When does the Wogan ripen? Where can the Wogan be grown?

Wogan is a high-quality, high-sugar late-maturing hybrid citrus variety with strong tree vigor, easy cultivation and management, early fruiting and high yield, beautiful fruit appearance, tender flesh, juicy and sweet taste, high sugar and low acid. The fruit is on the market around the Spring Festival, so it has obvious market prospects and price advantages. Today I will share with you where Wogan can be grown and the requirements for growing Wogan, I hope it will be useful to you.

Contents of this article

1. When does the Wogan ripen?

2. Where can Wogan be planted?

3. Requirements for planting Wogan

When is the Wogan ripe?

The Wogan orange usually blooms in mid-April, changes color in mid-to-late November, and matures in mid-January. The harvest period is from mid-January to early March. The fruit has good storage resistance and the natural fruit retention time can be from January-February when it matures to July-August.

Wogan has moderate cold resistance and is suitable for cultivation in citrus producing areas with an average annual temperature above 17.5℃. It requires the minimum winter temperature to be no lower than -1℃.

The Wogan mandarin orange has a strong productivity, with few fruits falling in winter, excellent hanging tree performance, and a long fruit picking period. In order to avoid small fruits and alternate bearing years, attention should be paid to fruit thinning and timely picking according to the tree load during production.

Wogan has strong growth potential and wide adaptability. It can grow and bear fruit normally on hillsides with poor soil and fertilizer and water conditions. It has strong resistance to stress and is easy to cultivate and manage. Field observations did not find diseases such as gummosis and foot rot, nor was sensitivity to other diseases observed.

Where can Wogan be planted?

Wogan is a high-quality, high-sugar late-maturing hybrid citrus variety with strong tree vigor, easy cultivation and management, early fruiting and high yield, beautiful fruit appearance, tender flesh, sweet juice, high sugar and low acid. The fruit is on the market around the Spring Festival, so it has obvious market prospects and price advantages. Many late-maturing citrus fruits currently in production, such as unknown fire, new series of Tarocco blood oranges, Qingjian, and less-core Murcott, will have obvious fruit drop in Chongqing in winter, and need to be sprayed with fruit-retaining agents to preserve the fruit; while Wogan fruits hang on the tree for a long time and have less fruit drop in winter, which is very suitable for vigorous development in the mid-subtropical citrus production areas with an annual average temperature of more than 17.8℃. In Chongqing, it can be promoted in the Three Gorges Reservoir area below 420 m above sea level.

When planting on purple soil or barren slopes, soil improvement should be strengthened, and more organic fertilizers and phosphorus and potassium fertilizers should be applied to ensure that the leaves are dark green, reduce the occurrence of nutrient deficiency, and lay the foundation for the rapid formation of the crown and early fruiting. The Wogan tree is strong and has dense leaves. In order to promote early fruiting of young trees, tree shaping should be strengthened, the light inside the crown should be improved, and the production of high-quality fruits should be promoted.

There are many flowers on the columns during the flowering period of Wogan, which will not have a big impact on the fruiting rate. However, due to the high yield and long hanging time of the fruit, the tree consumes a lot of nutrients in winter. Under poor management, it is easy to have alternate bearing years. Therefore, in order to ensure continuous high yields in production, attention should be paid to the fruit load of the tree and the fruit should be harvested at the right time. At the same time, soil, fertilizer and water management should be strengthened in time after harvesting the fruit. Organic fertilizers such as oil cakes can be added to the soil after harvesting to restore the tree vigor.

In addition, foliar fertilizer should be applied in time before flowering, preferably spraying 0.5% potassium dihydrogen phosphate and 0.2% borax. The number of seeds of Wogan is relatively large, and the number of seeds can be reduced by planting in isolation or in concentrated areas. Disease and pest control can be carried out according to the cultivation and management of general citrus varieties.

Requirements for planting Wogan

1. The soil requirements are relatively high. Generally, the soil layer depth should be above 1 meter, and the effective soil layer should be above 0.6 meters.

2. It can adapt to a wide range of soil pH, but prefers slightly acidic soil, with a pH value of 5.5-6.5 being the most suitable.

3. The groundwater level should be within the range of the root activity of the Wogan orange, that is, below 1.0 meter from the ground surface.

4. It is very suitable for planting in the mid-subtropical citrus producing areas with an annual average temperature above 17.8℃.

5. The organic matter content in current orchard soil is generally low, below 2%, while a high-yield mandarin orange orchard requires soil organic matter to be at least 2%, preferably 3% to 5%.