Introduction of Kumquat

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kumquat

Other names: kumquat, summer orange, guest orange, golden egg, Luofu

Season: September to November

Storage time: 3-7 days

Kumquat is a famous ornamental fruit plant, especially in Guangdong and Hong Kong. Many citizens buy it during the Spring Festival for good luck. Kumquat is an evergreen shrub. The flower is solitary, white and fragrant. The fruit is mostly oval, golden yellow and shiny, and some varieties are edible.

Botanical Characteristics of Kumquat

Kumquat is an evergreen shrub or small tree, 3 meters high, usually thornless, with many branches. The leaves are lanceolate to rectangular, 5-9 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, entire or with inconspicuous fine serrations, and the surface is dark green. Shiny. The back surface is green with scattered glandular dots; the petiole has narrow wings and is jointed at the border of the leaf blade. Single flowers or 2-3 flowers are clustered in the axils of leaves, with short petioles; the flowers are bisexual, neat, white, and fragrant; there are 5 sepals; 5 petals, about 7 mm long, stamens 20-25 mm, fused to different degrees into several bundles; the pistil grows on a slightly raised disk. The fruit is rectangular or ovate, golden yellow. The peel is fleshy, thick, smooth, with many glandular dots and a fragrance. It is native to southern my country. The fruit can be eaten raw or made into candied fruit, and it can be used as medicine to regulate qi and relieve cough.

Management techniques of kumquat

Potted kumquats require proper water and fertilizer management. Before the spring buds sprout, cut off some of the branches of last year, and leave 2 to 3 buds for the strong ones. Leave 3 pruned one-year-old branches for each plant, which is conducive to the sprouting of spring shoots. When the new buds grow to 15 to 20 cm, pinch the tops to make the branches full. Apply quick-acting phosphorus fertilizer once when the branches are full, such as superphosphate, to prevent the branches and leaves from growing too long, promote the differentiation of flower buds and flowering and fruiting. At the end of May, the spring shoots of the year will bloom and bear fruit. The flowers should be thinned appropriately during the flowering period. After the fruit is set, the fruit should be thinned once according to the weak tree vigor, and 2 to 3 pieces per branch are appropriate. Cut off the autumn shoots in time to prevent secondary fruiting.

Ornamental value

Potted kumquats are evergreen, with luxuriant branches and leaves and a beautiful tree shape. They bloom in summer, with white flowers and a fragrant aroma. In autumn and winter, the fruits ripen in yellow or red, dotted among the green leaves, which can be described as green leaves and golden balls, luxuriant and evergreen, and of great ornamental value.