How to grow a tangerine at home. Growing tangerine trees from the stone house

Grow and care for mandarin easier. Friendship with this plant can be long and strong.

Growing tangerine from the stone

For sowing, take fresh seeds from ripe tangerines. Use them immediately after removal from the fetus. Bones are poorly stored and after drying quickly lose their germination. Seeds take a little more, in case, if not all ascend.

Before sowing, they are soaked for 10-12 hours in Epin-extra, Zircon growth stimulants. This strengthens the strength of the future plant, stimulates the development of the root system.

A suitable time for sowing is the end of January - the beginning of February, when the light day becomes longer.

The soil for seedlings need loose, nutritious with a high content of phosphorus. This element plays an important role in early growth. A large amount of phosphorus is contained in humus and compost, so organic matter should be in the seedlings.

The bones are placed one by one in separate pots or in common containers, followed by picking. The depth of embedment into the soil is 1 cm. Crops are watered and covered with a plastic bag to provide a greenhouse microclimate.

At this stage, the seedling is not important light, the main thing - heat. For germination you need an air temperature of 20-25 ° C. Crops are regularly watered and ventilated. After 3-4 weeks, shoots appear and cover is removed from the containers.

Seedlings are transferred to a bright place. If it was grown in a container, then after the appearance of two true leaves, one plant is dived into each cup. As soon as the roots fill the entire volume of the cup, the tangerines are planted in larger pots.

Have you bought a mandarin sapling?

Finished seedlings are grown in special greenhouse conditions. Houses such an ideal environment is difficult to create. Therefore, you need to help the plant to adapt: pre-select a suitable place in the house, to create the optimum humidity and air temperature.

When choosing a seedling preference should be given to young copies in containers. Mandarin should have a small shoot with green leaves and healthy roots without damage. Also, be sure to check the seedling for the presence of pests.

Houses bought the plant must be sprayed with any anti-stress medication.

It is better to buy mandarin in early spring or summer, during this period it is easier for plants to adapt to the new environment. All summer he can spend outdoors: on the balcony or in the country. Young tangerine should be protected from direct sun.

Conditions for growing tangerine

Illumination

Like all citrus, mandarin loves light. The best place for him is windowsills or places near the window on the east side. From early in the morning it will be lit by warm, but not burning sunshine. You can put the pots with a plant from the south-east, south or south-west side.

Humidity

In nature, mandarin grows in subtropics with a humid climate. It is difficult in the apartment to provide humidity in 90-95%. But at home, the Mandarin will feel fine and with a humidity of 60-65%.

Simple and low-cost methods of increasing humidity are placing open containers with wet expanded clay or pebbles near the pots of plants. When moisture evaporates, water is poured into the pallets periodically.

But the best and most reliable method of controlling humidity is the use of modern air humidifiers.

We should not forget about the important rule - to keep tangerines away from the heating devices, desiccating the air.

Temperature

During the period of active spring growth, the optimum air temperature is 18-25 ° C. In autumn and winter, the plant can be in cooler conditions - at temperatures of 13-15 ° C.

If the mandarin grows on the windowsill, in the winter they watch that the branches do not touch the cold window and protect it from the frosty air.

The soil

The soil should be light, fertile, neutral in acidity, so sour peat mixes are not used for planting. There are ready-made citrus primers for sale. If the substrate is prepared independently, then equal parts of sod, leaf soil, humus and compost are taken for it.

Care

Watering

Watering the plants with rainwater or tap water. Cold water is warmed to room temperature at 20-25 ° C. If it is watered with cold water, the nutrients will be worse to come and be absorbed by the roots. In the summer and until the autumn, they water frequently and abundantly, but without the bay. Oriented to the appearance of water in the pan - this is a signal that there is enough water. Excess moisture is drained from the pan.

In winter, water less frequently, monitoring the moisture of the topsoil. If during this period mandarin fruits appear, then it is impossible to sharply reduce watering.

Pruning

Mandarin can grow without pruning. But a beautiful plant without forming will not work. Ideally, the mandarin should have a branched fan-shaped form. Due to this, he will be able to maximize the use of sunlight for growth and development. Cardinal pruning is an extreme measure, its plant will suffer painfully.

It is better to regulate growth from the very beginning by pinching and trimming of excess shoots. In spring, the main main shoot is pruned to 15 cm, leaving several buds on top. Of them will begin to grow lateral shoots. For the formation of the main skeletal branches of the future bush leave 3-4 shoots, they are not allowed to grow more than 25 cm. Second-order shoots growing higher are shortened by 10 cm. The next 3-4 orders are another 5 cm. So in 2-3 years a compact tree will be formed . So that it grows evenly, every 10-14 days it should be gradually and carefully turned to the light by different sides.

Top dressing

Plants are fed 1 time in 10-12 days with complex mineral fertilizer for citrus. Organic mandarins like feeding with microelements, alternate with mineral nutrition. Can be used in low concentrations of mullein infusion with the addition of urea or infusions of green herbs: nettle, dandelion and other weeds.

In winter, mandarins do not feed. At this time, the activity of the plant is reduced, and the roots will not absorb nutrients. Fertilizers will begin to accumulate in the soil above the norm.

After transplantation also need to wait with dressings. In the new soil enough food for the plant for 1-2 months.

Transfer

Tangerines transplanted as they grow. Young and three-seven-year-old plants are transplanted annually, more adult - 1 time in 5 years.

An indication for a planned transplant is the expansion of the root system in a pot. Transplantation is carried out in late winter - early spring. The diameter of the new pot should not exceed the size of the former by more than 3-5 cm.

Mandarin will transfer the transplant painlessly, if it is carefully transferred to a new container along with part of an earthen coma. Before and after the transplant the plant is watered. In the new pot must do drainage. It is better for him to use claydite, as it does not make the pot heavier.

Over time, white salt bloom forms on the soil surface due to hard watering. It is advisable to replace 2-2.5 cm of the upper layer in a pot 2 times a year.

Care issues

How to achieve fruiting mandarin?

To speed up the fruiting will help the use of a number of techniques:

Presowing seed treatment with growth and fruit growth stimulants. The most popular: "Epin-extra", "Zircon", sodium humate, "Heteroauxin". These drugs help plants from an early age to adapt to dry air, lack of lighting.
Selection of the strongest seedlings: without crooked shoots, with large leaves and a stocky crown.
Balanced diet. Regular fertilizing with phosphorus-potassium fertilizers in combination with microelements stimulate fruit formation.
Nip the tips of the excess shoots saves the power of the plant and helps to form the crown with short branches-carcasses.
Furrowing and banding - ancient techniques that allow the redistribution of nutrients to the crown and thereby accelerate the formation of fruit buds.
Graft. Graft - a young tangerine stalk, cut in early spring, connected with seedling seedlings grown from the seed of any citrus. After 2-3 years, a single plant is formed, which begins to bloom and bear fruit.

How to self-instil Mandarin?

In addition to plant material, a sharp knife and a strong elastic polyethylene tape 0.5 cm wide will be needed for grafting mandarin. Several grafts can be made on one tree at once.

Common vaccination methods:

over the top. The stock is cut at a height of 5-10 cm from the root collar and split 3-5 cm in the middle. At the bottom of the graft cutting, oblique wedge-shaped cuts of the same length are made as the depth of the splitting. Then gently insert this wedge into the stock. The junction is secured by strapping.
simple and improved copulation. Suitable for rootstock and scion of the same thickness. At their ends make oblique cuts and connect. Both parts must be tightly aligned when connecting. The junction is tied with a ribbon.
budding. The cut kidney from the varietal cutting is inserted under the incised bark of the stock and secured with tape.

Why do flowers fall?

If the plant does not have enough strength and energy to germinate all the fruits, then it will itself regulate flowering and get rid of excess ovaries.
High indoor temperature adversely affects the formation of flowers. Because of the heat, the flowers and ovaries fall off or the flowering process is postponed to a later date.
Mandarin can react to irregular watering by dropping flowers, for example, if the soil in the pot is over-dried and then watered with plenty of water.
Excess nitrogen in the dressings leads to an increased build-up of green mass, few flowers are formed and soon they begin to fall.

Why do the leaves turn yellow and fall?

One of the reasons is lack of nitrogen and iron.

In the first case, yellowing begins with the lower leaves and spreads to the whole plant. When nitrogen deficiency mandarin sprayed with a solution of urea or boric acid - 1 g per 1 liter of water.

With chlorosis - a disease caused by a lack of iron, first the young leaves become light yellow, then change color and old leaves. From chlorosis mandarin is sprayed once a month with iron chelate.

In addition to the lack of nutrients, the leaves may turn yellow and fall due to:

dry air in the room;
drafts;
overdose of fertilizers;
place changes;

Leaf fall can be caused by natural causes - the onset of dormant time in the autumn-winter period.

Pests and diseases

All citrus fruits are very fond of pests. They get on them from the street through the open windows and doors, they move from the neighboring plants.

Spider mite

In dry air, the spider mite is the most sworn enemy. Its presence can be determined by the thin white web on the shoots and leaves.

At the beginning of the infection will help spraying plants with water. In advanced cases, do not do without chemical insecticides.

Aphid

Small and fertile insect of yellow or green color. Able to give over the summer for more than 20 generations. The larvae winter in the ground, on the sprouts of mandarin. Adult individuals live on leaves, buds, flowers, feeding on their juices.

In the initial stages, the aphids can be completely washed off under a strong jet of hot shower. Water temperature should be between 50-60 ° C. Mass colonies are destroyed by insecticides .

Shchitovka

With the shield more difficult to fight - pest protects waxy brown patina. The larvae are almost imperceptible. Adult insects, like small turtles, are easy to see along the veins on the back of the leaves. They are inactive and firmly stick to the leaves. With a strong infection, the leaves and stalks are covered with sticky secretions, and the plant may die.

Flushing normal water in the fight will not help. The best remedies for scythes are Aktara and Actellic drugs.

In addition to pests, dangerous diseases can interfere with the development and destruction of mandarin.

Anthracnose

This is a common fungal disease. It begins with the appearance of light spots on the leaves, then they turn brown. The disease spreads to branches, shoots, flowers. On fruit dark spots are formed around the stalk.

It provokes the development of the disease increased humidity. Damaged parts must be trimmed, and healthy parts must be treated with fungicides.

Late blight

This is a fungal disease. Brown oily spots appear on the trunk.

The affected areas must be cleaned and treated with fungicides. Read more about blight read.

Gommoz

It affects the trunk and tangerine sprouts, brown spots appear on them. In diseased areas, the crust dies, and cracks appear, from which golden liquid (gum) is released. The main causes are a shortage of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and mechanical damage. Another reason may be a strong burial of the plant during planting or lack of drainage.

Sore spots are cleaned, treated with blue vitriol and.

At home, the mandarin is a miniature bush or tree 0.5–2 m high. For your care, he will thank you with fragrant and juicy fruits. But without the fruits, it looks beautiful and original.

How to grow tangerines yourself? Learn about this from the video.

You can grow a tree with the help of saplings or plant a seed. If problems can arise with a seedling, then you definitely won't have any seeds. You can go to any store near the house and buy tangerines. In its tender and juicy flesh, you will definitely find a couple of seeds, from which you can grow tangerine at home.

But, like any plant, this tree requires a special relationship to itself. Growing a plant from a stone has its own special secrets.

Seed preparation

Those who have ever tried to germinate seeds know that it is better if the stones are soaked before. To do this, the bones can be put in a damp cloth made from natural fibers, and left alone for 2-3 days, putting the house in a warm place. Just make sure that the cloth always remains wet and periodically wet it. After a few days, the roots will begin to appear.

Only it is necessary to avoid an excess of moisture, the seeds should not float in water! It is better to immediately germinate up to 10 pieces or more, because to germinate all at once will not work, some of them will die before rooting. Then choose the strongest and healthiest plant that grows at home.

If you are not sure that you can keep track of the humidity of the fabric, go to a specialty store and buy a special hydrogel. It will not only create optimal humidity, but will feed the already sprouted sprout. The main thing is to immerse the bones in the middle of the gel, and not just scatter them on the surface.

Soil preparation

When choosing a soil for your tree, immediately abandon the use of peat, this soil dries out too quickly, and there are few nutrients in it. Ideal would be a primer made by yourself, for this you need the following:

Forest soil - 2 parts;
Humus - 2 parts;
Sand - 1 part.

But, if it is not possible to mix the ingredients yourself, then you can buy in the store the soil with a neutral pH. For example, a mixture of "Rose" or "Biohumus", there is a special mixture for growing citrus fruits, but it is not always possible to find it.

How to plant a seed

When the bone is swollen, the root has sprouted and sprouted, it is time to plant it at home. You do not know what the grown seed looks like, look at the photos better so as not to make mistakes.

For planting fit a small pot or pot, a volume of more than four liters. Before falling asleep the ground, pour drainage to the bottom. It may be small pebbles, nutshell, expanded clay, etc. Then we fill the pot with earth, leaving about 6 cm from the top edge. Place the seeds on the ground, preferably several pieces at once, and fill them with another four centimeters of earth.

It is best to place a pot with stones in a warm place, ideally, if on the south side and be sure to monitor the condition of the soil. The ground should be wet, but not wet. And temperature - not below 20 ° C. Remember, you have a guest from a warm, southern country who needs special care.

What you need to do for active growth

Landing has passed, but you need to wait two or three weeks before the plants themselves become noticeable. In general, the mandarin is quite slow in the growth of the tree. It may stop growing for several months. But if you give him everything you need at home, then after a few years your view will delight a beautiful tree.

For growth and development to go right, you need to take into account such factors as temperature and lighting, watering and feeding, transplanting and more.

Lighting

Lighting has important beneficial properties for growth. Plentiful sunlight requires him at least 12 hours a day all year round. But at the same time in the spring and summer in the hottest hours, when direct sunlight falls, the tree needs to be pritenyat. Temperature - do not let the temperature decrease at home, where mandarin grows, should be no lower than +13. But the temperature of +40 ° C and above the plant uneasy, if only the humidity was sufficient.

Spraying

Very fond of this plant moisture. Dry earth and air can lead to death. Therefore, if the apartment has dry air, care includes spraying the leaves and stems from a spray bottle and wiping it with a cloth from dust.

Useful properties has a monthly shower procedure.

Watering

Watering mandarin at home is necessary when the layer of earth is drying from above. Just take a lump and rub it between your fingers. The earth crumbles when pressed - it is time to water. But excessive watering will lead to rotting roots.

Tap water is absolutely not suitable for citrus plants, as it contains chlorine and metal salts. Such water will not bring any benefit to the plant, and it will also cause the appearance of spots on the leaves, disrupt the metabolic processes in the shoot, which will have a negative impact on the cultivation. It is better to pour water from a hot tap, putting it to stand for at least a day, and it will be suitable for watering.

If you live in your own home, then it is better to take water in a well or a stream, putting it to warm to room temperature. But rainwater is better not to use, too much of it now contains various chemical impurities and all the useful properties in it are gone.

In winter, a tree should be watered with water heated to a temperature of at least +30 ° C. In the summer with this it is easier to put water on the window and the heated question will decide the sun for you.

Top dressing

With the advent of the first leaflets, you can begin feeding and do it at intervals twice a month, with both organic and mineral fertilizers. There are also citrus fertilizers on sale. Top dressing is done on the next day after watering, otherwise the roots will be burned. When the plant takes the form of a tree, feeding is carried out only in the spring and autumn period. In winter, the beneficial properties of feeding are lost, as the plant is resting.

Transfer

With growth, the tree should be transplanted once a year into a larger pot. Pick a new one with a diameter of 3 cm more than the previous one. The best time for transplant is February-March. Transplantation is carried out by transshipment, preserving the old clod of earth and filling the sides with fresh soil. After two weeks, the plant always starts the period of growth activation, at such a time it is better to feed the tree.

Pest and disease control

For a plant cultivated at home, the enemies are gnawing and sucking pests, as well as viruses and fungi. The most common ones are spider mites, aphids, scutes, thrips, etc. The care lies in their destruction. Use natural biopreparations that have useful properties - an infusion of onion peels or garlic.

The appearance of the house earthen flips-thrips - the first sign of a wet ground, constantly loosen the earth and allow the top layer to dry out.

But the infection of a mandarin grown from the seed with flakes or spider mite can lead to the death of the plant. If you notice the thinnest cobweb on the stems and leaves, make sure that this is not the work of the spider and urgently treat it with special preparations, for example, “Aktellik”, but others will do. But clearly follow the instructions for the drug.

You can apply and folk remedies - laundry soap and tobacco dust mixed in the following proportions - 10 grams added to a solution of 1 tbsp. spoon, filled with a glass of water and infused for 6 days. The resulting solution is necessary to spray the plant 3 times, with an interval of 6 days.

Vaccination and mandarin fruit

After about eight years, the grown tree will bloom and bear fruit. Only the fruits are beautiful and green, but not very tasty, very sour.

If you want to grow the same fruits as in the store, then you can not do without vaccination. To do this, you need to buy the stalk of the desired variety or search the fruit-bearing plant for acquaintances. It is necessary to perform the grafting operation with a sterile instrument, but it is up to you to decide which incision is better. Look at the photo and choose the best for your plant.

But remember that you need to vaccinate clearly and quickly, thinking through everything in advance. Caring for the junction is in the processing of garden barb and bandage.

Mandarin grown at home is up to 1.5 m high. When it blossoms or bears fruit, you always want to capture it in a photo, because the tree simply attracts the eye with its beauty.

Everyone who has seen home tangerines from friends dreams that they have a citrus tree with fragrant flowers in their home as well. Many fear the fear that they lack the strength and knowledge to properly care for such an exotic pet.

Indeed, some citrus indoor plants require specific growing conditions, but not mandarin, its care is quite simple: it is unpretentious and hardy to live on ordinary window sills of Russian apartments. Everyone can grow a tangerine from a sapling purchased at a flower shop, since it is already a grafted fruit tree.

If you cannot afford to allocate money to buy a plant from your home budget, you can grow a tangerine at home on your own. To do this, you need to have only a few bones taken from ordinary fruits.

Homemade citrus fruits: mandarin decorative

It will take several years, and you will be full of pride from a slender tree with very beautiful shiny leaves. Citrus aroma will be distributed throughout the apartment, which will give your home an additional comfort and convenience.

The tangerine tree is from the ruta family of spherical shape, the leaves are evergreen, are replaced every four years, the flowers are white, smelling good.

This citrus tree is propagated by seeds or vegetatively. Most often, many homes have room tangerines grown from seeds. But this is only an ornamental houseplant that improves the interior of the apartment, but is absolutely not fruitful or has very small inedible fruits.

In farms, fruit citrus fruits are always produced by grafting to get tasty fruits. A similar operation to be done and you, if you decide to feast on juicy vitamins. If you just want to try the power to grow citrus plants on your own, then you will succeed in this.

Make room for them on the south side, if you have poisonous plants, then they are not the best neighbors for room citrus, move them to another window sill.

How to grow tangerine at home from the usual stone

Seed soaking

Anyone who has experienced growing seedlings from seed knows that they need to swell. Take a few tangerine seeds and soak them in gauze for several days. There should not be too much water, let the fabric be slightly damp, and you will just add water as needed.

If you have only one home mandarin in your plans, let it be 10-15 seeds anyway: not all will germinate, some will die from diseases, and someone will die “the death of the brave” when you try to plant the plant on your own for the first time.

There is no desire to deal with gauze - hydrogel, which is sold in specialized stores, will help you. Landscaping professionals, ordinary gardener lovers, use it as much as possible, as this is a great plant protection from the heat.

Hydrogel is like drip irrigation, but in our case it will not be added to the soil, but will serve instead of gauze, as it perfectly retains moisture. Bones should be kept in the middle of the gel so that they do not dry out.

Landing

The sunflower seeds are transplanted into a pot or a regular box for seedlings. Some do not wait until the bones swell, and immediately planted them into the ground. The sprout appears a little later, but it looks no worse than the one that grew out of the soaked seed.

What kind of primer is required to get a mandarin at home? You can not use peat: often sour, quick-drying, does not have special nutritional properties. It is in almost all mixtures sold in stores, so the ground for growing citrus fruits will have to be prepared by yourself:

sod land - 3 parts;
leaf earth - 1 part;
rotted cow dung - 1 part;
sand - 1 part;
small amount of clay.

For citizens, such manipulations are unreal, so try to buy a neutral soil, nourishing "Rose" or "Biohumus". According to reviews on the Internet, it is well suited to the cultivation of citrus succeeded. In extreme cases, you can take the usual land and mix with a small amount of ash, superphosphate and organic fertilizer.

At the bottom of the pot do not forget to put expanded clay or pebbles for drainage. When will the first leaves appear? Citrus houses begin to actively grow after three weeks from the time of planting.

Room citrus fruits: care, nutrition, protection

As soon as the first shoots appeared, they should be fed every two weeks with mineral and organic fertilizers.

It is remarkable that there are special fertilizers for the care of citrus plants on sale. First, the tree is watered, and then fertilizer occurs.

Repotting such a houseplant should be in the spring every year, trying to maintain a holistic earth around the roots. When the tangerine tree at home reaches eight years, the transplant is done in a year.

Mandarin loves the sun, the window on the south side is an ideal place for him, but so that in winter the temperature does not fall below 14 degrees. Every week, room tangerine should be sprayed, high humidity is vital for it, so let next to the pot will always be dishes with water.

Watering a tangerine tree in the summer should be very abundant several times a day, in winter - up to three times a week as the soil dries with water at room temperature. Active feeding of citrus fruits takes place from April to September, from which fruits will grow sweeter.

Many young room citrus die from pests that are almost invisible to humans: the red spider mite, citrus whitefly, shield insects.

If you look closely, you can see that the plant is entwined with the smallest cobweb, detrimental to it. Look through seedlings regularly to discover the problem at an early stage.

There are drugs "Actellic", "Fitoverm", designed to thoroughly wash all the sheets above and below with a solution. Proceed with the enclosed instructions, spraying is not effective, therefore only washing, which is repeated a week later several times.

How to grow fruit-bearing mandarin

Mandarin from the stone in nature begins to bear fruit after 4-5 years. This will be the so-called wilderness, with tasteless fruit. Vaccination of mandarin is the acceleration of fruiting, getting appetizing fruits. It is done in the sap flow: April, early May, August. In other months, success is not possible, a good result also depends on quick, accurate actions during vaccination in a clean environment.

What should be prepared for grafting a tangerine tree:

a stock is your plant, grown from a stone, with a trunk no thinner than 6 mm (like a pencil);
graft - fresh stalk or peephole, taken from a fruiting citrus, from a branch not older than two years;
garden pitch;
elastic tape;
inoculation grafting knife.

At the stem of the stock at a height of 10 cm, an incision is made in the shape of the letter T: horizontal - 1 cm, vertical - 2-4 cm. The graft is prepared: spikes are removed, leaf blades are removed. Carefully cut the kidney with a small layer of wood and inserted into the incision. The place of "operation" is carefully wrapped with tape. The plant after vaccination is placed under a jar or plastic bag to create the necessary humidity and microclimate.

Only a month later it will be clear whether the budding turned out or not. Let there be some experimental samples, since it will no longer be possible to redo it - the period of sap flow has passed. It is best to begin experiments in the spring, if there is no success - repeat at the end of the summer.

As you have seen that the bud has sprouted - the sprout is accustomed to air outside the can. Airing gradually increases, the winding is removed. A month later, when the new shoot is already growing well: the stock rootstock is carefully cut with a knife 3 mm obliquely higher from the base of the shoot and covered with garden pitch. The stick is placed in the pot to teach the tangerine tree to grow vertically at home. That's all! Successes to you, do not forget to water, fertilize and spray your citrus tree.

Instruction

After 2-3 weeks, the scion stalk dried up and disappeared? So you did everything right.

A month later, the stock is cut off. This is done in stages: first, 10 cm above the vaccination, and then directly above it. At the same time can tape.

How to grow tangerine from the bone with his own hands at home?

The process of growing a tree from a stone consists of several stages:

The first stage is the preparation of pits.

The very first thing to do is to make the selected seeds swell.

To do this, you can buy seeds, but you can take them from the tangerine (only pre-dried).

The main thing to remember is that there should not be a lot of water.

Gauze should be wet. For one tree, you need to prepare about fifteen seeds, since not all will swell and give sprouts.

The second stage - planting / soil preparation

Hacked seeds must be planted in a pot.

Only first you need to choose the right soil / soil. The ideal option would be to purchase a special soil for citrus trees.

However, this is not so important, the soil is also suitable.

Since the home tangerine tree is unpretentious. Therefore, you can choose a mixture of soil from sod and leaves.

It is important to remember that it is impossible to choose peat, as it quickly sours and dries, moreover, it has a minimum of beneficial bacteria.

And you can also make a soil mix with your own hands. For this you will need: sand, turf, humus, leaf soil, clay.

For drainage needed: small pebbles, expanded clay, brick chips. Next to the bottom of the pot drainage layer runs out, and on top of it - the soil mixture.

Only after that, you can plant ready-made bones, which will sprout in a few weeks.

The third stage - care

At the initial stage of growth, the future tangerine tree does not need any care. But as soon as it gives the first shoots, you need a special feeding.

Can be fertilized with organic and inorganic nutrients.

However, for the best effect, you should purchase supplements for citrus representatives.

Which tangerine is necessary to use the bones?

Grow a tangerine tree from seed is not difficult.

The main thing to remember, in order for the seed to sprout, you need a large mandarin.

Remove from it you need only the most solid hard stones.

At home, it is best to engage in the cultivation of low-growing representatives. In principle, you can plant any kind of citrus plants.

But to obtain a fragrant harvest, preference should be given to such varieties of mandarin as:

Skoroplodny Unshiu. This variety refers to the yield and unpretentious. This is a low-growing tree with large foliage. And if you properly care, this variety will delight the fruits all the time.
Room Murcott. This variety pleases sweet, honey fruits.
Early wore Shiva-Mikan. An unpretentious, roomy representative of citrus. It smells strong and gives fruit.
Clementine. It will easily become a wild species so that this does not happen, a vaccination against domesticated mandarin is needed.

How to sprout bones before planting and check germination?

Before planting, you must prepare the seeds themselves in the amount of fifteen pieces. After all, not everyone will come. Next, you need to sprout bones.

This can be done like this:

A small piece of gauze needs to be folded several times. Then, in the resulting gauze segment you need to fold the bones. And constantly wet with water for a couple of days. After a while the seeds will be ready. They swell and hatch.
In addition, you can purchase a hydrogel. When interacting with water, it swells, besides, it creates excellent conditions for seed germination. Place the tangerine seed is necessary in the central layer of the hydrogel, as in the bottom a lot of moisture, and the top quickly dries.
Still not to prepare a seed. Plant directly into the prepared soil, and wait for the sprouts. Only at the same time it is necessary not to forget about watering defended with water.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to determine whether the seed will rise or not. However, practice shows that there are some points that need to be paid attention to.

There is one interesting way - you need to take the selected bones and put them in a bowl with water. The bones that went to the bottom are alive, which means they will germinate. But those who surfaced are dead and will not give germs.

How to cook the right soil, plant and water?

Soil for tangerine wood can be purchased already ready in a special store. And you can do it yourself.

This will require: the top layer of the earth, located in deciduous trees, river sand, humus, ash.

The recipe for preparing the soil will be as follows:

leafy ground - two glasses;
river sand - one glass;
humus - three tablespoons;
ash - one tablespoon.

At the beginning of the bottom of the pot is laid drainage, consisting of small stones, brick chips and expanded clay.

From above the ready ground is laid. Here such soil can already be planted prepared tangerine seeds.

And you need to plant as follows: each bone is placed in the deepening of the soil for four centimeters.

Water the tangerine plant should be as the soil dries.

At the same time it is impossible to allow full drying of the earth. The soil moisture must be monitored continuously, especially in the warm season.

Water for watering should be boiled. In addition, it must be defended for several days immediately before watering.

The emergence of the first shoots and proper care after the emergence of sprouts

It is impossible to say exactly when the first shoots will appear.

Each time you need a different amount of time. Sometimes germination occurs after a few days, sometimes after a fortnight, and sometimes after a month.

In any case, the important point is to monitor the humidity and temperature.

After the sprouts rise, it is necessary first of all to maintain the soil moisture and create additional lighting.

Care of small shoots is:

Watering. For the best growth of seedlings in the prepared water, you can add a little potassium permanganate.
Spraying. As well as for watering, settled water is necessary.
Do I need to cover the tangerine plant, the right lighting, watering, care and transplanting
Every year the plant is transplanted into a larger pot. The plant should feel comfortable. When the mandarin reaches the age of four, it is transplanted into a wooden container and left to grow for several years.
Mandarin transplant should be carried out in the spring, when the citrus representative wakes up completely. Begin transplanting should be a small dig, so as not to damage the roots.

Tips:

To the ground better moved away from the walls of the pot, it must be moistened.
To root with the ground moved, the pot needs a little knock.
Tangerine tree must be carefully taken by the trunk and pull out, not brushing off the old soil.
Tangerine tree must be placed in a prepared container and filled with new soil from above.
Strongly tamp the plant is not necessary. It is necessary to water and put in the sun.
Tangerine plants need sunlight. The more light, the tastier and more abundant the harvest.
Mandarin soil should always be wet. In the summer it is necessary to water every day, and in the winter several times a week.
In winter, the tangerine plant does not need to be fed, but in the warm season it needs to be fertilized. The tree will need several nutrients a month. Fertilizers containing phosphorus, potassium and nitrogen, as well as mineral compounds are necessary.
Cover the tangerine tree with cellophane is necessary only for vegetative reproduction.

Features and important points when growing tangerine tree at home

When growing tangerine tree at home, it is necessary to take into account the features and important points:

Mandarin loves sunshine. Therefore, it should be placed on the illuminated side of the window sill.
He quickly gets used to the lighting from one side. Therefore, in order not to injure the plant. It must be rotated with care, so as not to disturb the metabolism of foliage.
For proper development, the mandarin requires accurate temperature, in summer it is 16 ° - 21 °, and in winter 12 ° - 15 °. It is imperative to monitor the temperature so that the plant does not wither.
Mandarin loves spraying and peeling. This is especially true for foliage.
Constant monitoring of soil moisture is necessary.
Mandarin should stand apart from the poisonous for him indoor plants.
Is it possible to grow mandarin at home and after what time

To grow a fragrant tangerine tree from a stone at home is quite real, and you do not need special skills.

It is the power of everyone.

Such an exotic plant has its advantages:

it is not whimsical and tenacious;
is a wonderful interior decoration;
will constantly delight with fragrant bouquet and greenery;
considered an excellent antidepressant;
does not require special care;
you can grow a tree from any purchased mandarin;
can grow both from the bone and from the shoot.

You can grow tangerine at any time.

First you need to prepare the seeds. It will take several days. Then ready seeds need to be planted in the ground.

The first shoots seem somewhere in a month. The development of a fruit tree will take about five years.

In conclusion, it should be noted that growing tangerine trees at home is not a difficult task.

The main thing is to follow certain rules.

Their observance will bring joy to the beginning gardener.