Origin and meaning of apricot tree

In the spring, there are many species of flowers blooming in full color with young buds, with green leaves. Each flower has its own unique beauty, creating a very beautiful beauty of spring. Spring is also the occasion of the New Year, the trees that symbolize the New Year are apricot blossom, peach blossom, . making the atmosphere more warm and bustling.

As we all know apricot trees usually appear only on the occasion of the spring festival. So, do you know anything about apricot tree? Most will not know. To better understand the apricot blossom tree we learn together through the following article!

Apricot blossom is very popular on the Traditional New Year in the South of Vietnam.

Overview of Hoa Mai tree

Basic information about apricot tree

The apricot tree belongs to the Ochnaceae family, whose scientific name is Ochna integerima, also known as the apricot tree, which is very popular on the Traditional New Year Day in Southern Vietnam.

In Vietnam, this species is most naturally distributed in the forests of the Truong Son range and provinces from Quang Nam, Da Nang to Khanh Hoa. This flower is also abundant in the mountains of the Mekong Delta, and also in the highlands, but in smaller numbers.

In nature, apricot trees shed their leaves in the winter and flower in the spring.

It is a perennial plant that can live for over a hundred years, with large roots and convex roots, a rough body, numerous branches, and alternate leaves. In nature, apricot trees shed their leaves in the winter and flower in the spring. Therefore, our forefathers threw all the leaves in the lunar December, to stimulate the apricot tree to bloom in full bloom on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.

Characteristics of apricot tree

There are hard stems, brittle branches, small leaves, large and flat flowers, long lasting. Mai looks tall. Stems soft, gentle blue leaves, bright flowers .

Anatomy of apricot tree

1. Golden apricot root

Yellow apricot roots can stab 2 - 3 m deep. The distribution of the root system depends on the nature of the soil, the groundwater level at the planting site, the propagation form such as sowing, cuttings, grafting and technical conditions of care.

2. The apricot tree trunk

A tall woody tree if it grows and grows freely, the tree grows from seeds that can be as high as 20 - 30 m, with scattered foliage.

3. Leaves of the apricot tree

Leaves are single, staggered, oblong ovoid blades, yellowish side on the underside.

4. Yellow apricot flowers

The hermaphrodite flowers grow in clusters. Apricot blossom often grows from axillary leaves, first is a large flower, called female flower, with a silk shell (rice husk) wrapped outside.

Apricot blossom usually grows from leaf axils.

When the silk bark is opened, a bunch of florets appear, from one bud to ten buds, growing very fast, about seven days after it blooms. On the first day, the 5 wings and the pistil spread very beautifully. On the second day, 5 wings and up and stammer bunch. Through the third day, 5 wings began to fall faintly with the wind, the flowers died

5. Yellow apricot

After dying, any flower will be enlarged and the ovule will swell and become seeded.

Origin and meaning of apricot flowers

Origin of apricot

Apricot trees are native to China. According to the book 'Tran Huong Bao' of Phi Cung Indies, the Ming Dynasty states that: ' Đắc Ky shows affection on the side of the temple, The head of the reign of snow shows'. Meaning that Dak Ky likes to watch apricot flowers in the cold. Pillars often snow together. Thus, more than 3000 years ago, apricot trees were present in the country of China. Chinese people have been in love with apricots for a long time and consider Mai, Tung, and Cuc in the group "Tue crumbs" . The meaning of being able to withstand the cold is like turning on a man with a strong temperament, enduring adversity and never surrendering to violence.

The Chinese have been deeply in love with the mai for a long time and they consider Mai, Tung, and Cuc to be among the "Tue dynasty". The meaning of being able to withstand the cold is like turning on a man with a strong temperament, enduring adversity and never surrendering to violence.

Plum is derived from wild plants, able to adapt well to tropical climates.

Love apricot, Chinese people consider apricot blossom to be the national flower, as well as peach blossom is the national flower of the Japanese, perhaps so they named apricot quite sophisticated. According to the book 'Mai Pho' , the apricot has six round petals as beautiful as daffodils so it is called 'Narcissus narcissus' , flowers in pairs called 'Uyên mai mai', called red and pink flowers called 'Yen chi' apricot ' , apricot has a dark green calyx called ' Luc am mai mai ' and ' Crane family apricot ' . but in general it is also in 4 main categories: White mai: White as snow; Apricot: Pink as blood; Thanh Mai: Bright yellow or dark yellow; There are also Wear apricot: black or purple-black (this type does not see common cultivation).

Mai originates from wild plants, able to adapt well to tropical climates, especially to the southern climate. Apricot trees grow and thrive, have a long life and if well cared for will produce many flowers and beautiful colors. Apricot trees each year shed their leaves once at the end of winter (January - February of the solar calendar) and flower in early spring, only the Quy Quy apricot tree blooms all year round.

For a long time apricot blossom has been admired by everyone, symbolizing what is beautiful and ethereal. Every time the apricot blossomed, whenever the heart was excited, it was a sign of spring coming. Apricot blossom and the spring day are an indispensable symbol for most of the ethnic groups living in Asia. When it comes to spring, people think of the first day of the year, indeed, the Lunar New Year without the flower of tomorrow is a major omission that all of us automatically postulate. For a long time, apricot blossom has played an important role in Asian literature, which is the inspiration of so many famous people.

The meaning of apricot flowers

The North has the peach, the South has apricot. The yellow of apricot blossom has long been considered the color symbolizing wealth and wealth. People prepare apricot flowers on Tet holiday with the desire to have a prosperous and prosperous new year. According to many people's opinion, the more wings a house has, the more apricot blossom will be in the new year.

The apricot flowers symbolize the virtue of patience and the high sacrifice and perseverance of the Vietnamese people.

Apricot trees have roots deep in the ground, do not fall before the storm. It can also withstand all kinds of weather, including extreme. Therefore, tomorrow also represents the virtue of patience and noble sacrifice, the perseverance of the Vietnamese people in general. Besides, tomorrow is also a symbol of nobility and nobility.

The golden debts owed in the spring period also show joy, joy, happiness, love, spirit of solidarity and sticking people together.

So now you understand the meaning of apricot blossom and peach blossom on Tet holiday. Wish you have a happy and warm Tet with your family.

Classification of apricot flowers in Vietnam

Classification 1

There are over 20 different types of apricots in the world . Particularly in Vietnam, there are about 8 types, including: Bach Mai, Hong Mai, Hoang Mai, Nhat Chi Mai, Mai Tu Quy, Mai Chieu Thuy and Song Mai.

In Vietnam there are 8 types of apricot flowers.

1. Song Mai: Flowers are white, bloom and bear fruit in pairs, so they are called song mai.
2. Plum apricot: Also known as Plum Blossom , colloquially known as Plum Tree. The scientific name is Prunes Mume (Armeniaca Mume), classified in the Rosaceae family, there are about 300 types. Apricot apricot tree is 6 - 9m high, broad and round leaves, pointed, serrated. Flowers bloom in early spring, then sprouting leaves, sepals purple or dark blue, flowers often have 5 petals with two colors: white and pink. Apricot apricot blossom is also known as Luc Ngac Mai. The fruit produces fruit, when the fruit is unripe is green, when the fruit is yellow. The fruit has a sweet and sour taste and a very long aroma.

In the South, because of the tropical climate and closer to the equator than the North, Tet always falls in hot weather, so we can find apricot varieties such as Chieu Thuy Mai, Nhat chi mai and mai. Tu Quy, Bach mai, Hoang mai, Nam mai and a new kind, Burmese white plum.

1. Mai mat thuy : is a perennial tree, with large roots and many branches. About 1.5m high. Leaves are long and small, growing in pairs. Flowers small 5 petals, grows in small clusters, pure white, with a gentle, pleasant aroma. The lower flower stalk is always facing the ground, so it is called Chieu Thuy.
2. Most genus apricot: white and pink flowers, common in the South.
3. Four-quarter apricot: a kind of apricot with 5 bright yellow wings, Ochna Astropurpur scientific name. Not many flowers, but self-flowering, no need to pay leaves first. This flower is considered a kind of ornamental maize. Because this flower blooms all year round, every season can bloom, so it is also known as the Four Seasons. There is also another name is 'Red Plum', the main reason is that when the flower ends, the yellow petals fall off and the 5 sepals below turn dark red. The calyx, instead of spreading out like before it died, was covered in a pistil, which looked like a bud. The pistil inside the seeds, from the green when young, changes to black when it is old, getting bigger, pushing the 5 sepals to bloom again for the second time like a red apricot blossom, for that reason, the Fourth Quarter also known as Nhi Do apricot (flowers bloom 2 times, before yellow, after red).
4. Bach Mai : 15m tall tree, easy to smell fragrant flowers like Chieu Thuy mai. White apricot blossom shaped like porcelain flowers, the white color symbolizes purity, with 6 to 8 large, thick, yellow pistil petals, with a faint aroma mixed with night dew, a rare flower. Mai mai very weak, difficult to care and nurture. There are many in Ba Den mountain area - Tay Ninh, or in Ben Tre, Ha Tien.

White apricot.

1. Nam apricot: is a white apricot that is abundant in the region of 'Southern continental province' , which is the U-tree. U-tree has a scientific name of Ochrocarpus samensis, belonging to the Guttiferae family (mangosteen). Blind tree trunks, blind leaves are large, thick, about the size of an adult's hand. The blind fruit is round, big toes, not edible. U pressed seeds made of oil for lighting lamps (more smoke, less light). The blind flower has 5 white petals and is as big as white apricot flowers.
2. Hoang Mai: Mai Mai, also known as Lap Mai. It is a beeswax, compared to the bright yellow of apricot flowers. In other words, the monthly moon is December, so the mai mai is apricot blossom only blooming once a year at the end of December (December lunar calendar). In Vietnam, the place with the most yellow apricot is in the forests of Truong Son mountain range, from provinces from Quang Nam, Da Nang to Khanh Hoa. Forests in the highland provinces also, but less.

Yellow apricot.

Yellow apricot grows in the forest also called ' Mai mountain' . Mai mountain due to having to squeeze the land to live with other trees in the harsh terrain in life should shape the tree with a special beauty. Flowers have many wings. There are flowers with 12 to 18 petals.

Another type of golden apricot grows in the sandy and coastal forest called 'Mai Dong'. The shape of the apricot blossom tree is round, round, flowers are scattered, small wings. The central provinces from Quang Binh and Quang Tri pour in, extending to Dong Nai and Tay Ninh, everywhere with golden apricot.

Classification 2

1. Mai pentagram

The yellow apricot grows in the Central region (from Da Nang, Quang Nam to Khanh Hoa) and on Truong Son mountain range, in the old forests. This is a kind of natural five-pointed apricot, small, medium-sized and blooming flowers are not as many and dense as some other apricot species that sparse bloom. But if we get lost in the apricot forest in the spring, we will see the brilliant yellow flower of a forest, both a mountain and a fallen flower sometimes with a whole stream of gold. The aroma permeates and spreads a large area. Some mountains in the Mekong Delta such as That Son (seven mountains) also have this kind of apricot, but less and scattered scattered.

5-winged maize is a yellow apricot that grows in the Central region and on Truong Son mountain range, in the old forests.

2. Mai mountain

It is also a type of apricot forest but has more wings from 12 to 18 wings, sometimes even more. This apricot grows on dry rocky mountains and lives mainly with dew, rainwater and underground water, plus the humid climate of the mountains. This species often appears in the mountains of the Central Highlands and Cambodia.

3. Maiyy

Also a kind of forest apricot but very large trunk, flowers, broad leaves, green ball and sawtooth. This kind of apricot has flowers growing in very beautiful clusters, so it is called mai mai mai (chy means the cluster, population, gather, dense).

4. Mai dynamic, tomorrow sharing

A type of apricot that grows in the white sand near the sea. This apricot has a smooth and round body and sparse flowering. If they have five petals, they will be called mai mai, and if there are more than five wings, it is true that the speaker is active. Plum and sparrow sprang up from provinces from Quang Binh and Quang Tri to the coastal areas of the central region and sometimes find them in the white sandy hills of the south such as Tay Ninh, Dong Nai, Bien Hoa. .v .

5. Mai bunch send, spleen, mai king

As a kind of apricot live on other trees, especially the great old trees, they live attached to the trunk, partly absorb nutrients from the soil, partly absorb nutrients from the tree they attach to. Unlike other types of sent clusters that cling only to other stems, the sprouts will live in half based on the roots that cling to the ground. Plum bunches have a rugged, hard and rough body, along with bizarre tumors. Buds and combs and flowers stabbed out of those tumors. Flowers bloom quite thick and tightly packed into dense clusters. There are also places that call it ma'am or ma'am.

6. Mai Huong Mai, Mai Mai or Mai Mai

A kind of golden apricot with a very fragrant aroma, more fragrant than all other apricot species. Its scent is very special and is probably more passionate than all apricot species so it is called apricot to properly match the special properties of this pentacle. In Ben Tre, there are many types of apricot trees that people here call it with a haunting name 'Mai pineapple' because it is very fragrant, more fragrant than the common apricots that people of the South often meet. In Hue, this type of apricot is also called 'Mai dynasty' because it is grown in the palace and is favored by the Royal Family as a high-end gift, so it is called 'Mai dynasty'.

7. Mai chau (Mai buffalo)

A very large flowering apricot, the flower of this apricot grows abnormally large, large and wide, bright yellow. Each flower is more than 5cm in diameter so people call it the buffalo shell which the Southern people often read as ' Mai Chau'.

8. Mai willow

It is a kind of apricot whose branches are very soft and drooping like a willow, with very little flowering. The apricot leaves are small and pointed, elongated like a leaf, so it will be called willow.

9. Sharp apricot

As a kind of apricot with long and pointed leaves, flower buds and petals also have similar shapes.

10. Mai Ca Na

A typical kind of apricot grows in Ca Na sea area of ​​Ninh Thuan province. This apricot has a small body, meager, very brittle branches, easy to break, leaves oval, smooth and serrated edges. People here call it the Cam Na forest apricot.

11. Mai Vinh Hao

Entering the territory of Binh Thuan province, Tuy Phong district, Vinh Hao commune, where the most famous natural mineral water source in Vietnam is 'Vinh Hao mineral water' , there is another kind of golden apricot which is also a typical species of the region. This is not very different from Ca Na mai but it is given the name of the place where it lives now as 'Mai Vinh Hao'. Mai Vinh Hao has hard stems, small leaves, large and flat flowers, especially very long-lasting.

12. Mai quarterly

The typical apricot species of the Southern region. This apricot also bears yellow flowers but after the petals fall off, the sepals have five red petals with pistils and three black pea-like seeds. The five red petals are also round and shaped like an apricot. Due to the nature of blooming twice on the same flower, it is also known as quarter-plum tomorrow. The apricot blossom is scattered all year round so it is called apricot blossom quarter (spring, summer, autumn, winter are flowering). Mai four quarter body rough and black. There are trees that grow very big and tall but most of them are perennial. The more you look at it, the more ancient and sure it is.

Mai quarter quarter.

13. Mai gio

The apricot has many wings assembled from many different types of apricot on the same apricot tree. Mai Giao took the main apricot blossom root then branched off the branches of other types of apricot to produce a kind of apricot with many wings, lots of colors on the same apricot tree. This type of artificial apricot we see a lot now on the market tomorrow.

Six types of apricot in the world

1. Cambodian golden apricot (Mai Cao Mien)

The scientific name is Ochna integerrima. Apricot blossom has from 5 to 9 petals, when it hatches, it is facing upwards towards the flower stalks, not spreading like Vietnamese apricot flowers, the flowers are pale yellow (dark orange almost dark orange). This kind of apricot is also found in Vietnam, most of which grow in the forests of the South and the Central. They are wild plants also distributed in some places with hot sand dunes and shady river banks. Cambodian apricot is a woody, thin, slender and long stem. The leaves are pale green and sparse, growing on branches, with small, serrated margins. Flowers grow from axillary leaves in clusters, short petioles, glossy green sepals and do not cover buds. In Vietnam, people often use this type of apricot to transplant into a shell, because it has the ability to increase the number of wings very high. Not only that but it now has three colors due to a hybrid of red, yellow and white.

2. South Africa's golden apricot

There are about 12 species of apricot species belonging to the genus Ochna, including the genus of trees and shrubs. including two common species, Ochna pretoriensis and Ochna pulchra. These two species are abundant in the Koppie region. Ochna pulchra species are about 3 7m high, bark often has phenomenon of peeling off and easily falling leaves. They grow wild in the forest, gray bark, rough at the base, branches peeling off pale cream. Mai Mai Africa has two colors yellow and pink. In addition, in South Africa, there are similar types of apricot shells in Vietnam.

3. Myanmar golden apricot (Burma)

In this Buddhist country, there is an apricot called Ochna serrulata, which is similar to the South African apricot. However, the form of apricot differs slightly in the place of flat petals or red ovary like quarter-apricot apricot, existed long before falling completely.

4. Indonesian golden apricot

The scientific name is Ochna kirkii Oliv, Ochna serrulata. All are native to Africa, but due to their different geology, they have a larger appearance than Africa. There are species that bloom in the spring, summer or bloom in all four seasons like the four-quarter apricot.

5. Madagascar yellow apricot

Ochna greveanum is a kind of apricot with the round shape of five wings, the ferns flap along the edge of the wings like the apricot wings in Vietnam, the leaves are long and droopy in clusters.

6. African yellow apricot

Different from the South African yellow apricot because it resembles the five-pointed yellow apricot of Vietnam but has another scientific name, Ochna thomasiana, which is in the form of shrubs, oval leaves, pointed and sharp leaves tip about 10cm long. Flowers bloom on twigs in the spring, but sometimes they suddenly bloom in the summer but in smaller numbers. The petals are slender about 2cm long, the calyx spreads out and becomes purple, and the inside has young green fruits like the four-colored apricot shells of Vietnam.

There are 19 types of apricot of Vietnam and the world, including the 4th, 6th and 7th species, which have brought seven different names according to the Vietnamese folk names. If you count a total of 24 apricot species around the world or maybe more. It is true that apricot flowers are very diverse and rich in variety. In China, they still call peach trees apricot trees because there are many varieties that are very similar to apricot flowers, especially peach and white peach, which they call pink apricot and white apricot, but apricot wings are round and small like peach petals, dense pistils and thick, the trunk is identical to the peach tree so it is often called peach rather than tomorrow.

Tet holiday talks about the abundance of apricot trees so that we can learn together about the characteristic flowers of this spring. Apricot blossom is a symbol of luck, goodness, a perfect start and prosperity for a new year. Apricot blossom also means to ward off evil and bad things for a year that is always peaceful, prosperous and prosperous.

The use of apricot flowers to life

According to traditional medicine, apricot blossom is often used to treat illnesses such as high fever, thirst, chest pain, cough, sore throat swollen, burns, tuberculosis, anorexia, dizziness .

Tet comes in spring, although the weather is cold, apricot blossomed as white as snow. In the highland, apricot grows into forests, so when apricot blossom season, white patches interspersed between the green color of the mountains create a lyrical landscape. Poets love apricot blossom has chosen, the physician also loves this flower.

According to traditional medicine, apricot blossom slightly bitter, warm, non-toxic .

In chemical composition, apricot contains many essential oils such as cineole, borneol, linalool, benzyl alcohol, farnesol, terpineol, indol . and some other substances such as meratin, calycanthine, carotene . Modern research shows that apricot has promoting the secretion of bile secretion, inhibiting some bacteria such as coli, dysentery bacillus, typhoid bacillus, cholera, tubercle bacilli .

According to traditional pharmacology, sweet apricot has a slightly bitter taste, warmth, non-toxic, used to test new students, appetizers, chemistry, often used to treat diseases such as high fever and thirst, chest, cough, sore throat, burns, tuberculosis, anorexia, dizziness . Ancient medical texts such as the manuscript manuscript, the manuscript manuscript, the glass manuscript, the manuscript manuscript, the manuscript cross, suspicious objects . have recorded many remedies that use apricot blossom with quite profound insight. Some examples can be cited as follows:

1. Try try causing trouble, oil pain, dizziness : (1) 9g apricot flowers drink or combine apricot blossom with seaweed and fresh lotus leaves just enough, excellent drink. (2) 15g apricot blossom, 15g white chrysanthemum, rose 15g, braking instead of tea.
2. Hypertension, angina pectoris : 3g apricot, draft 10g braking with boiling water in a closed jar, after 15 minutes, it can be used, drinking tea instead of the day.
3. Mai maize gas, stomach pain, hepatitis and mild cirrhosis : Apricot 5g bring security with 100g of rice into porridge, white sugar, divide and eat several times a day. Apricotomy is a feeling in the throat that something causes a stalemate, the ground does not come out, swallowing does not drift but does not interfere with eating. With this disease, people still use 12g apricot blossom, 3g cinnamon flower, 20g tea, three things are mixed, divided into 3 times of braking instead of tea.
4. Abdominal distention, flatulence : 10g apricot blossom, 10g rustic incense, 15g side notes, excellent drink.
5. Cold colic : Apricot blossom and cinnabar are equal in quantity, dried, powdered, drink every 3-6g with light wine.
6. Hiccups : 5g apricot blossom, pink ear (market) 5 pieces, fresh ginger 3 slices, 100g rice. Bring fresh ginger and excellent decoction to take water, remove the pulp and cook rice for porridge, when ripe, add apricot blossom, boil a few strolls, divide it several times a day.
7. Vomiting : Apricot 5g, fresh ginger juice 5ml. Bring apricot flowers braking with boiling water in a closed jar, after about 20 minutes is used, split into fresh ginger water and drink, use 2 ladders daily.
8. Pharyngitis, Acute tonsillitis: (1) 6g apricot blossom, 9g black ginseng, 9g base plate, excellent drink. (2) 15g apricot blossom, honeysuckle 15g, gypsum 15g, 9g ginseng, excellent drink. (3) Apricot blossom 9g braking with boiling water in a closed jar, drinking tea instead of the day.
9. Chronic sore throat: (1) Apricot blossom 6g, gardenia spend 5g, tea 20g. Three things mixed into 2 brakes with boiling water to drink instead of tea, 1 ladder per day. (2) Apricot blossom and pearl flower brooch are just enough to cook with 60g of ordinary rice into porridge, divided into several meals a day, 1 ladder a day.
10. Persistent cough : (1) Apricot blossom 9g to stop drinking tea instead of the day. (2) Apricot blossom 10g, frozen flower 10g, 60g glutinous rice, all bring security into porridge, make a little more honey, divide and eat several times a day.
11. Lots of dehydration due to annoying heat test, chest tightness : 10g apricot blossom, 10g ginseng leaves, licorice 10g, 15g barley, patchouli 6g, excellent drink.
12. Anorexia due to heat test: Apricot blossom 10g, lotus leaf 50g, braking with boiling water to drink instead of tea during the day.
13. Chest pain, shortness of breath : 10g apricot blossom, 10g knitting ginseng, long past 15g, excellent drink during the day.
14. Joint pain due to rheumatism : 9g apricot blossom, 9g male agar, 9g eardrum, soaked with 200ml of alcohol, each drink 30-50ml.
15. Acute conjunctivitis: 6g apricot blossom, 9g chamomile decoction then mixed with a little honey drink.
16. Injury due to dislocations : 9g apricot blossom, 9g willow leaf, 9g painted dragon fruit, soaked with 250ml white wine, drink 2 times a day, 50ml each time.
17. Bleeding wound : 10g apricot blossom persists and then spreads into powder to sprinkle the wound.
18. Viêm loét môi và niêm mạc miệng : Hoa mai tươi lượng vừa đủ đem giã nát với đường trắng rồi vắt lấy nước bôi vào tổn thương.
19. Loa lịch (lao hạch): Hoa mai lượng vừa đủ, trứng gà 1 quả. Dùng dao nhọn chích một lỗ nhỏ ở quả trứng rồi nhét hoa mai vào trong, đem hấp cách thủy cho chín rồi ăn, mỗi ngày 1 lần, 7 lần là một liệu trình.
20. Viêm da lở loét : Hoa mai 6g đem ngâm với dầu lạc hoặc dầu vừng, sau 2 tuần thì dùng được, bôi vào tổn thương mỗi ngày 2 lần.
21. Bỏng : Hoa mai lượng vừa đủ ngâm với dầu trà rồi bôi vào vùng bị bỏng.

Ngoài ra, trong ẩm thực cổ truyền, hoa mai còn được cổ nhân sử dụng như một loại thực phẩm để chế thành những món ăn có công dụng bổ dưỡng cường thân cùng với các loại thực phẩm khác như thịt lợn, thịt dê, hải sâm, trứng gà, cá chép, nấm hương… Như vậy, với vẻ đẹp tao nhã và hương thơm thanh khiết của mình, hoa mai không những có giá trị thẩm mỹ sâu sắc mà còn là một vị thuốc hay và một loại thực phẩm độc đáo.

Kỹ thuật trồng và chăm sóc hoa mai

Việc áp dụng kỹ thuật trồng cây đúng sẽ mang lại những bông hoa mai đẹp mắt.

1. Đất trồng mai trên vườn, líp: Cây mai phát triển tốt trên đất thịt nhẹ có nhiều chất hữu cơ, đất không chua, không bị nhiễm phèn, mặn hoặc các hoá chất độc hại.
2. Đất trồng mai trong chậu : Cần chọn loại đất có các tính chất như trên, trộn theo tỷ lệ khoảng 70-80% đất và 20-30% phân hữu cơ hoai mục theo trọng lượng đất trong chậu.
   Kỹ thuật bón phân.

Mai trồng trên vườn, líp

1. Tỉa cành: Người trồng nên tỉa cây mai chậm nhất cho đến 20 âm lịch.Tuỳ theo hình dạng của cây, người chơi hoa nên có cách tỉa thích hợp nhưng thông thường các cây mai tỉa theo dáng cây thông (trên ngắn – dưới dài để cây có hình nón), bình thường các cành được cắt tỉa đi một phần ba.
2. Bón lót khi trồng: Phân chuồng (phân trâu bò, tro trấu, xơ dừa…) đã qua ủ khoảng 5-10kg/gốc, vôi bột khoảng 200-300gr/gốc + 50-100gr lân đầu trâu. Toàn bộ lượng phân này được trộn đều trong hố (hoặc rãnh) trước khi trồng cây con.
3. Bón thúc: Sau khi trồng khoảng 10-15 ngày, cây bắt đầu ra rễ mới, dùng phân NPK 20-20-15+TE đầu trâu hoà loãng để tưới, lượng phân sử dụng từ 50-100 gr/10-15 lít nước, khoảng 20-30 ngày tưới 1 lần. Khi mai đã lớn, lượng phân bón cũng được tăng dần và khoảng cách các lần bón phân xa hơn. Loại phân bón qua đất thích hợp cho mai là NPK 20-20-15+TE hoặc NPK 16-12-8-11+TE. Lượng bón khoảng 20 -50 gr/gốc/lần bón, cách khoảng 1-2 tháng bón 1 lần.
4. Khi mai đã cho hoa ổn định : Hàng năm cần bón bổ sung phân hữu cơ từ 5-10kg/gốc. Sử dụng loại phân NPK 20-20-15+TE hoặc NPK 16-12-8-11+TE bón mỗi năm khoảng 3-4 lần với lượng bón như trên vào các đợt: sau khi tàn hoa (sau dịp Tết), cắt tỉa cành; đầu mùa mưa; giữa mùa mưa và trước khi mai nở hoa khoảng 1-1,5 tháng. Cần bón phân theo hốc, theo rãnh sâu từ 5-7cm theo tàn lá của cây, bón vào vùng có nhiều rễ non phát triển, sau đó lấp đất, giữ ẩm vào mùa khô, thoáng gốc vào mùa mưa.

Mai trồng trong chậu

Mai được đem ra ngoài càng sớm càng tốt, phải đặt cây nơi có bóng râm để lá không bị cháy khi tiếp xúc trực tiếp với ánh sáng mặt trời. Người trồng cần cắt bỏ tất cả các hoa để cây không mất dinh dưỡng nuôi đài hoa tạo hạt, để lại một số lá.

1. Bón phân: Lượng bón có thể thay đổi từ 20-50gr/chậu cho 1 lần bón. Với chậu lớn, cây mai nhiều tuổi có thể bón khoảng 50-80gr/chậu. Tạo rãnh xung quanh thành chậu, sâu khoảng 3-5cm, rải phân đều vào rãnh, lấp đất và tưới đủ ẩm. Tránh làm đứt rễ, cây dễ bị nhiễm bệnh qua vết thương. Nếu có điều kiện, hàng năm vào đầu mùa mưa nên thay đất trong chậu bằng đất mới tơi xốp, hoặc bổ sung phân hữu cơ đã hoai mục, lượng bón từ 2-3kg/chậu.
2. Sử dụng phân bón lá: Ngoài việc sử dụng phân bón qua đất, phân bón lá có vai trò quan trọng trong việc thúc đẩy sinh trưởng và phát triển, bổ sung các chất dinh dưỡng thiếu hụt trong đất, kích thích ra rễ, ra lá, ra hoa theo ý muốn của người chơi mai.
   Kỹ thuật trồng và chăm sóc hoa mai cho ngày tết
3. Một số loại phân bón lá được nhà vườn quan tâm đó là: Phân bón lá đầu trâu 501 thúc ra chồi ra lá, đầu trâu 701 thúc ra bông và đầu trâu 901 có tác dụng dưỡng bông giúp bông lâu tàn và có màu sắc đẹp. Tương tự nhóm sản phẩm phân bón lá đầu trâu 005, đầu trâu 007, đầu trâu 009 cũng có hiệu quả cao đối với tất cả các loại mai cảnh.

Khi tiết trời đã điểm xuân, những cơn mưa lất phất mang hơi ấm của năm mới bắt đầu tưới xuống, cũng là lúc mai vàng khoe sắc báo hiệu mùa xuân về. Xuân bình anh, may mắn và người người đều nở nụ cười trên môi, chào đón một năm mới an lành, hạnh phúc. Miền Bắc có hoa đào thì miền Nam cũng rực rỡ sắc mai. Hoa mai đã như một biểu tượng ngày tết, báo hiệu những điều may mắn, thiện lành.

1. Kinh nghiệm cho hoa mai nở đúng Tết
2. Kỹ thuật trồng và chăm sóc hoa mai cho ngày tết
3. Cách chọn hoa mai đẹp, nhiều lộc đón Tết