situation. When transplanting, you can also apply an appropriate amount of fertilizer in the hole, and then put the seedlings into the hole, requiring the root system to be spread flat in the hole, straightening the soil, so as to prevent the seedlings from lodging and watering.

4. Field management

In the case of high temperature and high humidity, plants basically do not have to worry about temperature and moisture, do not need too much watering, and do not have to worry about low temperature freezing injury. If the planting land does not meet these conditions, it is necessary to do a good job in water and temperature management. Generally, it is necessary to apply fertilizer twice a year, each time 1-2 kg of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer, applied in the dry season and rainy season. In addition, it is necessary to control the number of leaves in the plant, generally 7-8 or 14-16 leaves per plant, and the dead leaves should be cut off in time, which can spread the cut leaves in the root system, reduce water loss and increase nutrients. If the varieties that are not hermaphrodites should pay attention to the ratio of male and female plants, so as not to affect the results, generally every 20 female plants should be matched with one male plant, so that it can be pollinated normally.

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