Many people say to use blisters before planting saplings. What is the reason?

Mangosteen, a tropical fruit, was more expensive in previous years. Although it has been widely planted in Hainan, the price of mangosteen has now dropped to 10~20 yuan. This price is still slightly higher. For friends who like mangosteen, if you can plant a mangosteen at home, you don't have to spend money on mangosteen fruit.

So after buying mangosteen seedlings, do you want to soak the roots with water when you are ready to transplant? Well, it depends. In different situations, the choices made are different.

The first case

If mangosteen seedlings are bought in a street flower shop, the shopkeeper will often water them. This kind of seedling has no transportation problem, so there is no water loss. At this time, when transplanting mangosteen seedlings, it is not necessary to soak the roots with water.

If you want to soak it, you should also soak it with potassium permanganate and carbendazim, instead of simply soaking it with water. Because of the soaking at this time, the root system does not absorb water, but plays a role in disinfection and sterilization.

The second situation

Buying mangosteen seedlings online is the practice of most people. After all, online shopping is convenient now, and the price of mangosteen seedlings online is much cheaper than that sold on the street. For example, on my side, a mangosteen seedling of more than 50 cm in the township nursery costs more than 200 yuan, more than 300 yuan in the street and dozens of yuan online.

Although online shopping for seedlings is cheap, it also has disadvantages. Sometimes, in order to save postage, sellers will bring less original soil of mangosteen seedlings, and of course, there are many cases of bringing original soil. According to two different situations, there is also a difference between whether the root bubble is soaked or not.

If the original soil is less, it is usually soaked at this time to revive the roots of mangosteen. Because of the damage to the root system during seedling emergence and the water loss caused by long transportation time, it is necessary to soak the root system. If there are many original soil belts, mangosteen seedlings do not lose a lot of water, so they can be planted directly in the soil without soaking.

Method for soaking mangosteen seedlings

There are two ways to soak the roots of mangosteen seedlings. The first method is to replenish water to the seedlings. This method is suitable for bare-rooted seedlings and seedlings with large water loss. The second is sterilization, which can be used when the source and quality of seedlings are unknown.

First, the first soaking method is to take some clean water and put the roots in water, generally soaking for 4~ 12 hours. After soaking, don't transplant mangosteen seedlings directly into the planting hole, but dip some mud in the root system first. The purpose of this is that when the seedlings are just planted, if there is a gap with the soil, it will affect the absorption of the roots of mangosteen seedlings and reduce the survival rate.

2. Mangosteen seedlings can be soaked with potassium permanganate, carbendazim and rooting powder besides water.

Potassium permanganate can disinfect the root system, prevent the root system of mangosteen seedlings from carrying germs and affect the later growth. The concentration of potassium permanganate should not be too high, and the ratio of water should be 1:5000 (water should turn pink). Tap water should not be used, but cold boiled water should be used. The soaking time is generally 10~20 minutes, and the higher the concentration, the less the soaking time. Note: After soaking, clean the root system.

Soaking roots with carbendazim can also play a bactericidal role and promote the recovery of damaged roots. Rooting powder is used to promote the growth of roots. The soaking method of these two things, because many manufacturers have different configurations and concentrations, it is best to follow the above instructions according to the brand you bought.

To sum up, do mangosteen seedlings need to soak their roots? Usually in different situations, the choices made are different.

And soaking roots, one is simply to supplement water to the roots of mangosteen seedlings, which depends on the situation. The other is to sterilize the root system. If the purchased seedlings have no seedling quarantine certificate, they must be disinfected by soaking the roots, otherwise they will be needed.