Tips for successful orange farming

1. Get a Site for Your Orange Farm

You can start small and then advance later; you can purchase a plot of land which can accommodate about 40 to 50 orange trees.

After you have got a suitable land for your orange, the next thing to do is to clear the bush age get it ready for plantation.

Check the soil nutrients. If there is lost nutrient in the soil where you intent growing your fruit, it is during the land preparation that you have to replenish it.

In selecting a land, there are other factors you have to consider. Is the farm accessible by vehicles? If not so, it will be difficult for you to transport your goods to the market or buyers to come to your farm.

Another thing is the pH value of the soil. Oranges are tropical fruits that can grow well in most parts of the world, just make sure that the land (soil) has a normal pH value of 6.0 to 7.0 and that it is fertile enough, though you can increase its fertility by adding manure and fertilizers.

How many orange trees can be planted in an acre i.e. per unit of land area?

Orange trees planted typically can produce an estimated average of 25, 000 oranges while a conventional high-density orange tree will produce double the yield which is orange fruits per unit of land area.

Nevertheless, planting 84 citrus trees (orange) per unit of the land area produces around 100,000 oranges using tree plantation growing and pruning methods.

2. Best Soil Type For Orange

Oranges are best planted in loamy soil so that water can easily be drained down into the deep roots and can get absorbed as well.

It is good to have this in mind so as to know when soil factor affects the plant. Testing the soil before planting is also a good idea to make sure that it is suitable for growing of this citrus fruit or not.

Another soil factor to look into is the temperature. The best for this plant is a room temperature of 26°C is ideal for the enhancement of orange tree growth.
Note that high temperatures may prove critical to orange tree output.

Soil texture is also considered as orange trees always prefer light to medium textured soil for high productivity.

3. Climatic Condition For Orange

Orange farming is said to be favorable under a dry climatic condition. They are therefore grown well in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world to a height of 1,500 meters.

The farming of orange is considered most successful in tropical and sub-tropical climates with warm to hot summers and mild winters.

Orange trees are therefore said to climate-sensitive plants because they are associated with specific temperature requirements. They are grown worldwide but under the right climatic condition.

Do oranges turn orange on the tree?

The color of the orange fruits you see around depends on the areas where they are grown.

Under climatic conditions with a mild temperature, the color of orange fruits turns to orange. Conversely, in countries where the climatic condition is always hot, the chlorophyll in the fruits has preserved the color remains green.

4. Orange Varieties

It is good to know that selecting a choice of highly productive orange variety is directly proportional to the output and the income you will make from the fruits.

If you are ready to make a huge income from orange farming, always target a fast-growing and high yielding variety of orange which always gives a good amount of output.

Considering the climatic condition of your area, you can select among the best topmost, high-yielding varieties of oranges listed below:

Seedless-182, ortanique, shringar, parson prown, temple (royal mandarin), ambersweetare, nagpur santra (mandarin), sumithra mandarin, coorg santra, red navel, darjeeling mandarin, khasi santra, kinnow mandarin, blood red, mudkhed, sathukudi (satagudi), dancy, sz-in-com, mosambi, butwal, jaffa, hamlin navel, valencia (citrus sinensis valencia) and others.

How many times a year does an orange tree bear fruit?

Some orange trees do not produce fruits in a continual process throughout the year. The fruit cycling takes up to 10 months for some of the varieties of oranges mentioned above to produce one crop of fruit in one year.
Citrus blooming season especially the big navel oranges are usually once in a year during the spring period.

nice write up. very rich. I am interested in having an orange farm. where do I get the best seedling ? And where is best location to locate the farm, north central states or in South west ?