How to grow Falsa growing and care:
Slightly acid soil, rich soil, mulch when the plant young
What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seed / Vegetative reproduction – cutting, when start from branch need to choose brown or green and there hormones that fit for each one of them, also need to keep high humidity, moist soil and if put it in close box need to ventilate at least twice a day, watering by spray.
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No, hard to find grafted fruits, but if the fruits small and seeds big, better to graft, cultivar with big fruit and small seeds, possible to start also from air layer
Difficulties or problems when growing:
Sensitive to winds when it’s young, take over the garden (grow easily from seeds)
Planting season:
Spring, summer, autumn, in hardiness zone 12 can be also in winter
Pests and diseases:
Caterpillar, ants, termite
Pruning season:
All year
How to prune:
Prune that will be accessible to pick the fruits, need to design the plant when young if as tree to cut all the branches an leave main truck, and as shrub if grow only one cut it in the top after 1m (3 feet)
Size of the plant?
3-7 m, 10-21 feet
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing / Medium growing
Water requirement:
Small amount of water to big amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes, better
