Ginseng fruit is a perennial plant of Solanum in Solanaceae. The height of the plant is 60-150 cm, the stem base is lignified, and adventitious roots are easy to occur on the stem nodes. The basal leaves are oval, the upper leaves are tomato-shaped, and the leaves are fluffy. Berries are oval or cone-shaped. When they mature, their skins are light yellow, some have purple stripes, and their flesh is light milky yellow. The seeds are light yellow, like eggplant seeds.
Ginseng fruit is native to South America and grows at altitudes ranging from near sea level to 3000 meters. It performs best in a warm and relatively frost-free climate. Its growth mode is similar to that of its relatives (such as tomatoes), but it habitually grows naturally and vertically, with a fast growth rate, and can bear fruit in 4-6 months after planting. Propagation by cutting.
Cultivation techniques of ginseng fruit;
Propagation by cutting. The temperature is controlled at15-30℃, and seedlings can emerge 7-10 days after sowing. When the temperature is higher than 38℃ or lower than 8℃, the ginseng fruit cannot grow normally. Before sowing, seeds with good color, uniform size, full seeds and no mildew should be selected, and seeds can be soaked in warm water and dressed with drugs to achieve the purpose of early emergence, uniform emergence and strong seedlings. Wrap the soaked seeds in a gauze bag, provide appropriate temperature, moisture and air, accelerate germination, and then spread the seeds evenly. After sowing, cover the ginseng fruit seeds with fine river sand to make them smaller.
When the sowing amount is not large, pot sowing or plug seedling can be used. When the sowing amount is large, it is necessary to sow seedlings in the seedbed in February-March, plant in March-April and harvest in May-June. Choose a plot with abundant sunshine, fertile soil and convenient irrigation with water. The width of single row border is 60 cm, the width of double rows 100 cm, the spacing between plants is 40 cm, and 2000 plants are planted per mu.
Before applying base fertilizer, it is best to sprinkle some pest control drugs in the hole and pour permeable fertilizer, and then sow tiny seeds on the soil towel one by one with a spacing of 7-10 cm. Cover with wet sand, and transplant the seedlings to 10 cm. Therefore, all the lateral buds should be removed in time except the selected branches. After flowering and fruiting, only1-2 fruits can be left in each bouquet, and the branches can't bear the weight of the fruits after hanging them.