Mangosteen / Garcinia mangostana - Fruit Plants & Tree
Mangosteen / Garcinia mangostana - Fruit Plants & Tree
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Details steps of how to grow and maintain your plant
About the Fruit -
- Mangosteen is a tropical evergreen fruit plant.
- It is highly valued for its juicy, delicate texture and slightly astringent flavor and is commonly eaten fresh, canned, or dried.
- The fruits are low in calories and high in antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals and also have lots of essential nutrients, but no saturated fats or cholesterol.
Maximum Height - It is a slow-growing plant that can reach up to 6-8 meters in height & spread.
Blooming Time - In India, there are 2 different blooming seasons Monsoon (July - October) and April - June.
Fruiting Time - It starts fruiting after 5-6 years of planting.
Growing Tips -
- It needs full sunlight but needs to protect the young plant from harsh sunlight for 2-3 years.
- It loves to grow in tropical climates with high humidity and an average temperature range between 20- 35° C.
- The fruit can do well in average rainfall, but long droughts can affect the productivity of the fruit.
- A sandy loam, fertile soil with a good amount of Organic matter, is ideal for growing Mangosteens.
- They don't like waterlogged conditions.
INSIDE THE BOX
| S.No. | PRODUCT NAME | DIMENSION |
| 1. | Mangosteen Plant | 1-2 Feet Height |
| 2. | Growing Pot (Black color) | 6 Inch |
**above specifications are for indicative purpose only, actual dimensions may slightly vary.
INITIAL CARE FOR 10-15 DAYS JUST AFTER RECEIVING YOUR PLANT
- Remove the Packaging Materials carefully.
- Press the soil in the pot & add additional soil(garden mix) if necessary.
- Maintain moisture in the pot, Do not overwater it may kill your plant, so make sure that the soil should be dry between watering.
- Make sure that plants get enough morning direct bright light(2-3hrs) for 10-15 days & do not go for immediate transplanting (minimum 1 month)
- After 1 month you can transplant it directly into the ground.
- Just prune if any branch of the plant is get damaged in transits. New leaves will come definitely.
Selected plant of 8-10 inches
Planted into a 5-inch pot
With healthy, moisture-retaining soil
A care instruction sheet for maintenance guide
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Every, fruit plants vary in their fruiting time, depends on location, climate & age of the plants. Generally, Grafted fruit plants starts fruiting within 2 years of planting, where as non-grafted plants take more than 2 years. You can check the fruiting time of each plant in the plant description.
No, Majority of fruit plants are not delivered with fruits. But some grafted fruit plants can be delivered with fruits and flowers mostly Citrus, Guava, Star fruit, Fig, Ber etc. But it is recommended to remove the flowers during early days, so that plants can get more branches and physical strength.
Grafting is a technique where two plants part are combined together so that they can grow together. Most commonly seen in Mango. Air Layering is also a vegetative propagation technique where a plant is produced while it is still attached to its parent's plants. Commonly seen in Guava. Stem cutting is a vegetative propagation technique, where soft, semi-hard, or hardwood stem is cut with 2-3 nodes and used for the multiplication of plants. Commonly seen in flowering & ornamental plants.
Yes, the grafted fruit trees produce fruit earlier, than the non-grafted fruit plants.
These are some of the rare and new fruit plants and it's varities, which are not avialable everywhere in our country.
