Matoa is a type of fruit plant originating from Papua, however matoa fruit is in demand by people throughout Indonesia. This matoa fruit has some special characteristics of flesh that are chewy and rather soft, but some varieties of matoa fruit have a drier and chewy texture like aceh fruit. This matoa plant can grow anywhere, because it is easy to adapt in hot and cold regions. In addition this tree is also more resistant to pests and diseases. That is why the cultivation of matoa fruit is considered to be very potential and beneficial.
Matoa Fruit Cultivation Techniques
Matoa fruit cultivation can be developed in two ways, namely by means of generative use of seeds, and by vegetative means through grafting. Both of these methods have advantages and disadvantages of each. However, most people choose the vegetative way to cultivate this plant, because the planting process is faster, compared to using a generative method by planting matoa fruit seeds which of course requires a very long time, can reach up to 6 years from the planting period.
Vegetative fruit cultivation is done by grafting the parent plant. You can transplant yourself or buy ready-made plant seeds. For the planting process in this way what you need to pay attention to is when transplanting seeds that you have to do carefully, it is not recommended to move the plants by extracting. Plants should be moved along with the soil which is used as a nursery media, so as not to interfere with the growth and development of plant seeds. Therefore, polybag planting media is more recommended to cultivate this matoa plant. How to plant with this media should use organic fertilizer, urea fertilizer, SP fertilizer and lime mixed with soil and made into one. In addition to its better development, this method of planting with polybags also makes it easier to transfer seeds.
How to maintain Matoa fruit cultivation
How to care for this matoa plant is very easy. This makes the cultivation of matoa fruit more attractive. For maintenance, you only need to clean the pests, replacing new seeds, and maintain the planting space so the plants grow well. In addition, you also need to be aware of pests and diseases that can damage plants, such as leaf flies and bats that like to eat ripe matoa fruit. To reduce this pest attack by spraying regularly.
This matoa fruit you can harvest after 6-7 months or according to your care. In order not to damage the fruit, the harvesting process can be done by direct buying or using networking aids. Thus a review related to how to cultivate matoa fruit that we can convey, hopefully useful ..
Description: Matoa fruit cultivation is one of the most potential fruit cultivation businesses, because in addition to being in great demand, the maintenance of this plant is also very easy.
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