Usually when we eat dragon fruit, we will find that it has a lot of seeds, black seeds in the flesh, if you have some uneaten, fast rotting dragon fruit at home, then you may wish to dig out the seeds inside, used to sow seeds and breed, you can cultivate a very delicate and cute succulent pot.
Here to explain to you in advance, if you want dragon fruit to flower and bear fruit, it is recommended to use the method of branch cuttings to propagate, and it is best to carry out cuttings in the spring and summer, the success rate of reproduction is particularly high, and the time of flowering and fruiting will be earlier.
Of course, if you master the method of grafting, you can prepare some dragon fruit scion, grafted on a robust dragon fruit rootstock, keep the environment warm and moist, have as much light as possible, plus thin fertilizer and diligent application, then it is simpler to harvest dragon fruit.
On top of it is a grafted dragon fruit, and the rootstock is in a cutting pot, which has borne fruit
Dragon fruit seeds want to sow and cultivate, we must pay attention to the selection of more mature fruits, dragon fruit sowing generally needs to be completed in three days, complete several steps a day, to prepare all the tools in advance, red meat or white flesh dragon fruit can be done. Prepare a sharp knife, spoon, screen, gauze bag, small flower pot or nursery pot and appropriate pot soil.
First of all, the flesh inside the dragon fruit is taken out, a small spoon of flesh can get a lot of seeds, we need to collect the black seeds inside the dragon fruit, you can use the soup spoon together with the pulp spoon out, in the right environment, 3 days can grow seedlings, let's take a look at the dragon fruit sowing diary in turn.
1. Pulp and dragon fruit seed treatment:
The first day is to take out the pulp of the dragon fruit and separate the seed and pulp of the dragon fruit. You can use stockings or gauze bags to wrap the pulp, focusing on filtering out the pulp.
After wrapping the flesh of the dragon fruit with gauze, it can be rinsed under the tap, and the gauze bag should be properly rubbed, the pulp should be washed away, and the pulp in the gauze bag should not be packed too much, otherwise it is not easy to clean, and after packing, you can make a small knot at the top to avoid the seeds of the dragon fruit falling out.
One thing that needs to be reminded is that if it is a dragon fruit with red flesh, when cleaning, you should pay attention to wearing gloves, otherwise your hands will be stained red and it will be difficult to wash off.
After the flesh and seeds of the dragon fruit are separated, if the pulp is found to be difficult to clean, it can be soaked in water first, and then cleaned on the second day, and the flesh can be easily washed away by the water. Only some black seeds are left in the gauze bag, which are soaked in clean water and changed every 4 to 5 hours to keep the water fresh.
On day 2, the pulp can continue to be rinsed under the tap, and with a little scrubbing, the pulp around the seeds of the dragon fruit can be completely removed. Prepare a large bowl of water, soak for about 8 to 10 hours.
2. Prepare seeds and potting soil
The seeds of dragon fruit can be soaked in water overnight, and you can filter them with a strainer to check whether there is any pulp residue, and the seeds are placed in a ventilated shade to dry. You can prepare a container, wash the dragon fruit seeds on the container, pay attention to spread evenly, try to spread out, placed in a cool and ventilated place to dry, after two or three days you can start sowing seedlings.
Seeds can be sprinkled directly on a moist tissue and covered with a lid to keep it moist and germinate
Then you can prepare some seedling pots or some small flower pots, the bottom of the container needs to have a large drainage hole, you can pad the bottom of the broken tiles, and then you can add some loose and drained sandy soil.
A small layer of pottery can be added to the bottom of the pot, and then potted soil can be used, and the nursery soil is selected from peat soil, perlite and vermiculite, and mixed in a 1:1:1 ratio. Of course, fine coconut bran can also be used with perlite, mixed in a 2:1 ratio, and can also be used to cultivate the seeds of dragon fruit.
3. Sowing and breeding skills:
The soil can be watered and moist in advance, after the soil is completely moist, you can evenly sprinkle the seeds on the soil surface, to spread evenly, do not make a clump, after sprinkling the seeds, you can sprinkle a layer of thin soil half a centimeter thick, do not cover the soil too deeply.
Then you can spray some misty water on the soil surface, spray water slowly, and then keep the soil moist, placed on the side of the ventilated and transparent window sill, you can give a little scattered light in the morning, and the temperature of cultivation is between 22 and 25 degrees.
At the top of the container, you can cover it with a layer of transparent plastic wrap, so that you can maintain high humidity and a warm environment, do not worry about the seeds inside will rot, be sure to pay attention to placed in a ventilated and semi-shaded place, do not give direct light, and do not let the environment pass through the ventilation.
4. Attention to seedling maintenance:
After about 3 to 5 days, the seedlings of these dragon fruit begin to germinate, and the film needs to be lifted. Before the seedlings germinate, it is necessary to open the plastic wrap every day and spray the topsoil wet, usually 1 to 3 times a day.
About 3 to 5 days, the dragon fruit seedlings began to grow, the newly grown buds are particularly small, the young buds will have a small black shell, it looks like a small bug, the black shell is the seed of the dragon fruit.
At this time, it is necessary to give a little scattered light, keep the potting soil slightly moist, be careful when watering, and give proper light to avoid seedlings from growing.
Dragon fruit seedlings are also relatively fragile, as the seedlings continue to grow taller, the top black shell will fall, as the seedlings grow larger and larger, it will look very vibrant.
After about a week or two, the dragon fruit seedlings will grow particularly densely, and its seedlings will grow towards the side with more sunlight, at this time, it is necessary to rotate the pot regularly, so that the seedlings on each side can receive even sunlight to avoid the plant growing crooked.
5. Post-potting care:
In the later stage, if you want to continue to raise dragon fruit seedlings, you need appropriate seedlings, because its seedlings grow too densely, it is difficult to grow, you need to remove too many seedlings, keep each plant with appropriate spacing.
After about two or three months, the dragon fruit seedlings will slowly grow from young leaves to strong stems, growing into some small white thorns.
After about three months, the seedlings of these dragon fruit will grow like cacti. The dragon fruit itself is a plant of the cactus family, and the stem that grows out will definitely have white spikes.
In the later stage, it is necessary to separate the plants of dragon fruit, each small plant is planted separately in a pot, if you want it to grow taller, you must maintain more than 6 hours of direct light every day, after the seedlings grow strong, you must control the watering to avoid excessive moisture in the soil.
In the later stage, the seedlings of dragon fruit are planted separately in a pot, and a bamboo pole or other scaffold is inserted in the pot in advance, so that its stem can grow upwards in the stent.