Pitaya seeds germinate in a few days and bear fruit in several years

Fire dragon fruit must be no stranger to everyone. Because of its good taste and high edible value, it is deeply loved by people. Now many people want to plant it, but before planting, the seeds have to be germinated first, so how long will it take? After it has been planted, how long will it take to see its fruit?

The dragon fruit seeds germinated in a few days.

Pitaya seeds do not need to soak in water, sow directly, good germination, generally 3-4 days after planting will germinate, sowing without covering the soil, but the seeds as far as possible in full contact with the soil. In general, sowing requires a peritoneum to maintain humidity and temperature.

Pitaya seeds bear fruit for several years

The dragon fruit begins to blossom and bear fruit 12-14 months after planting, and can blossom 12-15 times a year. April-November is the fruit-bearing period. The fruit matures 30-40 days after flowering, and the single fruit weighs 500-1000g. It produces more than 20 fruits per column in the second year after planting, and reaches the full fruit stage in the third year. The per unit yield can reach 2500 kg / mu.

What are the conditions for growing dragon fruit

1. Temperature: lukewarm dragon fruit is not afraid of high temperature and low temperature, the average annual temperature is not less than 18 ℃, the average temperature in January is not less than 8 ℃, the extremely low temperature is-3 ℃, the duration is not more than 6 hours, the optimum growth temperature is 25: 35 ℃, the temperature below 10 ℃ and above 38 ℃ will stop growing.

2. Soil: the dragon fruit has a wide range of adaptability to soil, and can grow well in mountain, dry land, semi-dry land, stony mountain, wasteland and waterlogged low-lying land, especially the dragon fruit grafted with the local quantity, its adaptability is more extensive.

3. Moisture: the dragon fruit is a drought-tolerant plant, but it needs plenty of water to grow. If the dragon fruit planting land is short of water for a long time, it will cause the dragon fruit growth to stagnate, and even the original stout fleshy stem will slowly wither.

4. Illumination: the dragon fruit is a typical solar plant, which likes warm direct sunlight. If the sunlight time is long and the sun is sufficient, the photosynthesis is especially exuberant, the flesh stem is stout and green, the flowers and fruits are rich and productive, otherwise the amount of fruit is obviously reduced.

5. Fertilizer: the dragon fruit grows fast, and the fertilizer needed in the whole growth cycle must be sufficient. Sufficient nitrogen fertilizer should be supplied in the early growth stage to help the plant grow fast, tall and strong. In the middle and later stages of plant growth, more balanced application of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer should be applied to increase plant photosynthesis.

How to reshape and prune dragon fruit after planting

The main results are as follows: 1. after the pruning and planting at the seedling stage survived, the plant climbed along the cement column. at this time, the side branches sprouted during the seedling growth, one strong upward branch should be retained, and the other side branches should be cut off in time, which is beneficial to concentrate nutrients for the strong branches to climb up quickly.

2. When the plant grows to 1.5 meters high, it can divide more than 3 natural drooping branches, and when the branches are mature and in the period from April to November, these drooping branches will have a chance to blossom and bear fruit. It is observed that the upper and middle branches, especially the drooping branches, have a higher flowering and fruiting rate, while the middle and lower branches rarely bloom. From the analysis of the distribution position of the branches, the growth potential of the upper branches is usually larger than that of the middle and lower branches, which may be caused by the top dominance, but the upper branches are not easy to be bound because of their high position, and their growth potential is strong, but the mechanical strength of the tissue is poor. It is often easy to be blown off by the wind. The upper branches can gradually adopt the methods of bracing, pulling, hanging and binding, and gradually let them droop to reduce wind damage after the branches mature and begin to blossom.

3. After fruiting, each plant can arrange the branches of 2 to 3 as fruiting branches, and the other branches of 1 to 3 can erase the buds or flowers, reduce the growth angle of branches, promote their actual vegetative growth, and cultivate them as strong preparatory fruiting branches. If some plants bear more fruit, it is less likely to form a large number of concentrated flowering branches in the next year, and after forming a large number of strong branches at the base of the plant, thinning can be used to thinning and leaving strong branches, or cutting weaker branches to promote it to develop into strong vegetative branches.

4. After fruit harvest, replanting and pruning should be carried out, that is, individual plants with weak growth should be dug out and new seedlings should be planted, and the top or weak branches that have borne many fruits should be cut off, so that the sturdy branches left can grow new branches again, so as to ensure the yield and quality in the coming year.

The seeds of dragon fruit germinate very quickly after planting, and the results can be seen in about three days, and the result usually takes more than a year. If dragon fruit is to be planted well, it is also important to have timely control of temperature and light, moisture and fertilizer.