Planting requirements of fertile mandarin

Wo orange is a popular citrus variety in recent years, its economic value can be described as a leader in the citrus industry, many growers have changed to grow mandarin. But the fertile mandarin also has certain requirements for planting conditions, so let's learn about it.

1. Temperature requirement

Wo mandarin has medium cold tolerance and is suitable for planting in producing areas with an annual average temperature of more than 17.5 degrees. It is required that the minimum temperature should not be lower than 0 degrees. It belongs to a late-maturing variety and needs to leave too much fruit, so the temperature of the planting area is relatively high. Only when the annual average temperature reaches 20-22 degrees, because only when the temperature is enough, can it accumulate enough carbohydrates and get larger fruit and taste. If the temperature is too low, the phenomenon of frost injury will easily occur, the fruit will be less, and the planting benefit will be greatly reduced.

2. Soil requirements

Fertile mandarin can be cultivated in either paddy field or dry land. If you choose to cultivate in the mountains, the hillside needs to be below 15 degrees. In addition, fertile mandarin requires nearby water sources and is convenient for drainage and irrigation. Although it has a certain ability to resist drought, drought will also affect the expansion of oranges, and fertilization also requires the participation of water, so it is very important for mandarins to have water nearby.

3. Requirements for rootstocks

In the production, orange, red orange, trifoliate orange and orange can be selected as rootstocks, and grafted incompatibility exists with citrus grapefruit, so avoid choosing citrus grapefruit as rootstock. In areas with high calories, strong rootstocks such as Walkamer and rough lemon can be selected to avoid weakening the flavor due to the low acidity of the fruit.

4. Fertilizer and water requirements

The growth of mandarin is strong, the fruit is hung for a long time, and there is a great demand for occurrence, so base fertilizer should be re-applied in production, which is mainly based on rotten fermented farm manure or compound fertilizer. When planting on barren soil, we should strengthen the soil improvement, apply more organic fertilizer and phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, keep the right amount of zinc and magnesium fertilizer, and keep the leaf color thick green.

5. Management requirements

The fertile mandarin has strong high yield, less fruit drop in winter, good fruit hanging performance and long fruit picking period. in order to avoid the phenomenon of small fruit and annual fruit, fruit should be thinned and picked in time according to tree load in production summary.

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