Super Orchard

Chapter 147 Mangosteen
The fruit of mangosteen is about the same size as a persimmon. Its original name is mangosteen, also known as mangosteen, and it has a dark purple hard shell.

When the shell is peeled off, the white and crystal-clear flesh is exposed, which resembles peeled garlic, forming a ball around each other.

The mangosteen pulp is white and soft, with a sweet and fragrant taste, slightly acidic and cool, lubricating and delicious, relieving fatigue and quenching thirst, growing hair and tonifying kidney. It is a treasure among tropical fruits.

When he was in college in the provincial capital, Shen Yangguang loved eating mangosteens very much. For this reason, he also discovered a trick to choose mangosteens, which is to see how many small petals of the same color as the bottom of the mangosteen and the shell, so how many petals are there inside? pulp.

But whether the mangosteen tastes good has nothing to do with the number of petals in the pulp, but depends on whether it is fresh.

Therefore, when purchasing, Shen Guangguang always chooses fresh mangosteens with green stalks and soft fruits, and gently presses the shell with his fingers. If the skin is hard and dry, and the skin cannot be sunken even with his fingers, and the stalks are dull in color, then this It is not suitable to buy mangosteen.

Unlike durian, where some people love it and some hate it, mangosteen is a fruit that most people like to eat.

In addition to being delicious, the cultivation of mangosteens is extremely demanding on the temperature. There are only sporadic plantings in China. The mangosteens sold in the market are basically imported from Malaysia and Thailand, and the annual import volume reaches tens of millions of tons! This also causes The higher price of mangosteen, after all, rare is more expensive.

Finally, mangosteen has high nutritional value, cosmetic and medicinal value. Now many countries and regions in the world are researching the extract of mangosteen for anti-cancer and other medical purposes.

At the same time, mangosteen can also improve the health of the immune system and make people feel comfortable physically and mentally. It has been more and more respected by people.

Shen Yangguang has long been tempted by this kind of delicious and healthy fruit with a great market prospect and no domestic counterparts. Now that the Jinquan Orchard Zhongshan Bamboo Garden greenhouse is under construction, he has already started to prepare for the purchase of fruit tree seedlings.

Nanfang Guomiao Company couldn't believe it after receiving the call from Shen Yangguang, and confirmed again: "Mr. Shen, do you really want to buy mangosteen saplings?"

Shen Yangguang said affirmatively: "Of course, is there any problem?"

"As far as I know, you are planting fruit trees in a greenhouse in the north. Although durian and jackfruit have survived and even blossomed and bear fruit, mangosteen is much more demanding on the environment than them. It can be said to be a super tropical fruit."

Shen Yangguang originally thought that tropical fruits were similar, but he didn't expect mangosteen to be so special, so he asked, "What are the specific requirements for the environment?"

"Mangosteen cannot survive in an environment below 37 degrees or above [-] degrees. As long as the temperature exceeds this range, the mangosteen saplings will die soon."

Shen Yangguang was a little dumbfounded. He had only heard that fruit trees had a minimum temperature requirement, but had never heard of any fruit trees with an upper limit requirement for the maximum temperature. Is it feasible to lay sunshade nets on the greenhouses when the time comes?"

"It's okay to lay sunshade nets, as long as the temperature doesn't exceed the upper limit, it's best to keep it within 35 degrees. As for the minimum temperature of five degrees just mentioned, it doesn't mean that mangosteen can survive in this environment, but just Just make sure you don’t freeze to death, if you want to grow, the temperature must be above 20 degrees, and when you open an account, you need to keep it above [-] degrees.”

Shen Yangguang thought for a while, judging from the current conditions of the high-tech greenhouses in the orchard, there is no problem at all, so he said: "The temperature is no problem, do you have mangosteen saplings there?"

"Mangosteen saplings are available, but they may not be ideal."

Shen Yangguang breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "As long as you have it, I just said a lot, I thought you didn't have mangosteen saplings! By the way, what did you mean when you said it might not be ideal?"

"Let me tell the truth, because the domestic environment is not suitable for planting mangosteen, so we have cultivated this batch of saplings for more than ten years and have not sold a single one. It stands to reason that after ten years or so, the mangosteen will grow. The flowering and fruiting may be due to the fact that the conditions in our seedling base are not up to standard, and we have not seen a single flower bloom for more than ten years."

"Uh, this is really not ideal. Could it be that there is something wrong with these fruit trees?"

"There is no problem with the fruit trees. We all have special certificates. These saplings were first selected from Malaysia and transported by air. I know the reason for this is the temperature and other factors. There is no problem with the quality. Mr. Shen also knows the reputation of our company. Otherwise, we would not be able to pay the huge liquidated damages.”

Shen Yangguang still trusts this point. He thought that the reason why these mangosteens did not show signs of blooming and fruiting was probably due to the temperature. Mangosteen is not frozen to death.

As for mangosteens that want to bloom and bear fruit, at the Southern Fruit Seedling Company, fruit trees over three years old are basically planted in the open air. Difficult to meet the growth needs of mangosteen flowering and bearing fruit.

Thinking of this, Shen Yangguang did not directly buy fruit trees or say that he would refuse, although the other party said that there is basically no problem. After the mangosteen is bought and entered into a high-tech greenhouse, it should grow well with the assistance of the heating system.

But Shen Yangguang is not completely sure, if after spending so much effort to buy mangosteen seedlings, none of them can bloom and bear fruit, and they can only be used as ornamental trees, wouldn't that be a big loss?

After hanging up the phone, Shen Yangguang called Zhao Chunqiu again for consultation.

"Uncle Zhao, I plan to plant mangosteen in the orchard. I just contacted the Southern Fruit Seedling Company. Their fruit tree seedlings have been planted for more than ten years, and they haven't blossomed yet. Is there something wrong with the fruit tree?"

Zhao Chunqiu was no stranger to Shen Yangguang planting all kinds of tropical fruits in this corner of the northeast, but he was still taken aback when he said that he wanted to plant mangosteen.

Although Zhao Chunqiu's research institute does not study mangosteen, as a professional in the industry, he still has a certain understanding of mangosteen, and he couldn't help but talk about the planting conditions and temperature requirements of mangosteen.

Seeing that Shen Yangguang insisted on planting, Zhao Chunqiu persuaded for a while, then shook his head and smiled wryly: "Since you really want to plant, then plant it, but more thermometers must be placed in the greenhouse to monitor the temperature in the greenhouse at any time. adjusted according to the actual situation.”

"Then can I buy this batch of fruit trees from Southern Fruit Seedling Company?"

"That company has also had many contacts with our research institute. There should be no problem. As for the batch of fruit trees that have not bloomed and bear fruit for more than ten years, I think it should be due to the temperature. There is nothing wrong with the fruit tree seedlings themselves."

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Chunqiu seemed to think of something, and continued: "But there is another problem, that is, those saplings have been planted for more than ten years, and the fruit trees are already extremely tall. If they are transported across the whole country and replanted, the survival rate may be very high. It's a problem."

Regarding the survival rate, Shen Yangguang was not worried at all. He had the golden air current, and any fruit tree could survive. None of the transplanted apple trees in the orchard before died, and instead grew better.

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