Seed Sowing Guide
Seedling
Prepare Baba seedling soil and seedling pots. Fill up seedling pots (85mm) with seedling soil, use finger gently make a small hole, put in 1-2 seeds and cover with a thin layer of soil.
During seedling stage, put under shaded area and make sure water thoroughly daily. When there is sprout, then move it to area with direct sunlight.
♥♥ Extra Tip: Before put in seed into soil or before transplant, you could water the seedling mix or potting mix first. This is to ensure the potting mix get enough moist and prevent plants get dehydrated later.
Transplant
When the seedling with 3-4 leaves (around 7-15 days after germination), the seedling is ready to transplant.
- Ready a suitable size pot, the minimum depth of the planting container is 400mm. Such as Baba EG-465, MJ-400 or MJ-500.
- Fill up the planting pot with Baba Super 10, and make holes to prepare for transplant. Leave at least 45cm gap for each plant.
- Take out the seedling from seedling pots, and put into the hole. Press gently on surrounding soil, to make the seedling stay firm.
- If you manage to germinate more than 1 seedling, you may put two seedlings in one pot. After 1 week, keep the stronger plant and remove the weak plant from the pot.
Fertilizing
Put Mr. Ganick 532 Organic Leafy Fertilizer on 7th days after transplant. After that, repeat fertilizing on every week, for a month.
One month later, or when the plant start flowering, change the fertilizer to Mr. Ganick 258 Organic Fruit Tree Fertilizer. Repeat weekly too.
Dig a small hole beside plants, and put in fertilizer, then, cover the fertilizer with a thin layer of soil.
Water after done fertilizing.
Watering
Moist is important for Roselle. Make sure soil always enough moist and water it when needed.
Water thoroughly on every morning is recommended.
Harvest Tips:
Roselle is ready to be harvested after 150-180 days from transplant. It is a multiple harvested crop, can be long-term harvest.
Roselle is easy to attract pests, may apply Mr Ganick Scale Terminator in the evening after watering, in order to repel insect, twice a week.
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