Planting oranges should be done in the beginning of the rainy season (Monsoon season) because the risk of plant death is comparatively low in the rainy season. Rainwater helps the plant to fix faster. But, the best time for planting orange plant is from July to August.

Propagation in Orange Farming

Propagation Method

An Orange tree can be reproduced by seed or with the help of vegetative propagation, by T-budding.

Learn how to grow an orange tree from a seed in few steps.

1. Prepare a pot, having sterilized pot soil
2. Plant your orange seed into this pot at about 1/2 inch depth in pot soil
3. Cover this pot by using any wrapping material
4. Keep this pot in a warm place and give some time to grow
5. When seedling appears, move your pot to the sunny and open area so that it can grow well
6. Water it regularly

However, planting oranges with the help of budding are fast growing & high yielding in nature.

Spacing

Prepare a pit, having size 80 cm X 80 cm X 80 cm. Add about 10 kg of rotten cow dung manure to the topsoil of the pit. Plant the Oranges, keeping a distance of 7 meters between the rows and 7 meters apart. However, the spacing in orange cultivation depends on the type of soil, method and the cultivars, selected for the cultivation.

Friends, for high-density orange planting, this spacing may be less. With less spacing, it is able to plant about 120 plants per one acre. Watering should be done, just after the planting.

Irrigation in Orange Farming

How often to water orange trees? Friends, Orange plant require more water as like theBanana Plant. for the repetitive growth of fruit plant. However, irrigation in your orange farm depends on many factors like agro-climatic condition, plant age, and soil type. Give water your orange trees at a regular interval like at a week in the summer season and at 10 days from monsoon to winter. However, first irrigation should be done, just after the orange plantation.

Avoid waterlogging the tree, because orange trees are very sensitive to the water stagnation. A fully grown Orange plant needs minimum 20 watering in a particular year i.e 1,400 mm water. However, farming with drip irrigation system is the best and beneficial in any commercial crops.

Manure and Fertilizers in Orange Farming

Basically, an orange plant needs Nitrogen, Potassium, Phosphate along with some Micro-nutrient Magnesium, Zinc, Iron, etc for good development of vegetative plant growth. Keeping orange tree full of organic manure is helpful to the orange plant in bearing healthy and delicious oranges. So, here below is a guide for application of manure and fertilizer in orange farming for good fruit production.

Note that timely application of suitable manure and fertilizer play an important role in enhancing Orange fruit production. You can make use of any best fertilizer for orange trees in your farm.

Source: agrifarmingtips.com