How to tend a Cicer arietinum
Also known as: Cicer album hort., Cicer nigrum hort. ex Steud., Cicer arientinium L., Cicer arientinum L., Cicer edessanum Bornm., Vicia arietina (L.) E.H.L.Krause
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Water thoroughly after soil surface dries, avoid saturated water
Sunlight
Grows in sunny places
Soil
Soil with loose texture or soil with specific nutrients, pH value 6-7
Fertilizer
No need to apply extra fertilizer before fruiting
Pruning
Remove aged tissues, dead, rotten, diseased leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Western Asia and Near East
- Category
- Leguminosae, Cicer
- Size
- Diameter ⥠10 cm, can climb
- Blooming period
- Flowering period June-July, fruiting period August-September
- Flower colors
- white or light blue, purple red, fruit color light yellow
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