How many years does Japanese purple fruit bear fruit?

Introduction to Planting Japanese Purple Fruit

Japanese purple fruit likes a warm and humid environment and is drought-resistant, but not cold-resistant. It is best planted in sunny, deep, loose, fertile, well-drained sandy loam or clay loam. It is suitable for planting in spring and autumn.

Japanese purple fruit is mostly parthenocarpic, bearing fruit multiple times a year, with a lifespan of over 100 years. It is native to the Mediterranean coast and distributed from Turkey to Afghanistan. It was later introduced to China and is now cultivated in both the north and the south, with more plantings in southern Xinjiang.

The results of Japanese purple fruit cultivation over the past few years

Japanese purple fruit trees begin to bear fruit 2 to 3 years after planting, enter the peak fruit-bearing period 6 to 7 years later, and the yield increases year by year. The fruit matures from late June to October each year.

Japanese purple fruit usually bears fruit in the second year after grafting, and potted Japanese purple fruit usually bears fruit in half a year. It requires a suitable environment to bear fruit.

Why Japanese purple fruit does not bear fruit

1. The Japanese purple fruit may not bear fruit because the tree is not old enough. Grafted fruit tree seedlings usually start to bear fruit in the 3rd to 4th year, while ungrafted seedlings need 5 to 6 years to start bearing fruit.

2. The failure of Japanese purple fruit to bear fruit may be due to improper management. Failure to prevent and control pests and diseases in summer and autumn may cause the leaves to fall off prematurely, the tree to store insufficient nutrients, and the flower buds to differentiate poorly or not differentiate at all.

3. When planting Japanese purple fruit, the pollination trees are not properly configured, or the pollination conditions during the flowering period are not good. Fruit trees cultivated in the open field may encounter rainy weather, and fruit trees cultivated in protected areas may lack pollinating insects, etc., which will affect the results.

4. The reason why Japanese purple fruit does not bear fruit may be due to excessive application of nitrogen fertilizer, excessive vegetative growth, poor differentiation of flower buds, and unreasonable pruning, excessive shortening, excessive branch growth, and poor differentiation of flower buds, which can also lead to no fruiting.

Key points for growing Japanese purple fruit

1. When planting Japanese purple fruit, you should choose salt-free soil, because if the salt and alkali content is high, the cuttings will be easily harmed. You should use fertile sandy loam or soil with high organic matter content.

2. Insert the prepared cuttings into the soil at a depth of 17 to 18 cm, not too deep or too shallow. Water them thoroughly in time and keep them in a well-ventilated place with scattered light. Provide them with a growth environment of 20 to 25 degrees. They will take root in about 3-4 days. When the cuttings take root and grow small leaves, they can be transplanted. At this time, the planting distance should be kept at about 2 meters.