How to plant and manage mangosteen

How to plant and manage mangosteen? This is a technical job. Let's learn more about it with the editor below.

Mangosteen

There are actually quite a few tips on how to plant, fertilize, and harvest mangosteen. Because mangosteen has very strict requirements on the planting environment, various preparations should be made when planting it. For example, areas with well-mixed soil and fertilizer, irrigation and drainage conditions, and convenient transportation should be selected. Different cultivation methods should be used according to its growth cycle to ensure the growth of mangosteen and achieve the goal of increasing income.

How to plant and manage mangosteen

Land preparation for planting: mix soil and fertilizer, and dig drainage ditches

Choose a barren hillside or field with deep soil, convenient transportation and management, and irrigation and drainage conditions, cut off shrubs and weeds, dig out tree roots and bamboo shoots, and dig 30 cm deep. Combined with tillage and land preparation, apply 1,500 to 2,000 kg of decomposed human and animal manure per mu, mix the soil and fertilizer evenly, and dig drainage ditches.

From February to early May, dig up healthy one- or two-year-old wild bamboo species as seed bamboo, leaving 20 to 30 cm for each plant, retaining the stump and bamboo whip with about 5 to 10 kg of soil, cutting off the top, leaving 4 to 5 branches, and planting them in a planting hole equal to the bamboo stump. The spacing between plants and rows is 70 cm, and about 1,300 plants are planted per mu. Allow the whip roots to stretch naturally during planting, and water them with enough fertilizer and water to establish roots in time after planting.

Reasonable fertilization: "three considerations" for fertilization and staged cultivation

When applying fertilizer, you need to consider "three things": bamboo growth, bamboo shoot yield, and soil conditions.

Generally, in late March every year after planting, 10 to 15 kg of urea and potassium fertilizer and 50 kg of phosphorus fertilizer are evenly applied to the stumps and whips of the bamboo plants in combination with loosening the soil and weeding, so as to facilitate the rapid growth of bamboo shoots.

In July and August, 1,500 kg of organic fertilizer per mu should be applied to promote the germination of bamboo shoots in combination with loosening the soil and cleaning the weeds. During the growth process, if there is a continuous drought, timely and appropriate irrigation and irrigation should be carried out to resist drought and keep the soil moist. If there is long-term rain and water accumulation, the ditch should be dredged and drained in time to prevent waterlogging and ensure normal growth.

Loosening the soil and cleaning the weeds: loosening the soil in July and August every year, cleaning the weeds once every three years

The soil should be loosened and the bamboo shoots should be cleared once every July and August. The depth depends on the depth of the bamboo shoots in the soil. While loosening the soil, the old and weak bamboo shoots should be cut off, and the strong exposed bamboo shoots should be straightened and buried in the soil.

The bamboo shoots of mangosteen generally lose their ability to produce shoots after 4 to 5 years, so they need to be "cleaned" every 3 years. Cleaning the shoots and loosening the soil, and applying enough organic fertilizer will facilitate the growth of new shoots and the germination of shoots.

Keeping mother bamboo: Processing old mother bamboo into bamboo art products to increase income

Starting from the second year, the bamboo age structure should be adjusted year by year. In the period after the peak period of bamboo shoots, mother bamboos should be kept. Generally, 600 to 700 new mother bamboos should be kept per mu each year, and the same number of old mother bamboos should be thinned in autumn and winter to process bamboo art products to increase income, so that the number of living standing bamboos per mu can be maintained at about 1,300.

Harvest at the right time: no damage to the whip or bamboo shoots, processed and sold

The bamboo shoots can be harvested when the sheath leaves begin to crack and the tip of the bamboo shoot is 20 to 30 cm above the ground.

When harvesting fresh bamboo shoots, be careful not to damage the stems or shoots. After harvesting, peel off the shells and pack them into food bags at 0.5-1 kg each for sale. They can also be processed into dried bamboo slices or dried bamboo shreds for sale, which is more profitable.