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The Acai berry is a wonderful fruit that is famous for its many health benefits. This is a fruit that helps slow down the aging process, is anti-inflammatory, has the highest level of antioxidants in the vegetable kingdom and helps with weight loss.
The only disadvantage of the fruit is that its high fatty acid levels render it highly perishable. This is why people from other parts of the world, besides the Amazon region of Brazil, cannot avail of fresh Acai berries.
To let the world experience its many benefits, many companies manufacture Acai berry supplements like Acai berry juice, pills, capsules and powder to export to the world. However these supplements sometimes have additives and other fruits in them, wherein the supplements don’t offer the same health benefits as Acai berries.
Grow your own Acai berry plant
This is why you may consider it better to grow your own Acai berry plant. It is possible to buy Acai berry seeds to grow in your garden to create an Acai berry plant. Experts collect Acai berry seeds of best genetics to ensure you grow the best Acai berry plant available.
However it is not possible for everyone to grow an Acai berry plant as the plant requires a warm climate to thrive. Those in subtropical and tropical regions and those living in frost free regions can grow the best Acai berry plants.
After ordering your Acai berry seeds, you have to soak them in warm water, on arrival, for one or two days. 90-95% of these seeds germinate best in wet soil, at warm temperatures. Once the sprouts germinate, make sure they are covered to keep the humidity and heat in.
Use rich soil
If you grow the Acai berry seeds indoors, you will have to use a lamp or heat mat for heating purposes. You will find red spikes on the sprouts after two weeks, and then the slow appearance of leaves in following weeks.
Once the Acai berry plant crosses its infancy stage, the Acai berry plant can be potted as houseplants, or can be planted outside. There is no need of worrying of any over watering of the Acai berry plant as they naturally grow in the swampy Amazon regions.
It is generally better to plant the Acai berry plant in the ground as they thus benefit from frequent watering. The soil should also be rich, with lots of organic matter. You can expect your first harvest of Acai berries after four years, if you live in a tropical climate.
Precautions to take in South Florida
While it is possible to collect fruits throughout the year in equatorial climates, you can expect large harvests in the fall months of the subtropics. If you are growing your Acai berry plant in South Florida, make sure the palm is wrapped with a frost cloth during the frost months that occur a few times in a decade here.
With these tips, you will be able to grow your own Acai berry plant using Acai berry seeds at home, to avail of all the health benefits of the Acai berry.
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