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How to Cultivate Soursop

Soursop is one type of fruits are quite popular in Indonesia. This fruit will be the same freshness and can be consumed directly or made into the juice. There are so many types of soursop that can be found in Indonesia. Among the many types of soursop, there are two types that are quite popular among the people.


Types of Graviola

First is soursop honey. This type of soursop is famous for its taste that is sweeter when compared with other types of soursop. Fruit texture texture is very soft and fresh. No wonder if soursop honey often used as dessert or made into juice.

Another popular type of soursop is soursop queens. Soursop queens name obtained from the spreading area of this plant is commonly found in the vicinity of Pelabuhan Ratu, Sukabumi. Soursop queen sizes vary with the texture of fruit flesh that is starchy and tastes sweet. Like soursop honey, type of soursop queen is also very suitable for consumption in fresh or juice.

Seeing the potential of soursop fruit is very promising, many people who try to cultivate this plant itself, both for personal needs and for business purposes.

Characteristic of Soursop Plant

Before starting to cultivate soursop plants, you should know the characteristics of this plant. Soursop fruit is usually dark green when it has matured. The skin of the fruit has a slick texture with many thorns on its surface. This plant can be found in rainforest areas spread throughout Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. Although at first this plant is a wild plant, currently soursop plants have been cultivated widely among the community.

Soursop tree has an oval leaves with pointed tip. The surface of the leaves is shiny green while the fruit is oval-shaped like a heart shape. Besides being used as a dessert dish or juice maker, soursop fruit is also known for its usefulness as an herbal medicine. Nutritional content in soursop fruit is also high enough to make this fruit as one source of good nutrition for the body.

Nurseries

Nowadays more and more people are learning about soursop flowering technique considering its very abundant benefits. If you want to try to cultivate this plant, the first thing you should learn is how to get soursop seeds and planting techniques that should be used.

Soursop seeds can be obtained through two ways, namely through sowing seeds seeds or through grafting techniques. You should also consider the ideal spacing between soursop trees with each other. The ideal spacing for good soursop is 3 x 4 m or 4 x 6 meters, depending on the soursop varieties cultivated and the size of the land.

Treatment Plant

In addition to good planting methods, other things to consider when cultivating soursop plants are plant maintenance and maintenance of land. Maintaining soil fertility and maintaining the land properly is very important to maintain the quality of soursop fruit produced. Make sure the area around the base of the tree is free of weeds. You should also pay attention to irrigation land because soursop is a plant that is very susceptible to dry conditions.

Fertilization

Good fertilization is also highly recommended in the way of soursop cultivation. You can use manure or NPK fertilizer with small doses that can be administered several times over a period of one year. Cutting off the soursop tree branch is also necessary to maintain the quality of the plant.

Pest Control

In addition you should also keep soursop plants from various types of pests and diseases that can attack and damage the soursop plants you cultivate. Most soursop pests can be eradicated by conventional means without the use of anti-pest drugs. For example, you can wrap soursop fruit using a plastic bag or paper to protect it from fruit fly pests.