It's dragon fruit eating season again, have friends ever thought about what dragon fruit trees look like when eating dragon fruit? When the flower was first seen, I was really shocked, seeing that many people used it to do potted farming, when they first entered the house, there was only one seedling, slowly growing, although the plant size is not large, but it can produce a lot of fruit! The fruit is full of stems and leaves, and the family can manage to eat the dragon fruit for a summer!
Regarding the cultivation of dragon fruit, it is important to understand its growth habits:
Dragon fruit itself is a plant that grows in tropical desert areas and slowly flows into all parts of the country, so for southern families, it is possible to eat potted dragon fruit, and northern families are more likely to breed dragon fruit trees as ornamental potted plants. The plants of dragon fruit are classified as cacti, and the stems and leaves are in the form of cacti, so the rhizomes are very thick, and white flowers will bloom when flowering, the flowers are very large, and the general size is much smaller than that of ordinary fruit trees.
Dragon fruit trees like to be exposed to direct sunlight, and having enough sunlight can speed up the growth rate of dragon fruit, but it can also grow without sunlight, but it cannot flower well and bear fruit, and dragon fruit trees are also more shade-tolerant. Generally, it grows best in an environment of 25 to 35 °C, and can survive at a high temperature of 40 °C.
Next, Hua Hua will teach you the skills of cultivating dragon fruit!
First, potting soil
Dragon fruit trees have certain requirements for the size of the pot, because if you want to grow the dragon fruit that bears fruit, you must leave enough gaps when sowing seedlings in the pot, and then slowly transplant it when you have roots. The bottom of the pot must be breathable to prevent water accumulation, and it is more appropriate to choose a clay pot, and the caliber should be about 35 to 40 cm. The soil should be a vegetative soil with good air permeability.
Second, water and fertilizer
Dragon fruit does not require much water, and it is necessary to wait until the soil is completely dry and then water it at one time. Water less during the seedling stage of dragon fruit, the rainy season, and the cold season.
Fertilization is generally the choice of organic fertilizer, one time can not be fertilized too much, to a small number of times superimposed, otherwise it is not conducive to the digestion and absorption of plants, nutrients will be excessive. Dragon fruit has a long flowering and fruiting period, and the flowers and fruits are very large, so the demand for nutrients is relatively high.
Before flowering, organic liquid fertilizers such as phosphorus and potassium fertilizers should be added, and fertilizer should be topdressed once a week. The fruiting period should focus on the application of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizers.
3. Pollination
In order for fruit trees to grow fruit, although dragon fruit can be pollinated by self-flowering, artificial pollination produces more fruit. Try to choose morning or evening pollination, choose a brush or cotton swab at home, gently dip the pollen on the male flower bud, and bring it to the staigma of another pistil.
Fourth, pruning
Pruning of dragon fruit trees must pay attention to self-protection, and if necessary, it is necessary to wear gardening gloves for pruning.
After the dragon fruit plant grows to a height of about 1 meter, it is necessary to start to pick the heart, and control the top of the plant to grow side branches faster. Adult plants are mainly pruned off dry and aging branches.
In addition, dragon fruit will be a lot after growing flower buds, and it is not unusual for the general flower buds to have a size of about 30 cm when they open, so in order to make the flowers bloom better, it is necessary to remove the flower buds that are relatively weak in opening, and the fruits produced in the future will be more fruitful.
The growth of dragon fruit trees starts from small seedlings, a potted plant can let us see the tree full of large dragon fruit, eat enough dragon fruit for a season, and flower friends who have not farmed dragon fruit trees come and try it! Northern families can see unusually large flowers just by doing ornamentation!