Fans of exotic can quite get to themselves tangerine tree and even to grow up it independently from stone or shank. Occupation this fascinating and if it is correct to make everything, will turn out even to break orange fruit from bush on windowsill.
Cultivation of tangerine from stone
The most available way is cultivation tangerine tree from stone. For this purpose ripe tangerine and pot with the earth is required. At first take stone from fruit and process it growth factor which can always be bought in gardening shop. Follow the instruction which usually is on the label.
Further put on pot bottom with opening several beaten crocks or pieces of brick. It will turn out drainage without which to roots will be damp and stuffy. Fill pot with the soil. For it take the purchased earth for citrus or prepare mix from humus, the cespitose earth, peat and sand taken in equal quantity.
The earth for tangerine needs to be steamed over pan with the boiling water.
Put stone in pot, water and put to the warm place. It is necessary to wait long, only in month the sprout will appear. This time the soil needs to be watered periodically that soil did not dry up. Rearrange pot with sprout on the lit place, look after young tree and later few years you receive beautiful plant which will blossom and even to please with fruits. The truth they will not be tasty and to receive sweet tangerines, it is necessary to impart this bush at young age or to grow up other plant from shank.
For inoculation of tangerine it is necessary to take shank or kidney from high-quality plant.
Cultivation of tangerine from shank
To receive plant with sweet fruits, tangerine with branch and leaf will be required. Such it is possible to buy in shop. The main thing that the branch was not dried up. Cut off shank with leaf and put in friable prime quality land. Water and cover with the plastic bottle cut in half from sparkling water with the turned-off cover. In few months the branch will take roots and new leaflets will appear. All this time is important to watch soil moisture. When the plant finally becomes stronger, the shelter can be removed. Further leaving comes down to regular watering, annual change in more spacious pot with replacement of the soil and to fertilizing. For fertilizing take the manure divorced water in proportion 1:10. Water the soil under house tree this solution 2 times a year, in the spring and in the fall. At first tangerine will expand, then it will blossom beautiful white flowers, and soon you will be able already to regale on its fruits which are grown up with own hand on windowsill.