What kind of soil is used to grow dragon fruit? Neutral soil and weakly acidic soil should be used.

Pitaya should be planted in neutral soil and weakly acidic soil with more humus, water and fertilizer conservation, cuttage and grafting, and can be planted in flat land, paddy field, hillside or dry land.

Pitaya does not have high requirements for soil, generally flat land, paddy fields, hillsides or dry land can be planted, but it will be better to grow in fertile, well-drained neutral or slightly acidic soil. Pitaya has strong rooting ability and strong vitality.

Planting conditions of dragon fruit

Pitaya belongs to tropical and subtropical fruits, and its cultivation techniques are not complicated. It likes warm and humid places, shade and barren tolerance, and the more suitable temperature for growth is about 30 ℃. It can also be planted in the open air at 5 ℃.

Reproduction method

The dragon fruit mainly uses the method of cutting and grafting, the planting row spacing is generally about 6-7 meters, the plant spacing is about 3-4 meters, and the number of 38 holes per mu is about 38. The amount of organic fertilizer should be applied in the planting process, and the hot weather in summer should be irrigated. And in the rainy world, we should pay attention to waterlogging, must not cause stagnant water in the planting area, otherwise it is easy to infect fungi and bacteria.

Disease prevention and cure

Pitaya generally does not have any major diseases, and the probability of producing diseases and insect pests in the normal planting process is not large. Even if diseases are produced, it is generally easy to control them with some efficient and low-toxic pesticides. The flowering and fruiting period of dragon fruit is between May and November every year. When the fruit turns purplish red, it can generally be picked.

Current market situation

The cultivation history of pitaya in China is relatively short, and the current cultivated area is not large. Pitaya can adapt to most of the soil, but the neutral soil and weakly acidic soil that conserve water and fertilizer are the best. If you want to make the plant grow more vigorously in the later stage, you can apply more human and animal manure and organic fertilizer, apply calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer and compound fertilizer at the seedling stage, and the dosage is determined according to the size of the plant.

Compared with most fruit trees, dragon fruit is very easy to grow. Generally, it can grow rapidly in warm, humid and sunny places. It can be watered more when cultivated in the open air in spring and summer, so that the roots can grow vigorously. Drainage should be carried out in time in cloudy and rainy weather to avoid infection with germs.

The dragon fruit is tolerant to 0 ℃ low temperature and 40 ℃ high temperature, but in order to ensure perennial growth and multiple fruit, it should be cultivated at the temperature of 20 ℃ and 30 ℃ as far as possible. If the dragon fruit is planted in the north, a greenhouse must be built, and the night temperature in winter should not be lower than 8 ℃. There is no need to take off the plastic film in summer, but it must be ventilated. The dragon orchard does not need frequent ploughing, as long as the weeds are removed in time. There are generally no other diseases and insect pests in the dragon fruit, and occasionally there are nematodes in the root. You only need to control it in time after it is found.