In recent years, mangosteen is very popular in the Chinese fruit market. Even though it is relatively expensive, many consumers are willing to buy it. In addition, the taste and efficacy of mangosteen itself is also good, so that more fruit farmers see the prospect of planting mangosteen. Come to see how the mangosteen is planted?

1. Planting Soil

In fact, the mangosteen is very adaptable, suitable for growth in a variety of soils, but not adaptable to calcareous soils, sandy alluvial soils and sandy soils with low humus content. In the tropics, it is important to have good permeability, deep, well-drained, slightly acidic and organic matter-rich clay loam and soil that is most suitable for mangosteen growth.

2. Breeding methods

Generally choose cuttings to propagate. During flowering, the stems and leaves from the flowering branches are cut off and cut into the seedling substrate. When these leaves and stems grow into full sized seedlings, they can be transplanted and grow again into tall mangosteen trees. Of course, mangosteen can also be propagated by layered grafting.

3, planting density

Generally, 22 to 30 mangosteen trees can be planted per mu. The row spacing is generally 6 meters, and the plant spacing is about 4 meters per month. Of course, when we are planting, we can also make reasonable density adjustments according to the fertility of the soil and the topography of the planting site.

4. Fertilizer and water management

Manzanitas are mainly nitrogen fertilizer in the early stage of growth. Later on, it can be appropriately applied externally to supplement the micro-fertilizer. Dry weather should be watered in time to keep the soil moist, and the rainy season should be drained in time to avoid flooding. After the mangosteen enters the fruiting period, it needs to be divided into the growing period, the flowering period, the fruiting period, the strong fruiting period and the late fertilizer; at the same time, it should also be watered and drained according to the water demand at different stages.

5. Shaping and pruning

After the planting of mangosteen, growers need to reasonably regulate the light in the planting area, avoiding strong light irradiation in the planting area, which will inhibit the growth of mangosteen seedlings. After the planting of mangosteen, in order to make the mangosteen grow better, growers can choose to build a shade shed, and the shade of the shade shed is best controlled between 85% and 95%. During the growth of mangosteen, there will be dense branches, stray branches, diseased branches, dead branches and other branches that are not favorable to the growth of the plant. At this time, these branches should be cut according to the growth of the tree, in order to improve the air permeability between the garden and improve the fruiting rate.