How to plant mangosteen trees

Mangosteen is a special plant with high economic value. It will start to bear fruit after ten years of planting. It is a natural green fruit. When it matures, it has an attractive aroma and tastes excellent. Some people like to eat it and want to plant some mangosteen trees themselves, but they don’t know how to plant mangosteen trees. Mangosteen is a fruit tree variety that has many requirements for the environment and planting methods. I will write down its planting methods in detail later. Friends who want to plant mangosteen trees can study it carefully.

How to plant mangosteen trees

1. Soil selection for mangosteen trees

When planting mangosteen trees, you need to choose a place with deep soil, convenient transportation and management. In addition, the selected land, whether it is a barren mountain or a field, needs to have a convenient water source. Before planting mangosteen trees, you must remove the weeds on the ground, then dig 30 centimeters deep, apply human and animal manure, and dig drainage ditches after the fertilizer is evenly applied.

2. Loosen the soil and clean the bamboo, leaving the mother bamboo

After planting mangosteen, the soil should be loosened and the bamboo shoots should be cleared in July and August every year. When loosening the soil, the old and weak bamboo shoots should be removed because the bamboo shoots of mangosteen will lose their ability to germinate after four years, so they need to be removed. After removal, organic fertilizer should be applied in time to allow new bamboo shoots to grow quickly. In the second year after planting mangosteen, the work of retaining mother bamboos should be started. You can implement it according to the number of retaining 600 mother bamboos per mu.

3. Mangosteen planting techniques

After raising the mother bamboo, pay attention to its water and fertilizer supply. Mangosteen likes a warm and humid environment. Water it after the ground is dry, but do not let the ground accumulate water. Mangosteen orpiment disease often occurs during its growth period. At this time, you should spray drugs in time for treatment, otherwise the mangosteen tree will be damaged and the yield of mangosteen will be affected.