Potted dragon fruit planting strategy has been put away! How to grow small potted plants with dragon fruit seeds? How many years can it bear fruit?

Dragon fruit is a tropical fruit, also known as red dragon fruit, dragon bead fruit, because of its sweet and sour taste, rich nutrition is very popular, and many people have begun to use dragon fruit seeds to grow potted plants, then how to grow small potted plants? How many years can it bear fruit?

First, how to grow small potted plants with dragon fruit seeds?

Tools: flowerpots, dragon fruit seeds, neutral or slightly acidic soil, cling film, filter cloth

2. Steps

(1) mash the dragon flesh into a filter cloth and wash it several times, remove the excess flesh, and be sure to separate the meat from the seeds (small black particles), otherwise it is easy to grow mold during germination.

(2) dry the seeds with toilet paper, take out the seeds and dry them to dry them completely, and then start planting.

(3) choose flowerpots with impervious holes at the bottom, put them into the soil, and spray water to make the soil surface moist.

(4) then spread the dried seeds evenly on the soil, and spread the seeds more densely, especially at the edges, otherwise they will be very sparse, and then gently spray some water with a spray can. the best germination temperature of dragon fruit seeds is about 25 degrees, so we should pay attention to control the temperature.

(5) then cover it with cling film and spray water with a spray can every other day. After 3-5 days, you will find that the seeds begin to germinate, and the cling film will not be lifted completely until the new sprouts grow.

(6) for about a week or so, the seedlings grow into a "cactus" similar to small thorns, and when the seedlings grow a little stronger, they can be poured out of the pot and planted separately, and finally the small potted dragon fruit is ready.

2. Potted planting methods of pitaya

Cuttings are the easiest way to survive potted pitaya. As long as the seedlings grow roots and send out new branches, the pots can be moved. So here is the method of potted dragon fruit planting by cutting seedlings:

1. Select the flowerpot

Use a perforated mud basin or wooden box, as long as it is breathable, and then soak the basin with clean water for a few hours, so that the dirty gas on the basin wall is discharged, which is conducive to the growth of plant roots.

2. Soil

Pot cultivation of dragon fruit is not strict with soil, it is best to use neutral or slightly acidic soil, but it must be loose and breathable, alkaline soil is not conducive to cultivation. Or match it with yourself, mix it with rotten leaf soil, manure soil and coarse river sand at 6:1:1 and use it for half a month.

3. Pot planting method

Put the prepared soil into the flowerpot, the bottom of the flowerpot can be covered with a layer of sand and gravel, and then put the soil, and insert the dragon fruit seedlings obliquely in the potted soil, the depth is about 3-4 cm, too deep, it will lead to slow rooting, too shallow, will cause the branches to lose water due to the loss of water in the topsoil, and finally gently press the soil around the plant with your hands to water thoroughly.

4. Cultivation and management

After the dragon fruit is planted, compound fertilizer should be applied every other week to promote plant growth, and calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer and compound fertilizer should be applied according to plant size in the later stage. After planting, dragon fruit can germinate and grow rapidly after 15-20 days. When the plant height is about 1 meter, the stem tip of about 3cm length is cut off at the top to promote the sending out of lateral branches at the top. When the side branch exceeds 80cm, the stem tip of about 3cm length is cut off at the top. According to this method, if well managed, it will blossom after 7-8 months.

5. Management of florescence

The demand for nutrition in the flowering period of dragon fruit is also high. Half a month before flowering, organic liquid fertilizer containing phosphorus and potassium fertilizer should be applied once every 5-7 days. Potted dragon fruit should not stay too long because of the small amount of soil in the pot and limited nutrition supply. It is recommended to leave only one fruit per branch.

Third, how many years can the dragon fruit be planted in a pot?

This can be divided into two situations.

The main results are as follows: 1. Potted dragon fruit seed cultivation takes about 4-5 years from sowing to fruiting, and some blossom in the third year, but can not hold the fruit, so the pot fruiting cycle of dragon fruit is a little long.

2. If the cuttage is potted, the fruit cycle is much shorter, and the potted dragon fruit hanging cycle of the cuttage is short, and it can bear fruit in the second year if it is raised well.

The potted method of dragon fruit seed and the pot method of dragon fruit cuttage will be introduced here. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. The editor reminds that dragon fruit contains high content of protein and fiber, and you can eat more balanced nutrition at ordinary times.