After 40 days the plant will begin to grow
If only the embryo is used, within a month or at most forty days the seedling will begin to appear. The situation is different if you opt for the completely intact seed, since it could take even five or six months.
Once this choice has been made, you can proceed with sowing . Inside a pot filled with soil, make a small hole in the center with a teaspoon. The depth of the hole should be approximately one centimeter.
Once this step is completed, you take the kernel or the embryo and insert it into the hole , covering it and vaporizing everything with a little water. The soil must always be kept moist until the first shoot appears.
After about 40 days we will be able to see how a root has emerged from the ground which has also brought out the seed. After a couple of days the seedling will already be about two centimeters tall.
About a week after germination of the seed, the first leaves begin to appear . By the fifteenth day of life, the plant is about ten centimeters tall and has begun to develop foliage. As the months pass we will notice further growth of the plant , even if in the first year the development will mainly take place in the root system.
When the plant reaches a height of about one and a half meters and the diameter of the central trunk reaches 2 centimeters it will be possible to graft it , in such a way as to favor the production of large and tasty fruits.
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