How to plant dragon fruit? Dragon fruit planting methods and techniques

Dragon fruit is a common tropical fruit in the market, and its price is relatively high. Many people want to grow it in large quantities to gain more economic benefits, but people don’t know much about the methods and techniques of growing dragon fruit. Today, I will teach you a few tips.

Dragon fruit planting methods and techniques

1. Soil and temperature

As we all know, pitaya is a tropical fruit. This plant likes to grow in a warm environment between 25 and 35 degrees. It can be grown in large areas south of the Tropic of Cancer, but it likes loose and fertile sandy soil, and the soil must be acidic and well-drained.

2. Planting

Dragon fruit is a plant with strong vitality. It can be planted all year round, but it is better to plant it between March and November each year. When planting, you should pay attention to the selection of varieties. Varieties such as white jade dragon fruit and pig dragon fruit are suitable for large-scale planting. In addition, dragon fruit is a climbing plant. When planting, you should count cement poles as its support.

3. Fertilizer and water management

Fertilizer and water management is very important when planting pitaya. It is a shallow-rooted plant with strong drought tolerance and is afraid of waterlogging, but it also needs sufficient water during its rapid growth period. Therefore, when it is growing vigorously, it must be watered enough and not watered when it is dry. Try to avoid placing the whole plant near water or irrigating the field, otherwise it will die from lack of oxygen. Pitaya does not require much fertilizer. It is usually fertilized once in spring, summer, autumn and winter. The fertilizer can be decomposed organic fertilizer.

4. Timely pruning

When planting dragon fruit, you should also pay attention to timely vacation. When it is in the seedling stage, you should keep one main branch growing upward and cut off all other side branches. When it grows to about 1.5 meters, you can leave branches at the top and pull its branches in different directions, so that it can bear more fruit in the future.