Distribution:

Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and Taiwan Province. Widely cultivated in various places, there are wild people in Sichuan and Hubei. Japan, India, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia are also cultivated.

Loquat tree belongs to the genus Loquat of Rosaceae, which is a small evergreen tree with a height of 12 meters, stout branchlets and dense rusty or grayish brown fluff. The leaves are leathery, lanceolate, with wrinkled pages, densely rusty or grayish brown fluff under the leaves, wedge-shaped at the base, tapering at the apex, and sparsely serrated at the leaf margin. Flowering in October-December, terminal panicle, mature in May-June of the following year, pear fruit is spherical or oblong. Orange or orange-red.

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Cultivation methods of loquat

1. Temperature management: Loquat needs a high temperature in the growth process, generally speaking, it can grow at 1℃, but the best growth temperature should be around 2℃.

2. Water management: it is suitable for growing in a humid environment, and the soil in the pot should be kept moist when potted. In summer, it is necessary to increase the number of watering properly, combined with spraying water, to make the surrounding air moist.

3. nutrient management: organic fertilizer is the main fertilizer for fertilization, and it should be used together with potash fertilizer when bearing fruit. During the week before and after fruit picking, organic fertilizer can be used together with appropriate nitrogen fertilizer.

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