How to grow a tangerine at home from a bone?

To plant a tangerine, you will need seeds, or rather seeds, which can be "obtained" by purchasing several ripe tangerines in the store.

For the success of the event, it is better to have more seeds (at least 5-10), since not everyone will be able to germinate.

Next, it is necessary for the bones to hatch or swell. To do this, the bones need to be wrapped in gauze and lightly moistened with water for several days.

The optimal soil for planting will be a special earth for citrus bought in a flower shop, but in principle any light mixture is suitable for tangerines.

For example, if you mix in equal parts turf and leafy soil, completely rotted manure humus and compost, your tangerine will surely like it.

A peat-based mixture is neither worth making nor buying. Do not forget about the need for drainage.

For the emergence of seedlings, tangerine takes quite a long time, the first noticeable shoots appear only after two to three weeks, and sometimes even a whole month.

Mandarin generally grows very slowly, and sometimes it also stops growth.

But if you do not lose hope and enthusiasm and provide him with the necessary care, he will grow into a beautiful tree that delights your eyes.

Of course, mandarin is an unpretentious tree in maintenance (not only among citrus fruits, but also among all other plants), but it still requires compliance with some rules of care.

The most important condition for him is an abundance of sunlight. For a light-loving tangerine, intensive lighting is needed 12 hours a day all year round.

Also mandarin is very sensitive to humidity. In the summer it needs to be watered abundantly, but not flooded, and in winter, watering should be reduced, but make sure that the soil does not dry out.

In addition, tangerine leaves must be sprayed daily with filtered or boiled clean water to compensate for the dryness of the air, you can even place a small indoor fountain near the tangerine so that it additionally humidifies the air.

As it grows, the tangerine tree needs to be transplanted into a larger pot. It is best to do this in late winter - early spring.

You need to take a pot with a diameter of 3-5 cm larger than the previous one.

The tangerine tree is transplanted by the transshipment method, preserving the old earthen lump as much as possible so as not to damage the root system of the plant.

A few weeks after transplanting, the tree should begin a period of active growth. Such periods will be repeated several times during the spring and summer season.

During this period, you need to feed the tangerine with mineral and organic fertilizers once a week or two.

You can use a sleeping tea leaves as a fertilizer, which you need to dig into the soil.

Tangerines, grown at home, grow only up to 1.5 m and are miniature trees that fit perfectly into any interior, even without fruit.

And when the tree is strewn with fragrant flowers, and then with bright fruits, it becomes a universal center of attraction, giving beauty and causing sighs of admiration.

Inoculation is required for tangerine in order to receive fruit from it. Perhaps the tangerine will bear fruit without vaccination, only it will not happen very soon.

In addition, the fruit will be small and sour. With the help of grafting, you can achieve an acceleration of the onset of fruiting and better quality mandarin fruits.

The best time to vaccinate a mandarin is April or the very beginning of May. At this time, the plant has the most active sap flow.

But nothing bad will happen if you decide to plant mandarin in August. This is an equally favorable time for grafting this plant.

How to properly plant a mandarin? It is best to plant a tangerine tree on seedlings of other citrus plants.

Moreover, the process of vaccination itself must take place quickly, accurately and in clean conditions.

To get started, prepare everything you need that you need:

• scion with wood that is mature enough,
• graft from a cultivated fruiting citrus plant,
• garden var,
• elastic tape and a special eyepiece knife.

At a height of approximately about 7 cm from the ground, thoroughly wipe the plant, remove all dust and dirt from it.

Then, using a clean budding knife (which should be very sharp), make a T-shaped incision in the bark.

Try not to touch the wood, otherwise all the work will be down the drain. The top of the cut should be about 1 cm and the bottom 2.5 cm.

Next, press the bark with the tip of a knife, and insert the "eye" into the hole, while holding it by the petiole leaf.

Then we cover this leaf with bark, pressing it lightly with an budding knife. Lubricate the cut made with garden pitch and carefully wrap this place with adhesive tape.

Only a petiole with a leaf on it should remain on the surface. When your plant is already grafted, place it in a small greenhouse, which you can make yourself from a large plastic bag or special greenhouse film.

But, do not leave the plant in the greenhouse all the time.

Open the foil from time to time to ventilate the tree. When two or three weeks have passed after you have grafted a tangerine tree, you can judge by its appearance how successful the vaccination was.

If the petiole sticks to the flap and turns black, you have done something wrong, and the vaccination should be repeated.

And if the petiole turns yellow and can be easily separated from the tree trunk, your vaccination was successful.

After the bud has grown on the scion and is well established, you can remove the adhesive tape. She is no longer needed.

After about three weeks, a young shoot will begin to sprout from the swollen bud.

At this time, you will need to trim the rootstock about 5mm above the base.

The cut should be oblique. The cut itself must be treated with a garden pitch.

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Is it easy to grow a tangerine from a seed at home? Today we will try to thoroughly deal with this issue, leading our dear readers through a long-term process - from a seed to a fruit-bearing tree, which is quite capable of becoming another symbol of the New Year, and in general, almost any holiday. A holiday of the soul - for sure.

Let's get to know better

Meet this - a tangerine, a resident of exotic countries, the owner of the familiar aroma, unpretentious in care, hardy and long-lived. Graceful branches, shiny leaves, white fragrant flowers and tasty fruits (with proper patient care) make it a welcome guest in every home. The plant propagates either by transplanting seedlings, or by planting seeds, which can simply be pulled out of any tangerine.The tree belongs to the Rutaceae family, evergreen foliage is replaced quite rarely - once every four years. Tangerines made from seeds at home, in the end, bear fruit, but they are “wild” and do not differ in taste. Vaccination is then used to change the situation. Next, we will take a step-by-step look at all the procedures that can squeeze the most out of a tangerine seed.

The plant propagates either by transplanting seedlings or by planting seeds

From seed to tree

Every gardener knows that if you plant a seed in the ground as it is, it may not work out. Therefore, as a rule, the seeds are allowed to soak and germinate first. They are soaked in gauze, and after a few days the "roots" hatch. Avoid excess moisture - the seeds should be constantly in a humid environment, but not float in it. To guarantee, not one or two, but a dozen or a half seeds are germinated, since many of them will die before planting and rooting. A moist, effective medium for seed germination is also created by a special hydrogel. It can be purchased at many garden stores. The advantage of the hydrogel is that it not only nourishes the seeds, but also creates the best microclimate. It is important here not only to scatter the seeds over the surface, but to immerse them in the middle of the layer.

Video about growing tangerine at home

The plant should be planted on the south side, avoiding the neighborhood of poisonous plants, if any. When it germinates, it is time to transplant it. For this purpose, both a flowerpot and a box are suitable. Before filling the pot with soil, line the bottom with small pebbles or expanded clay to ensure drainage. Choose the soil carefully, avoiding peat - peat dries out too quickly, sour easily, and is not too nutritious. The most suitable soil composition for tangerines is made from the following ingredients:

• Three parts of turf soil;
• One part of leafy soil, sand and rotted manure;
• A little clay, or part of a clay soil.

If you do not have the opportunity to make such a composition on your own, which is quite common for city dwellers, neutral soils purchased in the store will be no less nutritious. "Biohumus" and "Rose" have proved to be excellent.

The plant should be planted from the south side, avoiding the neighborhood of poisonous plants

If you do not have the means or the opportunity even for this option, ordinary neutral soil mixed with a small amount of organic matter, superphosphates and ash will satisfy the needs of the plant.

How to grow a tree from a mandarin seed

So, the tangerine tree has been planted, and after three weeks it starts to grow actively. How to care for it in order to get a healthy lush bush? When the first sprouts appear, feed them with fertilizers, both mineral and organic will be required. The best option is a special fertilizer for citrus plants. Top dressing should be done once every two weeks, immediately after watering. In order for the tangerine to produce truly sweet fruits, from mid-spring to early autumn, it is especially actively fed.

For the first eight years, replant the tangerine tree every spring, and then every two years. In this case, the root system is removed and transplanted together with the soil into which it sprouted, only the surrounding layer changes.

Make sure that the temperature of the air where the tangerine grows is always above 13 degrees Celsius. Dry air is harmful to the plant, therefore it is recommended to place a flowerpot with it surrounded by dishes with water. In the hot season, the tangerine bush requires abundant watering with room water - in large quantities, several times a day, in the cold - as the soil dries up (about 2-3 times in 7 days). Spraying is done weekly.

Repot the tangerine tree for the first eight years every spring

So that growing a tangerine from a bone at home does not turn into a personal tragedy, for example, damage to leaves with a spider mite, scale insects or citrus whiteflies, just noticing a thinnest cobweb on them (and making sure that this is not just a spider), wipe them with special preparations. On both sides, the leaves are processed with Fitoverm or Aktellik. It is important to follow all instructions carefully.

How to make tasty tangerine out of tasteless?

Although by the end of the first five-year plan (or even a year earlier) your green pet will begin to bear fruit, they will not necessarily be suitable for feeding. If you are determined to end up with not a "wild", but a full-fledged fruiting bush, periodically presenting you with sweet tangerines, the tangerine should be grafted. This must be done quickly, accurately, in clean conditions, and not in any month, but only when the juices are actively moving in the tree - in April, August and early May. Since the work is carried out promptly, prepare everything you need in advance, namely:

Make sure that the air temperature where the tangerine grows is always above 13 degrees Celsius.

• The very bush that you have grown, called the stock ("where we graft"). The barrel must be 6 mm or more thick.
• Grafted stalk (you can also graft with an eye). It is called a scion ("what we graft"), must be fresh and young (2 years or less).
• A plant based wound healing agent based on rosin, paraffin and vegetable oil, called garden var. The ingredients are mixed in a boiling state, proportions, respectively - 3: 6: 2. After hardening and kneading, the garden var is ready for use.
• Scotch tape and budding knife for vaccinations.

Mandarin cultivation video

To understand more about how to grow a tangerine at home from a bone, you need to thoroughly study the progress of grafting:

1. Remove leaf plates and thorns from the scion.
2. Make a T-notch on the trunk, about ten centimeters high.The top is about a centimeter, the bottom is 2 to 4.
3. Cut off a small layer of wood with a bud from the scion as carefully as possible, and immediately insert it into the cut.
4. Wrap the cut with duct tape, securing the scion to the rootstock.
5. Keep the grafted sprout under a plastic bag or small can for a month. This is necessary to create the desired high humidity microclimate.
6. Since in a month the period of sap flow will already end, to guarantee, repeat the procedure several more times on the same day - at least one bud will germinate.
7. After germination, it is time to free the sprout from the bud from the winding, and then accustom it to fresh air, increasingly removing the bag from it.
8. A month later, after making sure of the rapid growth of the new shoot, cut off the old trunk belonging to the stock. Cutting is supposed to be done obliquely, close to the shoot (about 0.3 cm higher).
9. So that the plant does not lose juice, the cut is smeared with garden var. Thus, the juice will now be delivered to a new, fruiting shoot. He also needs to be helped to grow vertically by installing a small rail next to it.

So that the plant does not lose juice, the cut is smeared with garden var.

Now you know everything about how to grow a tangerine from a seed. As you can see, this is not so difficult. The main thing is to follow all the rules and recommendations, and if now is one of the suitable months, you can start even tomorrow!

There is nothing difficult in growing a tangerine from a seedling purchased in a store, because we are talking about a grafted fruit-bearing tree. And if there is no opportunity to spend money on seedlings, then the only way out is cultivation tangerine from the bone at home... What is required for this? Just a few seeds extracted from common fruits.

How to grow a tangerine

Biological features of mandarin

Within a few years after planting, you will be proud of a slender tree with shiny and very beautiful leaves. The characteristic citrus scent will be felt throughout the home, making your home feel even cozier.

Tangerine tree

The tangerine tree itself is a member of the rue family. The shape of the plant is spherical, the leaves are evergreen (change every four years), and the flowers are white. The tree can reproduce both vegetatively and by seeds.

On a note! Many homes have an indoor tangerine that has been grown with seeds, but it is usually an ornamental plant. It does not bear fruit or has small and inedible fruits, but only improves the interior of the room.

Tangerine tree

If we talk about farms, then citrus crops are grown there by grafting to get tasty fruits. You can also perform a similar operation if you wish to feast on juicy tangerines. But if you just want to try growing a citrus tree with your own hands, you will definitely succeed! First, carry out preliminary preparation: free the sill of the window that "looks" to the south, move the poisonous plants to another place (such crops are not the best neighbors for tangerines). Then follow the instructions below.

What varieties of tangerines for home to choose

Stage one. Seed preparation

Mandarin seeds

Anyone who has once been involved in growing seedlings knows very well that the seeds must swell before planting. To this end, take a few prepared seeds (you can buy them, but choose seeds without defects and rot) and soak them in gauze for a couple of days (as shown in the image below). Make sure that there is not very much water - the gauze should be only slightly damp, in the future, just add a little more liquid as you go.

Mandarin Seed Soaking

If you plan on growing just one tree, soak about 12-15 seeds anyway. The fact is that not all will germinate, some will die from diseases, in addition, many will become "victims" of the first plant grafting.

Instead of gauze, you can use a hydrogel - you can buy it at your nearest specialty store. Experienced gardeners and professional landscape designers actively use it, because a hydrogel is an excellent protection against heat.

On a note! Figuratively speaking, a hydrogel is a kind of analogue of drip irrigation, but you will not add it to the soil, but use it instead of gauze (the substance retains moisture well).

Hydrogel

Try to keep the seeds inside the hydrogel all the time so they won't dry out.

Stage two. Landing in the soil

Seeds that have already "hatched" must be planted in a seedling box or an ordinary pot. It is worth noting that some do not wait for the seeds to swell, but immediately start planting in the ground. Here sprouts are formed later, but outwardly they look no worse than those that grow from soaked seeds.

First, choose a suitable soil.

Soil for growing tangerine

Ideally, you should use a special citrus potting soil available from flower shops. Although what kind of soil will be used for growing does not play a special role. The difference between a homemade tangerine is, first of all, its unpretentiousness, so you can use almost any mixture - for example, from turf and leafy soil. It can also be a neutral nutrient soil ("Rose", "Biohumus", etc.). The main thing is not to use peat, because it quickly sour and dries up, and there are not enough nutrients in it.

You can also cook with your own hands soil mixture for growing home citrus crops - for this, mix the following ingredients in the indicated proportions:

• one piece of sand;
• three pieces of turf;
• one part of humus;
• one piece of leafy soil;
• some clay.

Fill the bottom of the prepared container drainage, as which you can use:

• small stones;
• fine-fraction expanded clay;
• brick fight.

Drainage in a pot

Pour the prepared soil mixture on top of the drain, in which place the tangerine seeds. The first leaves should appear within three weeks after planting.

We fill up the soil in the container

We plant swollen bones

Add some soil

Watering from a spray bottle

Cover the pot with foil

In the cold season, we put the pot on the radiator

Stage three. Further care

At first, the tangerine practically does not need any care, but later, when the first shoots are formed, you have to start feeding the plants. You can do this using any fertilizer - not only organic, but also inorganic. They are sold, again, at any flower shop. Although it is better to give preference to special formulations designed to nourish citrus plants.

Mandarin sprout

Tangerine tree growth

As for other aspects of care, they are listed in the form of a table.

Table. Features of tangerine care

Plant transplant	Transplant every year, preferably in the spring. Be careful not to damage the integrity of the soil next to the roots. When the tree is eight years old, you can switch to replanting every two years.
Temperature support	It is quite obvious that the tangerine is a sun-loving plant, so it should be grown on a windowsill located on the south side of the house (where the greatest amount of sun rays gets). In winter, make sure that the air temperature in the house is at least 14 degrees.
Watering	The plant described in this article needs high humidity, so water it abundantly every day using water at room temperature. In addition, spray the plant weekly with a spray bottle. Additionally, you can put some open container of water next to the tangerine.
Pest control	These include, first of all, citrus whiteflies and spider mites. To protect against them, use special preparations (for example, "Actellik"), washing the leaves with them.

Separately, it is worth talking about the rules for fertilizing, which are common for both young seedlings and fruit citrus fruits. Apply top dressing immediately after watering, paying particular attention to this process from April to late summer. Any seasoned gardener will tell you that if citrus fruits are carefully cared for during this period, the fruits will grow sweeter.

Protecting mandarin from pests

Video - Features of growing homemade mandarin

Features of growing a fruiting tangerine

If you grow a tangerine from a stone, then it begins to bear fruit six to seven years after planting. As noted earlier, the first fruits (and they are also called wild) will not have the taste characteristic of citrus crops. Is it possible to somehow speed up fruiting?

It is possible, but in order to obtain juicy and tasty fruits, it is necessary to plant a tangerine tree. The best time for vaccination is the period from April to August, that is, the time of sap flow. If everything is done quickly and cleanly, then you are guaranteed to get a positive result.

How to grow a mandarin tree

First, prepare everything you need - during the vaccination process you will need:

• rootstock (a tree you have grown with a trunk thickness of at least 0.6 centimeters - somewhere like a pencil);
• scion (a peephole or a stalk cut from a branch of a fruiting plant - it is important that its age does not exceed two years);
• special knife for budding;
• garden pitch;
• elastic tape.

The further sequence of actions should look as follows.

Mandarin grafting

Step one. Make a T-notch on the stem of the scion at about 10 cm.

Step two. Insert the previously prepared scion into the incision.

Step three. Carefully wrap elastic tape around the vaccination site.

Step four... Then cover the plant with a PET bag or glass jar to ensure the required microclimate.

Mandarin after vaccination

Step five... After the bud germinates, start accustoming it to fresh air. To do this, remove the bag / can from it every day, gradually extending the airing time.

Split grafting technique

Step six... After about a month, when the shoot gets stronger, remove the elastic winding and cut off the rootstock layer obliquely, about three centimeters from the scion. Cover the cut with a garden varnish without fail.

Step seven... Place a stick in the pot - this is how the plant "learns" to grow vertically. Actually, that's all.

With this simple instruction, you can grow a fruiting tangerine tree at home, which will not only complement the atmosphere in your apartment / house, but also give a characteristic pleasant aroma. It is possible that you will fail the first time, but you will gain valuable experience that will definitely come in handy for subsequent attempts!

Indoor mandarin

Video - How to plant citrus plants

Today, such exotic as longan (the Chinese name for "dragon's eye") can be tasted not only while traveling in eastern countries, but also here - it appears more and more often in large supermarkets.

The fruit has many beneficial properties: it cleanses and rejuvenates the body, strengthens the immune and cardiovascular systems, and improves brain function. Having tasted the "dragon's eye" once, they want to feast on again and again. For more details, see the article about longan.

And what to do with the bone? For those who like to acquire green "exotics" it will not be difficult at all to grow a longan at home - it looks very decorative, and with persistent efforts, there is hope to wait for the harvest.

Accustomed to the mild subtropical climate, the plant is absolutely not capricious and easily becomes indoor.

What you need to know before boarding

The most convenient way to grow the "dragon's eye" is from the bone. Seed germination is highespecially considering the following points:

Fully ripe fruit seeds germinate better than unripe fruit. Therefore, it is recommended to take "planting material" from fruits purchased directly from Thailand or other Asian countries. Longan is supplied to our stores "greenish", therefore, the chances that the seed will sprout are much less.

Attention!

Sometimes seeds from under-ripe fruits still germinate, but they take more time to do so. You should not give up, it is important to continue watering for at least two weeks.

It is not always possible to germinate the nucleoli of fruits purchased at the beginning of summer., our labor can be wasted. The reason is the same: the longan season is just beginning and it does not have time to fully mature.

Seed germination directly depends on their freshness. If, when we eat the "dragon's eye", it is possible to immediately stick the bone into the ground - this option is optimal. It is even allowed to "throw" the future longan to another subtropical plant (it is important that the soil composition is suitable), and then dive the shoots.

Being away from home, we are unlikely to be able to plant a bone right away. The algorithm of actions in this situation is as follows:

• we clean the kernel from the remnants of the pulp and dry it during the day in the open air, avoiding direct sunlight;
• we carefully wipe it with a cloth so that there is no mold;
• wrap in several layers of napkins and pack in foil;
• put in a box and close tightly.

In this form the bone can last up to 2 weeks and we will deliver it to the place of "residence" without any problems.

A dried seed that has been left outside the fruit for a long time will not germinate.

How to properly prepare a bone

Experienced growers recommend planting longan seed without any preliminary preparation, as soon as it is extracted from the fruit. To speed up germination, the bone is placed in water at room temperature for 3 days, and then kept in the refrigerator for another 2 days.

There is also another way. A plant growth stimulator is added to warm water and the longan kernels are left in solution for 6 to 8 hours. After that, you can land.

However, not everyone has the patience and is able to withstand the torment of the unknown, waiting for the seed to sprout. It is much easier to constantly monitor the process, carrying out germination without soil. It is desirable that we have at least 5 seeds in our arsenal.

Seed germination:

1. After enjoying the fruits of the longan, we extract the nucleoli from them, put them on a paper napkin and leave them for 1 - 2 days.
2. Next, wrap the seeds in a damp cotton cloth, lay out the resulting "bundles" on a tray and place them in a plastic bag. It is not worth using cling film as a greenhouse, since periodically the planting material will have to be moistened.
3. The tray is placed in a warm place. Usually the roots hatch after 7-14 days. It is very important that the seeds are constantly in a humid environment, therefore, the cloth, as it dries, is sprayed from a spray bottle.

To make longan take a good start

Like other inhabitants of the subtropics, the Dimocarpus longan tree needs warmth and high humidity... It is especially important to provide comfortable conditions for young, still fragile shoots.

To begin with, let's put our bone in the ground correctly:

1. Find a small light speck on the dark seed. So that the root and stem grow in the right direction, this "mark" should be on the side when landing.
2. We spread the bottom of the pot with a thick layer of drainage: small pebbles plus river sand, and then fill in a suitable soil. It is best to purchase a ready-made potting mix for exotic plants..

   Attention!

   If we intend to plant several seeds in one container, it should not be too small, since there is a possibility of a large number of seedlings. They need space to grow and get stronger.

3. We place the seed shallowly - one and a half its height, sprinkle with a thin layer of earth and be sure to water abundantly... You can lightly rub the surface with sandpaper before planting or scratch it with a knife - it will be easier for the sprouts to break through.
4. The room temperature must be at least 24 ° C. In winter, you can place the seed pot on the shelf above the radiator.
5. Longan does not like drafts very much. Therefore, the container with seeds is covered with a mini-greenhouse made of polyethylene or a plastic cup.

   Important!

   Every day, the impromptu "greenhouse" is cleaned for a short time to provide fresh air.

6. Longan shoots resemble a small loop, light green, almost white. Inexperienced gardeners often mistake the stem for a root that has not sprouted correctly and may even try to remedy the situation. This is by no means necessary. After a few days, the "loop" will straighten and the first two leaves will appear on its crown.

How to care for seedlings

Longan sprouts are very vulnerable. It is undesirable to dive them too early so as not to damage the roots and weaken the seedlings. If possible, it is better to immediately plant the seeds in separate, small-sized containers.

The first two weeks, the seedlings are actively growing. However, when they reach a height of about 15 cm, they slow down, which can cause anxiety. The owners begin to actively "feed" the plant, but in fact, this "behavior" is quite normal.

During this period, the root system is formed and strengthened.

What young plants definitely need:

• long-term lighting, at least 12 hours a day;
• regular watering and spraying;
• warmly;
• top dressing;
• a spacious pot, where there will be no tightly powerful and branched roots.

Most Longan at any age afraid of drafts and dry air... He feels good both in the southeast and southwest windows, where there is a lot of sunshine. However, you need to make sure that the plant is not near the balcony or in the area of ​​the open sash. It is recommended for seedlings to make a greenhouse - this is the best protection against all the troubles associated with the climate of our apartments, unlike the subtropics.

The most comfortable temperature for a longan during the growth period is 22 - 25 ° C. If the room is cooler, it is better to put a special infrared mat under the exotic pot.

Water the plant as the soil dries. It is also necessary to regularly spray the leaves. Water quality requires special attention. Ideally, it should be purified, free of chlorine, for example, well or rainwater.

During the cold season, when there is not enough natural light, the plant is placed under a fluorescent or LED lamp... Backlighting is best done both in the morning and in the evening.

Longan must be fed with nitrogen-containing fertilizers, especially during the period of intensive development. However, it is important to observe the measure and not over-stimulate the plant, so as not to get the opposite effect.

"Adult" longan: how to grow it and wait for the harvest

The house tree needs to form a beautiful crown. Pruningas in the case of lychee, better to produce after a yearwhen the plant gets stronger. In the future, it is necessary to provide uniform illumination so that the branches grow symmetrically.

Watering as the topsoil dries up and spraying the leaves is still an important factor in longan wellbeing. It is not difficult to notice that he does not have enough water - the tree begins to shed its leaves. But overflow is not needed either: the roots will begin to rot.

If brown spots appear along the edges of the leaves, most likely the plant is already suffering from excess moisture. In this case, it is necessary to loosen the soil well in order to provide air access to the deep layers and thereby dry them out.

Attention!

You do not need to plant grown trees immediately in a spacious pot. There is a danger of flooding them. It is more correct to transplant longan as it grows. If the root is very long, it should be pinned.

The plant is "fed" regularly throughout its life. However, the "dragon's eye" has a special period that requires completely different conditions of detention. This is the time from the end of November to March, when he rests and gains strength before active growth, and in nature, flowering and fruiting.

Dormant period

Like lychee, starting in late autumn, Longan has a period of rest for three months... At this time it is necessary:

1. Reduce the room temperature to 14 - 16 ° C. Of course, this is not always possible, but it will not be difficult to cover the battery in the place where the longan stands.

   Important!

   In no case should you open windows for ventilation in winter without first removing the capricious inhabitant of the subtropics from the window sill. Sometimes one breath of cold air is enough for a robust-looking, luxurious plant to die.

2. Longan loves water, but not during rest periods. If in the summer it is even allowed to "fill in" a little, in the winter the soil condition must be monitored very carefully. Since the plant "drinks" much less, with an excess of moisture, there is a high probability of root rot.
3. In no case should the longan be deprived of additional lighting, otherwise it will not be able to get stronger for the spring revival.
4. Top dressing during the dormant period needs minimal.

Pests

The three main enemies of the subtropical "exotic":

• scabbard
• mealybug
• spider mite

The last pest is well protected by abundant spraying of the leaves with warm water.

The scabbard, the appearance of which on the plant is evidenced by numerous brownish tubercles, is best simply washed off with soapy water. And then use insecticides for further prevention.

The mealybug, which leaves characteristic sweet dew on the branches and leaves, is similarly destroyed. To prevent this pest from appearing at all, the plant must not be overdried.

Harvest

So, we found out if it is possible to plant a longan at home and how difficult it is to care for it. But the main question remains open: will the tree give a harvest? Unfortunately, there can be disappointment for amateur gardeners.

Yes, with careful care and compliance with all necessary conditions, at 4-7 years of age, longan blooms and gives the first ovary... There will be few fruits on it, although their number directly depends on the size of the plant. In the southern regions, where the climate is close to subtropical, for example, on the Black Sea coast of Russia, longan can be grown in large tubs, exposed to the open air in summer. Here, the opportunity to achieve a harvest is much higher.

If the plant is at home all year round, it is most likely should be perceived as decorative, not fruit... This is the main difference between Longan and its closest relative, the lychee. The Chinese plum is quite capable of making us happy with the harvest in an ordinary city apartment.

Longan, moreover, is less resistant to unusual weather conditions and rarely survives to fruiting.

Does it mean that we need to give up and get away from the idea of ​​growing it? Of course not. After all, the very process of emerging from the stone of a unique exotic tree is fascinating and can bring a lot of positive emotions.

Therefore, we will definitely try. First, the fruit itself tastes, and then it is grown from the seed. Good luck with your experiments!

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