Speaking of oranges, many people have the impression that they can only eat sweet and sour oranges in winter, but this orange crisp kumquat shared with you can bear fruit three times a year. If preserved in the south, even the four seasons can bear fruit. Not only is the fruit crisp and delicious, but you can also enjoy the flowers and eat the fruit. Therefore, it is suitable to be kept at home as a potted plant.

1, basic introduction of plants

Crispy kumquat is a small tree that is evergreen all the year round. It is an artificially improved variety among common kumquat varieties. Its fruit is small, but crisp and delicious. Moreover, this potted plant has good resistance. Of course, it rarely suffers from pests and diseases. If planted in the south, this potted plant can blossom and bear fruit many times. If properly maintained in the north, there will be three fruiting periods in May, July and September. So friends who like to eat oranges can keep a pot at home.

2, the choice of flower soil flower device

Crispy kumquat is a kind of green plant that likes acidic soil, so we must choose some acidic soil to plant when we buy it. If it is planted with ordinary horticultural soil, we need to apply ferrous sulfate once a month to adjust the soil pH; Crispy kumquat grows short in potted plants, so when we choose flowerpots, we can mix them with bonsai pots and turn them into crispy kumquat bonsai, or choose gallon potted plants, which can grow well.

3, lighting temperature control

Crispy kumquat likes very abundant light conditions. If possible, it can be exposed to the sun at sunrise outdoors, and indoor maintenance is best placed on the balcony facing south. The stronger the light, the more flowers and fruits it bears. Because its leaves are hard leather, it is more resistant to sunlight, so even in very hot summer, there is no need to do shading treatment. And crispy kumquat is also resistant to high temperature. In summer, it can grow well outdoors at about 35 degrees, and its cold tolerance is also good. In the environment of minus 10 degree, it will not cause freezing damage. If it wants to grow more vigorously and even blossom and bear fruit in winter, it is best to control it above 20 degrees.

4. Water nutrition supply

Crispy kumquat likes water, so keep the pot soil slightly moist at ordinary times. Too much water will affect the fruit setting rate, so we should control the water supply. Crispy kumquat has strong flowering and fruiting ability and needs more nutrition. Usually, especially after summer, more phosphorus and potassium fertilizers should be applied to promote the growth of more flowers and fruits, and fertilization should be temporarily stopped after the results. When the fruit grows to about 1-2cm, it is necessary to supplement the special fertilizer for fruits and vegetables to prevent the fruit from falling due to insufficient nutrition.

5. Daily management matters

In the process of cultivating crisp kumquat, it is necessary to prune the plants, which is mostly carried out in winter, pruning and shaping the weak residual branches and the branches that grow too long and too dense, so that they will grow more vigorously and bear more fruits in the future; Crispy kumquat has a lush root system. If you put it in a flowerpot for a long time, the roots will grow easily. Therefore, we need to turn over the pot every two years or so, change the soil and trim the overgrown roots.