Conditions for Carambola Cultivation

Carambola, also known as carambola and Wuyuanzi, is a typical tropical fruit tree, native to Asia, and is now widely cultivated in southern China, Taiwan and the Philippines. Its fruit can be eaten directly or used as cooking ingredients, and it has become more and more rare on the market in recent years. At this time, many growers began to grow a lot of other fruits, and because of its planting conditions, its yield was not high. Let's take a look at its planting conditions.

1. Climate

Carambola is a typical tropical fruit, so it likes warm climate and is afraid of frost, so only tropical and subtropical fruits are suitable for it. It requires extremely high temperature, if the growth environment temperature is lower than 10 degrees, the plant will grow poorly, and it is very easy to drop flowers and fruits. If the temperature is 4 degrees, it will produce freezing damage. Therefore, it can only be grown in Hainan, Taiwan, eastern and western Guangdong and other areas in China.

2. Lighting

Although carambola likes to grow under high temperature, it is a kind of shade-tolerant fruit tree, which is afraid of strong light, especially young fruit. If exposed to strong light, carambola can easily cause fruit burns and affect fruit quality. Therefore, in the construction of forest, it is necessary to choose an appropriate hidden environment, and some tall interplanting can also be reasonable, which is beneficial for tall trees to block the strong light and enable them to grow in a hidden environment.

3. Soil

Carambola also has strict requirements for soil, although it can blossom and bear fruit normally in barren mountain environments and plains with fertile soil. But in the barren mountain areas, the growth is slow, and the yield is low, the fruit is poor, while in the fertile plain to grow well, blossom and fruit number, but extremely vulnerable to waterlogging. Therefore, it is necessary to improve soil fertility and apply basic fertilizer when planting in barren mountainous areas, and drainage and waterlogging prevention measures should be taken when planting in the plain.

4. Moisture

Carambola also has a very high requirement for water, its growth rate is fast, and it can blossom and bear fruit many times a year, so it needs a lot of water every year. Although long-term drought will not lead to plant death, but will cause the phenomenon of falling flowers, leaves and fruits, but also affect the growth and development of fruits. However, too much water is also disadvantageous to the growth of plants, which can easily lead to stagnant water and rotten roots, so we must control water when planting, watering in time during drought, watering too much at one time, watering a small amount frequently, and timely drainage when it is overcast and rainy.

The above are the planting conditions of carambola. I hope I can help you. If you want to know more about planting, please follow us.