Mango cultivation
1 Nurseries
1 ) Propagation by Seed
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Prepare the nursery box measures 100 x 50 x 20 cm 3 with a medium garden soil & manure ( 1:1 ) , the seeds were planted at a distance of 10-20 cm . Can also be sown mango orchards with a spacing of 30 x 40 or 40 x 40 cm above the ground that loose . Nursery given shade of plastic / plant debris , but do not let the air in the nursery becomes too moist . Seeds planted with stomach downwards so that the roots are not bent . During seeding , the seedlings should not be short of water . At the age of 2 weeks the seeds will germinate.
If there are more than 1 seed from 1 tiller , leaving only one who is really strong and good . Seedlings in the nursery box should Transplanting into a polybag if it has reached 25-30 cm in height . Seed selection is done at the age of 4 months , seedlings grow abnormally weak and discarded . Pointedness to do if the seed orchard was 6 months old .
2 ) Grafting
The best Propagation is by grafting ( budding attachment of the stem to which the fruit quality rootstock and plant root structures that strong ) . Rootstock for grafting seedlings in the nursery is that have been aged 9-12 months . After attachment , stump ( crop yield grafting ) was transferred to the garden at the age of 1.5 years . Grafting is done in the dry season so that the part that is not affixed foul .
3 ) Transplantation
That will be transplanted stem has a diameter of 2.5 cm and comes from 1 year old plants . Graft incision length was 5 cm . After the incisions were given land and manure ( 1:1 ) , then wrapped in plastic or coco