How to grow dragon fruit at home

The dragon fruit plant is more ornamental, can be used as a potted plant, but also has a different flavor. So how do you grow dragon fruit at home? Let's get to know it together.

First, obtain seeds

First of all, take out the flesh of the dragon fruit, put it in a silk scarf and dilute it with water, then gently rub it with your hands to separate the pulp from the seeds. Soak in cold water and continue kneading the next day to separate the pulp directly. You can also go directly to the market to buy dragon fruit seeds.

Flowerpots

Pitaya is a shallow-rooted plant. Prepare a mud basin with a drainage hole at the bottom. If there is no mud basin to find a wooden box, as long as it is good air permeability, it is best not to use plastic, too airtight containers. Before planting pitaya, soak the pot with clear water for several hours to discharge the dirty gas from the stomata on the basin wall, otherwise it will affect the root growth of the plant.

Third, sowing seeds

Planting dragon fruit should first find some neutral or slightly acidic soil, which must be loose and breathable, and alkaline soil is not conducive to cultivation. We can also make our own culture soil, which can be mixed with rotten leaf soil, manure soil and coarse river sand at 6:1:1.

Sprinkle the dragon fruit seeds on the soil, spray appropriate water, and then cover with plastic film to keep the soil and air moist, the temperature is controlled at about 22 degrees, and it can germinate after a week.

IV. Cultivation and management

The dragon fruit is very resistant to drought, so the water does not need to be irrigated too frequently, but to keep the soil moist, the organic fertilizer solution based on nitrogen fertilizer can be diluted once a week. The lateral buds on the stem branches should be removed and the item buds should be retained so that they can grow taller. When the plant is about 1 meter tall, cut off the stem tip about 3 centimeters long at the top, so that lateral branches can be sent out at the top so that they will not grow any more. When the apical lateral branch grows to about 50 cm. And then on the edge of the basin with a high bamboo pole, tie the crossbeam at the top of the bamboo pole, and tie the side branches to the crossbeam to make it flat or droop naturally. When the lateral branch is more than 80 cm, the stem tip should be cut off about 3 cm to reduce nutrition consumption, promote flower bud differentiation, and blossom and bear fruit earlier. If well managed, it will blossom in 7-8 months.

Growing dragon fruit at home can beautify the environment, but pay attention to the temperature. if you have a temperature attitude, dragon fruit may die.