Kumquat: growing in home

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If you saw in the store a small shrub with fruit similar to small oranges, this is most likely a kumquat. Growing at home for him, perhaps, if all will make correctly, it can fruit all year round. Those who already practiced farming in the indoor gardens that you can safely purchase the plant.

kumquat farming at home

The many faces of the kumquat

Subtropical shrub found in nature in the South of Asia, Europe and the United States, it is grown in China and in the southern regions of Russia. Kinkan Fortunella and – with names such plant can be found in stores. Is a small shrub with neat foliage of small leaves. Some varieties may have thorns on the branches. Flowering plant with white fragrant flowers that are situated separately or brushes. It also depends on which variety of kumquat. Growing at home this miniature, like the orange trees possible if you instill it with another citrus plant (lemon) or propagate from cuttings. Try to get an adult plant from seed is possible, but this process is very time consuming and only experienced gardeners.

kumquat calorie

Little sun

The Fruits Fortunella – what it is most often bred – appear in three or four months after flowering. These small oranges weigh less than thirty grams, have a bright orange color and elongated shape. A healthy tree able to bear fruit for about three months  before the end of winter.

Kumquat tree care

kumquat careKumquat requires the same care as other citrus. Soil mix you can buy in a specialty store, it would be good to make sure it was fresh. You can add peat, sold separately. The most attention of the Amateur gardener should aim to not waterlogged kumquat. Growing at home helps to ensure that the pot has surplus soil moisture. They need time to eliminate or prevent their occurrence. Initially, the pot must have good drainage (up to three centimeters), excess water must be able to drain. And, of course, need to be watered moderately. If you have to leave the plant without watering for a few days, it is not necessary to pre-fill. In this case it is better to ask the neighbors to look after the kumquat in your absence. After the tree began to fruit, you need to make sure the soil is fertilizing.

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Many are attracted to the idea of growing home tree "from scratch". Why not to try? First you need to prepare the seeds. Can extract them from the fruit, but they should not lie too long. Care for the seedlings begins with the fact that you can remove the glass with which they were covered initially. After the appearance of the second leaf throw the plants in a separate container with the substrate. Again, observe the regularity and moderation in watering. Little plants you can fertilize with vermicompost. Enjoy the fruits of your labor will be in about a year – it is a time to fruiting will require kumquat. Calorie small oranges is the same as the rest of citrus – about sixty calories per a hundred grams. From dried fruits are naturally higher. You can cook and jam, if you have a crop that will bring the kumquat: growing in the home subject to the necessary soil moisture can provide this shrub quite a large number of fruits.


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