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Eggfruit - Fruit Plants

Eggfruit - Fruit Plants

Rs. 599.00
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Eggfruit Botanically known as Pouteria campechiana. This is an evergreen, small sized tree of the family Sapotaceae. The fruits are about the size of an apple, yellowish to orange in color with somewhat mealy pulp similar in appearance and texture to a cooked egg yolk enclosing often a single large seed. The Egg fruit/ canistel produces orange-yellow fruit, also called yellow sapote, which are edible raw. Canistel flesh is sweet, with a texture often compared to that of a hard-boiled egg yolk.The egg fruit comes up well in tropical and subtropical climate.

Planting And Care

Sunlight

  • Sunlight of more than 6 hours a day is ideal for flowering and fruit development of the plant.

Soil

  • The soil should be well drained, fertile and rich in organic content.

Watering

  • Poke your finger/plain small stick into the soil to check the moisture.
  • Apply 4 cup(approx. 200 ml) of water when the top soil (1-2 inch) in the pot feels dry to touch.
  • Do not overwater the plant.
  • As a rule of thumb, water the plants thoroughly in summer and reduce watering in winter and rainy season.
  • Water should be applied preferably in the morning or evening.

Application of Fertilizer

  • Before application of fertilizer loosen the topsoil without disturbing the roots of the plant so, it can uptake the nutrients and moisture easily.
  • Apply organic fertilizer once a month during the main growing season (December-February)
  • Apply water immediately after application of fertilizer.

Re-potting

  • When a plant outgrows in current pot, re-pot with fresh potting soil and some fertilizer.
  • Do the re-potting late evening and keep the plant in shady area for 2 to 3 days and then move the plant in its suitable climatic condition.

Plant Protection

  • Remove dead, infected or damaged plant parts and discard them away from the plants.
  • For any insect attack or disease, you can use Neem oil, Eucalyptus oil or Citrus oil spray for primary treatment.

Don’ts

  • Do not over-water the plant especially when pot does not have drainage holes.

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Plant Size

It depends on stock but most of our flowers plant size 1-3fif and fruit plant size1.5-6 fit.

Delivery Date

Mostly we dispatch next day of order and it will take 2-3 day to deliver but in some places it may be take 4-7 days.

Return/Replacement

Order received in a damage condition? Don't worry about it you can contact us on given details and we will verify your reasons and replace your order with 1-2 days.

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