Loquats usually ripen in the spring from March to May, but some late-maturing varieties may have to wait until the summer months of May and June to ripen.

Because of China's vast territory, the ripening time of loquat varies in different regions, such as loquat ripening in March, Yunnan Mengzi loquat, Fujian Yunxiao loquat; loquat ripening in April, Longquan loquat in Sichuan, Putian loquat in Fujian; loquat ripening in May, Santan loquat in Anhui, loquat in Jiangsu, Dongting loquat in Shanghai, loquat in Shanghai, Tangqi loquat in Zhejiang, and so on.

The loquat is a plant of the family Rosaceae and the genus Loquat, which is native to Gansu, Henan, Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan and other regions of China. Loquat is suitable for warm and humid climate, in the process of growth and development requires higher temperatures, not less than -5 ℃ in winter, the average annual temperature of 12-15 ℃, flowering and young fruit is not less than 0 ℃ is appropriate.

Loquat growth habit

Loquat has the characteristics of early fruiting and fast growth, grafting 3-4 years to start fruiting, 10 years into the fruiting period, 20-40 years of the highest yield, and then it will be declining year by year in 70-100 years into the aging period. Loquat in cultivation should pay attention to deep plowing and fertilization, so that the root system can go deep into the soil and the tree grows robustly. Its root system is shallow, most of them are distributed between 5-30 centimeters from the ground, and very few are deeper than 50 centimeters.

Loquat in the fruit picking after the addition of fertilizer, can make the summer growth of good, can ensure that the next year a good yield. the end of July to mid-August, often from the top of the spring and summer tips extended into the autumn tips, has reached the fruiting period of the autumn tips are very long, bearing 2-3 leaves or no leaves, the top of the buds appear, become the fruiting branch. The flowering order of loquat is the top of the tree is the earliest, followed by the middle, the lower part of the latest, each branch axis first top flower, and then open from the bottom up. Flowering period from October to February, up to 3-4 months, 1 inflorescence about 1 month or so.