caring for grapefruit in front of the house

Today I am doing maintenance and fertilizing on the orange plants that I planted in front of my house, these oranges come from grapefruit seeds that I bought from a grafted seedling seller, maybe I am more confident and trust him because I can go directly to his garden and choose the grafted seeds myself

I have planted it for two years and now it has started to bear fruit because this is the first fertilization I removed all the fruit buds and only left one so that it would not be disturbed by its growth

Here I use npk fertilizer which contains nitrogen phosphate and potassium, this fertilizer is very useful for plants during the generative period, this potassium element plays an important role in stimulating fruiting and making plants stronger

I give fertilizer by sprinkling it near the roots and later when the fertilizer has decomposed, this orange tree will absorb it slowly, choosing a fertilizer that dissolves quickly is the main choice so that it is quickly absorbed by the plant, I also pay attention to the dosage, only one container is given, this is from a coconut shell if measured in kilos only around two on only for one stem

I routinely do maintenance such as spraying anti-virus pests and fungi, it seems that I often find fungi such as white lice that stick to the lower leaves of this orange plant, but I can overcome it by using chemical pesticides that I bought at agricultural stores

Because I like gardening, I really like to learn about how to cultivate plants on YouTube and I can directly practice it on my plants and much of the knowledge I get is very useful and has a good effect when I apply it to my plants

I will continue to monitor the development of this orange fruit until it can be harvested, large oranges like this are very susceptible to being stung by wasps, if that happens, the fruit will be deformed and rotten, I will make various efforts to avoid wasp stings

Let's garden, make use of the available land and enjoy the harvest yourself, it's more fun and healthy, that's my post today, see you in my next post

_{Indonesia January 26, 2025
Greetings @yuliadi}