General information and cultivation

General information and cultivation

The plant grows best at a pH as low as 4.5 to 5.8, in an environment free from frost and in partial shade with high humidity. The miracle fruit grows well with blueberries. Without the use of plant hormones the seeds have a 24% sprouting success rate.^{[citation needed]} The plants take between eight and ten years to bear fruit, but treatments for commercial crops can reduce gestation to less than four years.^{[citation needed]}