Goat milk fruit is generally most common in Yunnan, and non-locals may not know how to eat it. So, how to eat goat milk fruit? How to grow goat milk fruit?

How to eat goat milk fruit

Goat milk fruit is a specialty of Yunnan. It is a kind of fruit that can be eaten when the particles are mature. The fresh fruit can be eaten raw or processed. Eat again.

Goat milk fruit is a specialty of Dehong Prefecture in Yunnan Province. The goat's milk fruit is the mature fruit of the honey flower Elaeagnus elegans. It is a perennial evergreen climbing plant with bright red to purple mature fruits. The fresh fruit is eaten raw, and the edible part accounts for 91%. It is sweet and sour, moderately delicious, has sufficient water, and is bright in color. It can be made into juice, cans, and preserves.

Goat milk fruit is rich in nutrients, such as protein, carbohydrates, calcium and other nutrients necessary for humans. There are many ways to eat it, either raw or made into the above processed foods.

How to grow goat's milk fruit

Goat's milk fruit is generally used for fruit food. There are two varieties, one is sweeter and the other is smaller. The small fruit is now There are also wild ones in the mountains. Goat milk fruit has a sour and sweet taste. It is generally eaten raw and marinated with salt and chili. If it is made from sugar, it will be delicious. Goat milk fruit is now cultivated, but in the past most of it was wild. Goat milk fruit can be cultivated by spreading seeds or cuttings, which is relatively easy to grow.

1. Sowing: In mid-to-late May every year, the fruits are picked and piled up. After a period of ripening and decay, the seeds are washed and sown immediately. The seed germination rate is only about 50%, so the seeding rate should be appropriately increased, and the ditching and drilling method should be used. The row spacing is 15 to 20 cm, the soil cover is 1.5 cm thick, and the grass is covered with grass to protect moisture after sowing. Summer has entered after sowing, and the temperature is relatively high. It will take more than a month for them to emerge. They should immediately set up a shed to provide shade. They should topdress twice that year. The seedlings should be divided and transplanted in early spring of the following year. They can be cultivated for another 1 to 2 years before they can emerge from the nursery.

2. Cutting: Goat milk fruit cuttings are mostly carried out in early April. Cut the substantial 1-2 year old branches to make cuttings, cut them into 12-15 cm long sections, keep 1-2 leaves, and put them into the soil. 5 to 7 cm deep. If the cuttings are made in an open field seedbed, a shed should be built to provide shade. The potted cuttings should be placed under a shaded shed for maintenance. They will take root in about 2 months. The seedlings can continue to be cultivated in the open field seedbed or in pots.

3. Afforestation: Goat milk fruit has strong adaptability to the environment, small crown, and is suitable for dense planting. It is generally 1 × 1.5 meters, 6000 to 7500 plants per hectare, and the diameter and depth of digging before planting are 60 to 80 cm. Use farmyard manure as base fertilizer in the planting pit, and water it thoroughly after planting the seedlings.

4. Management: In the year when goat milk fruit is planted, timely cultivating, weeding and top-dressing of fertilizer are required to promote the growth of seedlings. After that, cultivating and weeding 1 to 2 times a year. After the forest is established, the dense branches should be pruned every autumn. You can press Arbuscular tree management, cutting off drooping branches and tillers, maintaining ventilation and light transmission, and entering the fruiting period after 3 years.

Growth habits of goat's milk fruit

Goat's milk fruit has strong cold resistance. It can survive the winter in the open field in southern North China and can tolerate an absolute low temperature of about minus 8°C. The suitable growth temperature is 24~34℃, resistant to high temperatures and heat. Although it grows under sparse forests on hillsides and in damp valleys in its place of origin, it is not afraid of sunlight exposure and has strong shade tolerance. It has no strict soil requirements and can grow on neutral, acidic and calcareous soils. It is tolerant to drought and barrenness, but not tolerant to waterlogging.