Seedlings need two or three irrigations during the first summer and must be protected from animals. Weeding is recommended after each irrigation. Plants could start producing seeds in 5 years, but full production would not be attained for 8 to 10 years. Using a 2 x 4 m spacing in planting would permit the planting of about 500 female and 50 male pollinating plants per hectare. Apomictic plants are known, lessening the need for male non-fruiting plants in the orchard.
Transplanted seedlings survive readily, if the roots are pruned.
Hence, cuttings could be made in a nursery for later transplanting in the field. The more efficient spacing for this method of planting is in rows 4 m apart, and the bushes in the rows 2 m apart. Harvesting In the wild, the only method for harvesting has been hand collecting from under the plants, since mature seeds fall from the bush. Pruning the lower branches might be advantageous if this method be used. A device could be designed to pick the seeds from the bush prior to the time of falling.