Longan Fruit is a medicinal and edible ingredient with rich nutritional value. It not only regulates the intestines and stomach, but also has detoxification, insecticidal, and anti-aging effects. However, the yield of longan fruit is not high. So how should longan fruit be planted?
Planting Requirements for Longan Fruit!
Longan fruit has a low yield and is difficult to commercially plant on a large scale. Therefore, there are not many plantations, and it is rare in the market. It is a very rare fruit in Lingnan. Due to the low annual yield of longan fruit and the decline in traditional rituals, there are very few large-scale orchards, only sporadic plantations.
Longan fruit prefers sunlight and a warm and humid climate. It does not have strict requirements for soil and has a well-developed root system. Although it can grow well in infertile and gravelly soil, sandy loam with good drainage and deep soil is the best. It requires sufficient sunlight and prefers high temperature and high humidity, with an optimum temperature for growth of about 23-32°C.
According to the growth habits of longan fruit trees, they are resistant to waterlogging but not drought, hence the saying "Mango on sunny days, longan fruit on rainy days". Therefore, during flowering and fruiting periods, frequent watering is necessary to keep the soil moist. In case of drought, the entire tree crown should be sprayed with water to help flowering and increase the number of fruits.
The cultivation of longan fruit is very simple, especially after the establishment and formation of the trees, the management becomes more extensive. The longan fruit tree has a strong ability to sprout from the trunk, so it should be properly pruned to remove the upper part of the main branch and promote the sprouting of lateral branches, forming an elliptical tree shape, which is beneficial to fruiting and harvesting.
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