Always learning, today is the time to grow passion fruit at home, see how simple and practical is the cultivation,
As passion fruit is a fairly vigorous plant, presenting several stages of development at the same time, it needs to be well nourished. Adult plants have new, mature branches, buds, flowers and fruits, simultaneously. Therefore, it is necessary to perform the fertilization of the fruit monthly and based on soil analysis, which allows identifying the nutrients that are lacking for tree growth. Soil moisture is also essential for fertilizer absorption. In case of drought, the plants can eliminate fruits to save water. Without being able to hold all the load, the passion fruit tree has spontaneous abortion of fruits. Another common cause of fall of passion fruit green is the attack of pests. Bedbug stings interrupt the development and cause the wilted fruit to fall on the outside, but are formed from the inside, with pulp and white seeds. If the internal part is rotten, with the seeds gnawed and the pulp blackened, then it is the attack of fruit fly, which also drops the passion fruit before completing its development. In both cases, the use of specific insecticides is recommended. In the early stages, however, fruit fly can be combated with trapped poison baits, or flaky flasks, without the need to spray the plants.
Choose well the planting area, because you will work on it for years, "Minari begins. The earth can not soak easily, nor be shallow. Irrigation should be continuous to ensure harvesting two to three times a week. Another important tip is to avoid areas that receive southerly winds. "The cold wind is harmful to tropical plants," explains the technician, who also coordinates the project. To mitigate the effect of the winds, the option is to use barriers like trees, as long as the shadow does not disturb the development of the plant, quite dependent on the sun.
The first step, the choice of seeds, is important. Look for responsible companies that market selected seeds. At this early stage we already have to think about marketing. Choose the types of passion fruit consumed in your region. With the seeds in hand, plant them in plastic bags suitable for the production of seedlings, which have a height of at least 25 cm, and allow a good development of the roots. It is important that each container has three seeds. The one that best develops remains, the others are discarded or transferred to other bags.
The seedlings should be prepared to be planted in the field at the beginning of the rains, which is the best time for definitive planting. The pits, which should be prepared in advance of at least 15 to 20 days, should have measures of 30 cm of mouth and equal depth. Care with the ants at this stage should be doubled.
IRRIGATION AND DRIVING
"Irrigating is not just watering. Irrigating is giving water to the plant on time, in the amount and location the plant needs. In the foot where the plant rises from the ground, it should not be wet, because it is only throwing water, without use for the roots, "warns Minari. Irrigation should be done at the ends of the plant skirt, which is where the roots are absorbing water and nutrients.
Driving the plant requires special care because a well-formed plant ensures uniformity of production. Each plant in the vine has 5 meters to explore, which means 2.5 m to each side. All the lateral shoots should be eliminated, leading the main stem, leaving only two or four branches, which will form the crown of the plant. Two shoots if the fence (fence) is with one wire or four shoots if it is with two wire strands.
"A necessary pruning to do is the one that controls the lateral growth, because if left to the account of the plant, the branches will grow twenty, thirty meters of the foot of the plant and in those extremities, the fruits that produce, will be small and of no commercial value ", Teaches the Agricultural technician to the producers.
In the area of planting of the passion fruit, the work must be started after nine o'clock in the morning, because the serene night will be dry. Entering the orchard with moisture on the leaves can be harmful. If there is some outbreak of disease, there may be spread, and small focus can become a major problem.
CARE WITH PESTS AND DISEASES
Pests and diseases come by the action of the wind, by animals, that is, by natural causes. The entrance of strange people, can also bring health problems to the nursery of the seedlings. The diseases compromise the fruits, as the verrugose that gives a strange aspect and depreciates the fruit for the market. Anthracnose causes rot and mummification of fruits. Viruses and bacterioses compromise the useful life of the orchard, and may make the activity economically unfeasible.
For the producer who does not develop organic farming, chemicals can be used in regular and judicious sprays,
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