Orange sweet

Family - Route. Motherland -Eastern Asia. In the room it is a small evergreen tree up to 1 -1.5 m in height with a dense, compact and beautiful crown. The leaves are of medium size, dark green with sharp thorns in the axils of the leaves. The flowers are large, white, very fragrant. The fruit is orange, the flesh is sweet or sour-sweet. Seeds are white from 2 to 12 in one fruit. The plant is slightly frost-resistant, it damages already when the temperature drops to -5 ° C.For cultivation in flats the most suitable are the varieties: Hamlin, Korolek, Washington-Navell and others.

♦ Accommodation - in the sunny warm areas of the apartment. In summer, you can take out to open air( before possible frosts).In winter it is best to keep it in bright rooms with a temperature of +8 - + 10 ° C or in rooms with normal room temperature. In the latter case, there is a need to increase the humidity in the room where the orange grows.

♦ Care. Watering in the summer is plentiful, in the winter to watch, so that the soil of the soil does not dry out. We advise several times a day to spray the plant with water. Feed mineral fertilizers at least 2 times a month. For fertilizing, you can use a universal granular fertilizer for flowers "Flower" or liquid concentrated fertilizer "Palm".Plant transplantation to 7 - 8 years of age is carried out annually, and in the future - every 2-3 years. When planting or planting plants, use "Biohumus" or "Rose" substrate with a high humus content.

Once a month, loosen the soil.

♦ Pests and diseases - red citrus mite, various kinds of scales, under unfavorable conditions-leaf sparse, black fungus.

♦ Reproduction - by cuttings using phytohormones and under-heating of the soil. Can be propagated by grafting. As a stock, we recommend using a seedling of orange grown from seeds.

Use of

Oranges should be used fresh. They contain, especially in the crust, a large amount of vitamin C, which in the process of canning, especially prolonged, is destroyed.

You can make jam from oranges, it has a bitter taste, but it is very tasty. Orange peel can be insisted in alcohol or cook it in sugar to get candied fruits.

Orange jam

1 kg of oranges and 1 lemon peel, peel into slices, remove bones.1.25 kg of sugar boil with ½ water and in boiling syrup to lower the prepared oranges and lemon. Cook over low heat until the oranges are clear, and the juice thickens. Cool and pour into glass jars.