Planting Dragon Fruit Introduction
Dragon fruit is a tropical, subtropical fruit, like sunny environments, slightly shade, heat and drought resistance, like fertilizer and barren, it is adaptable to the environment, can be planted throughout the year, the best planting time in the spring, usually March-April to start planting for the best, life expectancy of 20 years.
Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan and other provinces and regions of mainland China have planted dragon fruit, its varieties are mainly red dragon fruit and white heart dragon fruit.
The dragon fruit planting a few years results
White heart dragon fruit planted 12 to 14 months after the beginning of flowering and fruiting, red meat dragon fruit cultivation 16 months after the beginning of flowering and fruiting.
The dragon fruit is suitable for planting in a well-lit, well-ventilated, warm and humid environment, spring and summer open-ground cultivation needs to be watered diligently, so that the root system grows better, in the rainy weather need to do a good job in the drainage of the measures, so as to avoid root rot.
Grafted dragon fruit blossoms and fruits
The dragon fruit will blossom and bear fruit in a year or so after grafting, but if the maintenance is not proper, it will take a little longer, and some even take 3 years.
Potted dragon fruit fruit
Potted dragon fruit if the fruit seedling, need to maintain 4-5 years of time to hang fruit, some varieties of the third year of flowering, but can not hang fruit, if the cuttings pot plant, maintenance of the second year can be fruit.
Why dragon fruit does not bear fruit
If dragon fruit planting is too dense, it will lead to some plants can not receive enough light, which will lead to a reduction in yield, fruit production will be reduced or even fruit.
During the seedling stage, dragon fruit needs a little control of water and fertilizer, otherwise, the seedling will not grow strong enough, and will appear to grow, it is difficult to bloom, and it will be difficult to bear fruit.
The key points of high-yield planting of dragon fruit
The dragon fruit should choose good drainage, loose soil, high fertility plots, in the whole cycle of planting, need to make up the fertilizer as well as watering many times, especially in the flowering and fruiting period, due to the expansion of the fruit needs a lot of nutrients and water, so at this time should be every week or so of fertilizer, if you find that the ground is relatively dry, and also watering. The first thing you need to do is water the plant.