Double Dragon Fruit, also known as Red Dragon Fruit, Green Dragon Fruit, Fairy Honey Fruit, and Jade Dragon Fruit, is a cultivar of the Cactaceae family, a climbing succulent shrub with aerial roots. Branches are numerous and spreading, and the leaves are often winged with undulating or crenate margins, dark green to light blue-green, and bony; the flowers are funnel-shaped and open at night.
The quality of dragon fruit is greatly affected by the regional climate, so different provinces grow their own preferences for dragon fruit varieties. Guihonglong, Meilong, Jindu 1, Dahong is the main varieties in the two provinces. Hainan is mainly Jindu 1, Dahong, Golden Diamond, Fortune Red 450; Yunnan, Guizhou is mainly purple red dragon, crystal red dragon, pink dragon. Some of these varieties have passed regional validation, more varieties are still in trial cultivation.
What conditions are needed for dragon fruit planting
The dragon fruit is a tropical and subtropical fruit, with light and shade resistance, heat and drought resistance, fertilizer resistance, barrenness and other characteristics. Dragon fruit is a positive flower, needs high light, grows rapidly in a warm, moist, light-rich environment. If the light intensity is insufficient, it will affect its normal flowering.
Climate and temperature of dragon fruit planting
The dragon fruit can tolerate a low temperature of 0 and a high temperature of 40, and the optimal growing temperature is 25-35. Dragon fruit can adapt to a variety of soils, but neutral soil and weakly acidic soil with a large amount of humus, water retention and fertilization are the best. Tropical and subtropical climates are suitable for growing dragon fruit.
Geographic regions suitable for dragon fruit planting
Dragon fruit can only be grown in the tropical regions of China, such as Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and Yunnan. It is actually native to Costa Rica and Guatemala in Central America.
Duration of Dragon Fruit Planting
Dragon fruit can be planted all year round. However, the best season for planting is spring. It is generally better to start planting in March-April, because dragon fruit is a tropical fruit, the temperature requirements are generally higher than 18. higher than 40 will damage the fruit tree, so spring is the most suitable, and can be harvested in the summer when it is hot and will not reduce production.
The benefits of dragon fruit planting
The cultivation and management of dragon fruit is simple, and the economic benefits are considerable. Under normal circumstances mu yield 5000 pounds, picking price of 15 dollars a catty. According to this market, the annual income of 25,000 yuan per mu, shed three acres of dragon fruit can earn 75,000 yuan.
The dragon fruit planting methods and technical points
1. Dragon fruit is planted in March-April, and can be harvested around summer. It does not require much soil, and can be planted in plains, mountains or sandy areas. Planting can be done around May. Open a 40cm deep soil ditch in the border, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer mixed with the soil as the base fertilizer.
2. In the early stage of planting dragon fruit seedlings, as long as the temperature and humidity are suitable for the soil, planting survival rate of up to 99%. But dragon fruit seedlings want high yield and high quality, the later still need our careful management. We all know that dragon fruit is a tropical fruit, so the temperature requirements are relatively high. It likes high temperature and is not cold hardy. The appropriate growing temperature is 20 to 30 degrees.