To please with green leaves, flowers, and if you are lucky, then delicious fruits, an orange can all year round. To do this, you need to follow some simple tips.
You will need
- ripe orange, small flower pot, large diameter pot, soil of improved seed germination, pure non-carbonated water, plastic bag
Instructions
1
We fill the pot with improved germination soilseeds (usually sold in large hypermarkets). We extract all the bones from the oranges and immediately put them into the soil. A little watered. Cover with a plastic bag. We leave it until the first sprout appears.
2
We remove the package and put it on the sunny side. We pour moderately, 2-3 times a week. After the 4th leaf appears, we transplant each germ into a large pot and water it 1-2 times a week (in winter time it is enough once a week). I recommend to fertilize tea tea once a month.
3
When the sapling grows to 50 centimeters, itscan be planted with a leaf from someone else's already fruiting orange tree. It can also be done in any botanical garden for a purely symbolic fee. And your tree will please you with delicious fruits.
Tip 2: How to find out the variety of oranges
Choosing a citrus in the store, the average buyersometimes he does not know what kind of oranges he keeps in his hands. Knowing the quality characteristics of the variety, you can pick up the fruit according to your taste.
Oranges delivered from Morocco, Spain, Brazil, Vietnam and Turkey are most often represented on the shelves in Russia. Conditionally all these varieties of oranges can be divided into sour and sweet.
The main varieties of oranges coming to Russia
The variety of oranges "Washington Native" grows inBrazil and Turkey. Despite the name, these fruits have nothing to do with the United States. The variety differs in thick skin and sweet and sour taste. The fruits are juicy enough, the usual orange color. The shape of the fruit is rounded, in the lower part is decorated with a "navel". The advantages of the variety are long-term storage, lack of seeds and easy cleaning. "Valencia" is a variety of oranges originally grown in Spain. The unpretentiousness of the plant made it possible to cultivate it in other countries. The fruits of the orange tree of this variety are distinguished by a thin skin and a slightly flattened round shape. A characteristic feature of the variety is the tiny points of red that decorate the outer surface of the fruit and its flesh. Oranges have a pronounced sweet taste. Bones in fruits are rare, internal membranes are thick and hard. From Vietnam, fruits of the sort "Royal Orange" and "Bu" come to Russia. "Royal Orange" is virtually indistinguishable from standard species. But "Bu" is strikingly rich in rich orange color and oval shape of the fruit. Sicilian oranges
Citrus from Sicily appeared in Russiarelatively recently. Particularly original look famous "korolki", the flesh of which is distinguished by a bright palette. It can produce a rich red or burgundy color, sometimes turning into almost black with crimson streaks. The orange color of the peel has a purple hue. Experts note a pronounced sweet and sour taste of fruit, slightly reminiscent of raspberries. The orange color of the orange is due to the presence of a large amount of carotene. Unlike most varieties, the Sicilian "queen" contains an anthocyan pigment that gives the fruit a red tint. Why the oranges of Sicily are enriched with this pigment is not known. Cultivation of this variety in other countries did not lead to the creation of a culture of red color. Knowing how to choose oranges, focusing on the characteristic characteristics of the variety, you can purchase fruits in accordance with personal preferences.
