Apple Cultivation

Apple Cultivation

Agriculture Technology

Apple is a fruit crop which is very widely grown in the highlands that have cool air. This tree has a sturdy stems and leaves dense of a long stem. Apples are known to have many kinds, ranging from green apple, red apple, apple poor, etc. In addition as the consumption of fruit, the apple is also the raw material of snacks such as chips, dodol, cookies, and soft drinks. Even if processed by the fermentation of apple cider vinegar can be made useful as a medicinal herb. So many benefits of apples signifies that the fruit of this one can be used as an alternative to a business that you can run. Before deciding to cultivation, you have to do is:

Seeding

Seeding dapaet done in three ways: (1) Seedlings / siwilan, by separating plant saplings of basic plant taken bersaa parent tree roots. Tillers characterized by having a height of 30 cm, diameter 0.5 cm, and brown bark. (2) Rundukan, done by a long tiller attached recline soil, then the soil and carrying heavy objects so as not lifted until it comes out and then cut and plant roots. (3) Cuttings, by cutting the apple stem good with a length of 15-20 cm and then plant it on land.

Maintenance Seed

Do watering the seeds that have been sown with care on a regular basis once a week. Place the seedlings in the shade to avoid the rain and hot sun directly. Make fertilization 1-2 months with urea and TSP respectively 5 grams per plant. Immediately do replanting if seeds are dead. Apply weeding the weeds and seeds are attacked by weeds. Make sure the seeds grow well, trim if there are roots coming out of the polybag. The seedlings are ready to be moved after the age of 6 months after grafting. Seedlings are cut with 80-100 cm tall and the leaves diptong.

Land preparation

Land preparation that must be done is to sprinkle compost / manure on land planted with komosisi 2 tons / hectare. Provision of basic nutrition is done during 3-4 weeks prior to the tillage of the soil by plowing or hoeing. This is so that the soil becomes loose and contain the basic nutrients. If the soil pH is low, add lime / dolomite that soil pH to neutral. After that the land set aside for 2-3 weeks before planting. Make the planting hole with the size of 50x50x50 cm.

Planting

Remove the plastic bag and place it in the hole seedbed that has been made. Make sure the plant upright position and place it carefully so that the roots are not damaged. Cover the hole with soil and surrounding ground and pressing gently. Then flush that soil moisture is maintained. Post a marker if needed to avoid collapse exposed to the wind.

Maintenance

Maintenance is done is (1) weeding, made when weeds and wild grasses thickened around the young plants, jiika spacing of the meeting will rarely grow grass. (2) pembubungan, done by raising the soil around the plant to avoid stagnant water. (3) Elimination of pests and diseases, carried out on plant pests and diseases by providing a suitable and appropriate pesticide doses. (4) Perampalanan, done so that the plant can grow optimally apple with cut end of the stem and cut the shoots low to prevent evaporation. (6) Fertilization, performed after entering the age of 3 months in conjunction with the weeding and perampalan.

Harvest

Apples can be harvested after 120-141 days after anthesis (flower bloom after 4-5 months of age). Harvest should be done when the plants at the level of physiological maturity (ripening). Characteristics that maximum fruit size, smell of fresh, bright fruit color and fruit skin looks fresh, when pressed felt sharp. Furthermore, harvesting can be done every 6 months.