Want to know how to grow a mandarin from a seed? And rightly, not all the stones are thrown away! The question is, will the mandarin grow out of the bone, is inappropriate, the tree will necessarily grow, but if you want to enjoy its fruits, the plant will need to be planted, otherwise the mandarin will please you only with wild mushrooms. To grow this miracle from the stone, we need the seeds themselves (it's better to have 5-10 pieces, not all will sprout), the earth for citrus, water and patience.
How to grow a mandarin bone?
What do you think you should do to grow a mandarin from a bone? Of course, first these bones need to germinate. To do this, wrap seeds in moist gauze and do not forget to wet them constantly. After a while, the seeds will swell, give roots, and they can be planted. At this time, the seeds should be kept in a warm place. Although if you are not sure that you will not forget to wet the gauze, then the seeds can be immediately put in a pot and do not forget to moisten the soil well before the germination. After watering it will be possible to shorten a little, so as not to cause decay of the roots.
Mandarin cultivation from the bone - care
After the seeds germinate, they can be planted in pots, in light soil for citrus. We expect sprouts, not forgetting to moisten the earth. The first week after the emergence above the ground of gentle shoots, we remove pots from direct sunlight - this can damage young shoots. Fertilizer can be produced with the onset of a warm season, alternating mineral fertilizers with organic additives. Mandarin, as well as other citrus fruits like light and moisture, and of course, heat. Therefore, we put the rooted tree closer to the sunlight and do not forget to spray it from the spray gun. The temperature in the room in winter should not fall below 12 ° C. Spraying is desirable to produce at a time when direct sunlight on the plant does not fall - so your plant will avoid the possibility of getting sunburn.
Mandarin grafting
If you want to grow mandarins from the bone, the same as those fruits from which you took the seeds, then you will definitely need to plant your tree. No, a mandarin tree, grown from a stone, will also yield a harvest, in 5 years, although such fruits will most likely not be very edible. If you definitely want to bite off your own grown mandarins, you can not do without vaccination. For this not very simple procedure, a tree with a trunk diameter of at least 6 mm is required, a stem from a fruit-bearing mandarin (cut