Hi guys, today I will share some portraits of plants that I am cultivating for the long term, I am sure these plants are familiar to you, everyone must know this great plant.
This nutmeg plant that we cultivate is about 8 months old, and of course we feel very happy because the plant we cultivate is experiencing good growth, apart from that this plant also does not require a lot of fertilization like other types of plants in general, you could say this plant very simple in terms of maintenance.
for those of you who are not familiar with nutmeg plants, here is a brief explanation that I will quote from Wikipedia, I hope this helps you get to know this type of plant;
Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) is a plant in the form of a tree originating from the Banda Islands, Maluku. Due to their high value as a spice, nutmeg fruit and seeds have been an important trading commodity since Roman times. Nutmeg is mentioned in Pliny's encyclopedia "Old Man". Since the time of European exploration, nutmeg is widespread in other tropical areas such as Mauritius and the Caribbean (Grenada). The term nutmeg is also used for traded nutmeg seeds.Wikipedia
Nutmeg's good growing conditions can be seen in the shiny leaf shoots
the newly formed little branches look very neat & nice.
From our experience in farming, nutmeg is guaranteed to bear heavy fruit because of the shape of the stems that rises upwards & lush branches.
This nutmeg has been given fertilizer once and sprayed pesticides twice.
Weeds in the trunk circle must be eradicated in order to provide nutmeg freely drawing nutrients around, especially from the fertilizer that is given.
If you want to cultivate nutmeg, then you can do the following ways;
Choose superior seeds from providers you trust.
Put the nutmeg seeds in coconut fibers to make it easy to grow, water every 3 days.
after the nutmeg takes out a small stem, now put it in a polybag, let it grow for up to a year
when going to plant, make a hole 30 cm x 40 cm, this is the normal size for nutmeg.
Sprinkle fertile soil into the hole, such as straw soil, cow dung and so on.
it would be better if you plant nutmeg in a banana garden, because it will protect the nutmeg stems from direct sunlight.
The method that I share with you has been done for generations and we are grateful that our plants provide satisfactory yields.
thank you very much for visiting my blog, those are some potraits of the plants we are cultivating, see you in the next post with a different topic.
Your boy @steemadi