Ginkgo is ripe for harvesting in September-October.

September-October plants begin to yellow leaves, leaf drop, fruit stalks soften after the fruit also fell off, ginkgo harvesting methods include direct picking method, ground picking method, knockdown method or chemical ripening harvesting method, of which the ground picking method of the time is longer, but the damage to the tree is minimized, the knockdown method is easy to break off the tree branches.

Ginkgo, a deciduous tree, flowering in March-April, seed maturity in September-October. Ginkgo biloba fruit, also known as white fruit, when to harvest should be based on the maturity of the white fruit to determine, too early or too late will affect the yield and quality of the product.

After the fruit is ripe, the outer seed coat varies according to varieties, most of them change from green to orange, or yellow, yellow-brown, fluffy with white powder, the base of the fruit stalk to form a detached layer, the middle seed coat is completely lignified, shaking or knocking that will fall off, then can be harvested. Generally late September to October.

Ginkgo tree growth habit

Ginkgo is a light-loving tree, deep-rooted, wide adaptability to climate and soil, can grow in high temperature and rainy and sparse rainfall, cold winter areas, but slow or poor growth; can be born in acidic soil (pH 4.5), calcareous soil (pH 8) and neutral soils, but does not Tolerant of saline soils and excessively wet soils.

The ginkgo tree in China's ginkgo has a wide range of distribution, the number of varieties is extremely large, so, although the ginkgo fruit harvest time is generally in the fall, before and after the 15th of August. But the specific time is difficult to unify, generally according to the ginkgo fruit harvest, geographic location, local rainfall, varieties have a lot to do. Even in the same region ginkgo fruit ripening is not necessarily the same.

Generally speaking, the main thing to look at the external characteristics of the ginkgo biloba fruit with experience. Mainly look at the outer skin color of ginkgo seeds from green to yellow, from yellowish to orange, hardness from hard to soft, white powder from dark to bright, wrinkled right from less to more, a small number of seeds naturally fall, etc. are indicated that the seeds have been close to maturity of the state.