When is the best season to plant wax apples?

Wax apple planting season and time

The cultivation of wax apples is divided into seasons. The best cultivation period is generally in spring and autumn. Don't cultivate it too late, and don't cultivate it in high or low temperatures or in the dry season. In Fujian, the ideal period is generally from March to May and August to October.

There are few varieties of wax apples, including Ruby, Black King Kong, Big Leaf, Black Pearl, etc. The cultivation time for different varieties of wax apples is spring and autumn.

Wax apple harvest season

The production period of wax apples is mainly concentrated in May, June, July and August, but due to the current advanced cultivation technology, wax apples have undergone special production period adjustment technology, and delicious and juicy wax apples can be eaten almost all year round. The average yield of wax apples is 40 kg per share, and the yield per mu is 1,200 kg.

Wax apple planting steps and methods

1. Variety selection

There are dozens of varieties of wax apples, and the main cultivated varieties are Taiwan Black Pearl and Thailand Red Diamond. Taiwan Snow Lotus is a pink variety with drooping, bell-shaped, shiny fruits. When it is ripe, the fruit is dark red and the flesh is white. Because the fruit of off-season cultivation is purple-red, it is often called Black Pearl and Black Diamond.

2. Planting at the right time

The planting method should be wide. Generally, the row spacing is 6m, the plant spacing is 5m, and about 330 plants are planted per hm2. The plant spacing specifications can be selected according to the terrain, or dwarfing and dense planting can be considered, and then each plant is thinned. Dig planting holes according to the selected plant spacing, and the hole specifications are 1m in length, width, and depth.

3. Water and fertilizer management

For young trees, the focus should be on cultivating healthy and evenly distributed trunk branches and expanding the crown to lay a good foundation for early fruiting and high yield. The lotus leaves are lush and the evaporation is large, so irrigation pipes should be reasonably set up in the park. At the same time, cover the tree trays with weeds and crop straw in the field, and plant thin soil to keep the water moist. The growth of wax apples requires a lot of fertilizers, and more nitrogen and potassium fertilizers should be applied in the early stage.

4. Plastic and pruning

Wax apples grow fast and have many branches. In order to lower the tree body, facilitate management work such as harvesting and spraying, reduce typhoon damage, maintain the tree shape and good sunlight and ventilation, promote early flowering and improve quality, pruning of the entire branch is very important.

5. Flowering

Flowering is usually stimulated by drugs and fertilization and watering to promote germination. In sunny weather during the day, spraying flowers is cool both in the morning and evening. At the same time, the weather conditions before and after the induction of flowers are similar. Avoid spraying flowers after a typhoon or heavy rain. After spraying, it is difficult to achieve the ideal effect in heavy rain, and you must spray again.

6. Protect flowers and fruits

Apply fertilizer in time to strengthen flowers and fruits and prevent fruit drop and cracking. Apply organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer after the wax apple flower buds are neatly drawn out, and apply foliar fertilizer 2 to 3 times with trace elements, gibberellins, anti-drop agents, etc.