What is the best fertilizer for red pomelo?

Fertilization time for red pomelo

Red honey pomelo needs to be fertilized when it is 1-3 years old. In order to enhance the growth of the saplings and promote fruiting, fertilization is generally divided into four times, namely, restoring fertilizer, promoting shoot development fertilizer, stabilizing fruit fertilizer and strengthening fruit fertilizer.

What fertilizer should be applied to red honey pomelo

When fertilizing red pomelo, farmyard manure is mainly used, supplemented by inorganic fertilizers, which can increase the organic matter in the soil because farmyard manure contains a more comprehensive content of various elements. Commonly used ones include stable manure, human and animal feces and urine, pond mud, green manure, compost, bean cake, garbage, etc.

Fertilization method of red pomelo

1. The main purpose of young red pomelo trees is to cultivate secondary branches and accelerate the growth of the crown. New roots will begin to grow 15-20 days after planting. At this time, the fruit trees can be topdressed with rotted human manure.

2. For the fruit-bearing trees of Red Honey Pomelo, it is important to apply heavy fertilizer twice before fruit picking and before flowering. The fruit-picking fertilizer should be applied in mid-to-late October. Trees with more fruits can be fertilized earlier. To prevent the growth of pomelo in late autumn and winter shoots, organic fertilizer, phosphorus fertilizer, and potassium fertilizer should be applied mainly, and nitrogen fertilizer should be applied less. This fertilizer should account for more than 50% of the annual fertilizer.

Matters Needing Attention in Fertilizing Red Pomelo

Fertilizing red pomelo cannot be done at will. To avoid fertilizer damage, the method of soil fertilization should be combined with the distribution characteristics of the root system, soil texture, fertilization period, type of fertilizer, nature of fertilizer, amount of rainfall, etc.