Tropical and subtropical fruits (2+1)

Training and pruning

Training and pruning

• The plants are trained to a single stem with scaffold branches produced at a height of about 60-90cm above ground, to facilitate for easy cultural operations.
  
• Since the fruit bears only on current season growth, light pruning is necessary to encourage new growth.
Flowering

• The flowering starts after two years and generally commences with onset of mansoon (May to August).
  
• Flower-bud production appears to occur between 15 and 18 days after pruning.