Apples are kind of healthy fruits , apple fruit skin is usually red when ripe . But it could also colored green and yellow skin . Rather mushy fruit skin , flesh hard and also have some seeds in the flesh .
Apple now has grown in areas where the air temperature is cooler . Apples are the fruit of an annual plant originating from western Asia region with a subtropical climate . And in the Indonesian state has been planted since 1934 to the present .
Apple fruit contains vitamin B and vitamin C are very good for health . Besides
consumed as fresh fruit , apples now been developed processing into a
variety of forms such as apple chips , apple syrup , apple lunkhead ,
and others . Growing Apples can therefore be used as a very profitable venture . Growing Apples in Indonesia itself has been much in demand , in Malang
( Batu and Poncokusumo ) and Pasuruan ( Nongkojajar ) , East Java .
Seed preparation
One of the important things in Cultivating Apple is preparing seed / seedling . Nurseries often performed not by generative ( seed ) but in a way that is vegetative grafting , connections , and cuttings .
Seeds were selected from plants that have wild apple tree roots wide and sturdy and strong . Stem buds taken from healthy plants and have superior properties .
Terms Growing
1 . Climate
The ideal rainfall ( 1000-2600 mm / year with rainy days 110-150 days / year ) . Within a year the number of months the rain is wet or dry season of 6-7 months and 3-4 months . High rainfall during flowering will cause the flowers fall so it can not be the fruit .
2 . Crop Apples require sufficient sunlight between ( 50-60 % ) on a daily basis . Especially at the time of flowering .
3 . Appropriate temperature ranges ( 16 - 27Derajat C ) .
4 . Desired humidity in the air or in need around the apple plants ( 75-85 % ) .
Sowing seeds of apples
It's been several times I managed to sow the seeds of apples . Here are the steps :
1 . Buy pots , free size , depending on the fund and the amount of apple seeds to be planted . I wear size 15 cm , can accommodate 5 small trees .
2 . Buy cocopeat as growing media in the size of the pot .
3 . Buy reddish yellow -skinned apples , usually from China . Please try another type of apple .
4 . Allow the apples in the refrigerator until the skin is slightly wrinkled .
5 . Prepare pots and cocopeat . Flush to wet .
6 . Open apples ( be eaten as well ) . Apples do not cut it with a knife in order to secure seed .
7 . Remove the seeds , be careful sometimes there is growing kecambahnya .
8 . Immediately planted in cocopeat with a distance of 5 cm between seeds and a depth of 5 cm .
9 . Store in a place that is not directly exposed to sunlight .
Apples will grow in a few days . Staying keep in the shade . Do not forget a little watered . Good luck .
Land preparation
Land preparation is done to meet the needs of the plant substances . Mix the soil with manure , so the apple crop will get good nutrition . When the soil pH is too acidic or less than 6 , preferably doing calcification .
* Shape seedbed for planting seedlings where apples .
* Do watering to keep the soil moist .
planting Apples
* Spacing between an apple plant to another plant to be set . Spacing depends apple varieties to be cultivated , but the average distance ranges between 2-3 meters .
* When the seeds have been inserted into the holes ground / land ,
condense the soil around the seedlings that did not falter and apple
seeds can grow well .
Plant Care
When apple seeds are already embedded in the land , the next thing done is caring for the apple crops . Apply fertilizer and watering the plants regularly so that apples grow well .
In addition , pruning apple also needs to be done if indeed there are several branches or tree tops that are less productive . To avoid pests and diseases on apple crops , spraying pesticides .