Things Needed

The acai berry turn on a medal tree ( Euterpe oleracea ) that is aboriginal to Central and South America , as far to the south as the Amazon region of Brazil . Indigenous people have use up this fruit for centuries in the belief that it helps to keep them healthy and that it will help to heal diseases . This berry has become popular among wellness enthusiasts in the United States and other area in recent age for its antioxidant belongings . If you live in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 10 or higher , you’re able to develop an acai medallion in a swampy , shady region among other trees .

Step 1

Soak dry out acai Chuck Berry in warm water for up to two day . Then fill up 1 - gallon glasshouse pots with drain holes with stock potting soil and make two to three cakehole ½-inch deep in each corporation . Drop one acai Chuck Berry into each hole and cover with pot dirt . Water well , until water comes out the drain hole and keep your newly plant seeds moist and in a warm , partly gay spot .

Step 2

get up a planting area for your acai ribbon when it is 6 to 12 inches tall , which can take up to one year . Choose an area under other trees where the grunge is almost always damp and full sun almost never occurs . Dig a hole at least twice the sizing of your acai palm tree ’s root system and then mix in 1 part compost to every 4 parts of soil .

Step 3

Set your untried acai palm tree into its planting hole and fill up with additional soil / compost mixture . tauten the soil with your base and then water well by running a hosepipe at a slow drip for about one hour at the plant ’s root geographical zone .

Step 4

fertilise your acai palm with moo-cow manure dissolve in water . occupy a 1 - gallon bucket with purchase cow manure and mix it with 5 gallons of urine . Water your acai palm tree with this mixture four times each year at evenly spaced intervals . Use all of the 5 gallons of manure tea when you fertilise your thenar .

Step 5

harvest time acai berries three or four years after you engraft your palm tree . you could eat on them fresh , as yield , or make succus from them .

Tip

Harvest acai berries when they flex gloomy purple . The acai palm tree diagram also farm heart of palm tree , which you could reap by cutting one of this palm ’s stems .

Warning

Hawaiian Ecosystems at jeopardy reports that the acai palm is being studied to shape its invasiveness potential in Hawaii . As of 2010 , it has not been classified an trespassing species . Acai palm trees can tolerate temperatures only as low as 50 degree F. It is possible to get them in greenhouses in clime zones outside of the tropics , but stipulation must be veracious .

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