TAIF — Some farmers in Taif province are selecting to domesticate some uncommon vegetation, such because the pepino dulce fruit, a species of evergreen shrub native to South America that has a candy style just like that of mangos and melons.
The extremely productive fruit is tolerant of salinity and most soil sorts.
Nayef Al-Maliki, a farmer concerned with uncommon crops, instructed the Saudi Press Company that the pepino (solanum muricatum) is a tropical fruit native to Chile and Peru.
It may be present in humid areas at excessive altitude, however will also be grown in low subtropical areas and areas with temperatures between 15°C to 25°C, with a tolerance to warmth of as much as 30 °C.
Al-Maliki mentioned that the pepino fruit is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae household that has a candy fragrant taste that he succeeded in cultivating in Taif after experimenting for over a 12 months.
In response to Al-Maliki, the harvest season begins three months after planting, and the plant bears fruit from 4 to 6 months after planting.
The variation within the size of the harvest season, he mentioned, is because of a number of elements, together with soil sort, time of cultivation, climate situations, ailments and bug infestation. — SPA