Green orange name
A citrus fruit similar to a green orange is called a pomelo. It is highly popular due to its content of vitamins and other nutrients.
Green orange name
Characteristics of the fruit
The green orange is called the pomelo, because it is a large-sized fruit, similar to the orange representative of the cisrus. The pulp has a pleasant smell, sweetish-sour taste, practically without bitterness.
The grafted tree begins to bear fruit at the age of 4-5 years, blooms in the fall.
Description of the bush
Pomelo is an evergreen tree up to 15 m high with a spherical crown. Leaves can be wide and large, or small and pale. Their size depends on the growing conditions.
Description of fruits
Fruits are round in shape, rich in green, orange or yellow colors. The peel is dense, the flesh is tender. The weight of one fruit in our latitude is 1.5 kg. At home, the fruits reach 10 kg.
The benefits of the fruit
Pomelo has an anti-cancer effect on the human body, improves the functioning of the cardiovascular system, strengthens the immune system, and tones the body. The pomelo contains ascorbic acid, Therefore, eating the fruit is useful in the fight against viruses and infections.
Growing
To grow the fruit, the ripe fruit is first acquired. Next, you need to save the bones from the fruit, put them in a dish, cover with a damp cloth. The fruit is left in this position for up to 3 days in the sun. After they are planted in a pot, which should be located where a comfortable temperature and good lighting are created.
Disembarkation
The most popular planting option is seed planting. The disadvantage of this method is late fruiting.
To avoid this, the seeds, after extraction, must be planted in a pot with a moisture-saturated substrate. It should consist of humus soil and river sand. If the seeds are dry before planting, they will not sprout.
The seeds are buried 1 cm in the ground, then lightly watered. Next, you should cover with glass and put the pot in a room with a favorable climate. After a month, sprouts will appear. Several sprouts often sprout from one grain. After the appearance of several sheets, the pomelo is planted in pots.
It is better not to accustom the pomelo to warm temperatures and lighting right away. The tree may not grow evenly, but weak seedlings can be identified.
Care
The plant needs good moisture
In order for the pomelo tree to bear fruit well, quality care and compliance with certain requirements are necessary. Important care procedures:
- Lighting. The pomelo prefers a lot of light, but it grows well on the north side. It is preferable to place the pot on the windowsill from the east, west and south sides. On the south side, they are closed from the sun from 12 to 16 hours.
- Temperature. The comfortable temperature for the plant is 24-30 ° C. It is best to keep the pomelo away from the radiators during the heating season.
- Humidity. The plant needs high humidity.Therefore, in spring and summer, it should be sprayed with 2 p. in a day.
Fertilizer
The plant requires regular feeding. For this, complex compositions of minerals are used that contain nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. Mullein solution is also used.
Watering
You need to moisten the soil regularly throughout the year. Warm distilled water, melt water or rainwater is used. It is important not to overdry the soil, but also not to flood it.
Pests
The most popular pests that infect the pomelo are the scutellum, scale insect, spider mite and mealybug. Their symptoms are:
- the sheets are folded into a boat, covered with cobwebs;
- brown and gray spots of 3-5 mm appear on the back of the leaf;
- the formation of a sticky coating on the sheets, later it becomes black, a sooty fungus develops.
Getting rid of pests
To get rid of pests, use a tincture of tobacco dust, garlic, laundry soap. After preparation, the solution is required to be applied to a cotton swab and to remove the pests one by one, and then spray the entire plant. If it does not help, they are treated with Aktara, Korbofos chemicals.
Prophylaxis
To avoid the appearance of pests, the plants are examined regularly 1 p. in Week. If signs of pests have been found, they immediately take action. It is not necessary to immediately treat with chemicals. In some cases, pests are removed by hand with a sponge or the tree is washed under the shower.
Conclusion
A fruit similar to an orange is known not only as a dietary product, it is also actively used in cosmetology, as it has many beneficial properties. But at the same time, people prone to allergies need to be careful when using pomelo.