What does the latest dragon fruit tree look like?

Pitaya is also known as red dragon fruit, dragon fruit, fairy honey fruit, etc., because it looks like an angry red fireball, the flesh inside is like sweet cream, but it is full of small black seeds, mild texture, fragrant taste, rich nutrition, containing plant albumin and anthocyanins rarely found in ordinary plants. Let's take a look at what pitaya trees look like!

What does the dragon fruit tree look like?

Pitaya is a perennial climbing succulent plant. The plant has no taproot, lateral roots are distributed in shallow soil layer, and there are many aerial roots, which can climb. Rootstock dark green, stout, up to 7 meters long, 10~12 cm thick, with 3 ribs, flat ribs, wavy edges, stem node growth climbing roots, can climb other plants on the growth, ribs for more than 3, each section of stem node depression with small thorns. The leaves have degenerated and the photosynthetic function is assumed by the stem. Flowers white, ovary large inferior, fruit oblong or ovoid.

When does dragon fruit ripen?

The maturity period of pitaya is from May to November every year. Pitaya is a kind of fruit with high yield. It begins to blossom and bear fruit 12~14 months after planting. It can bloom 12~15 times a year. April ~ November is the fruiting period. The fruit matures 30~40 days after flowering. When the fruit gradually changes from green to purple, it can be harvested. The single fruit weighs 500~1000 grams. More than 20 fruits per column are produced in the second year after planting. The third year enters the peak fruiting period.

What conditions do you need to grow pitaya?

1, temperature: warm pitaya is not afraid of high temperature afraid of low temperature, the annual average temperature is not lower than 18℃, January average temperature is not lower than 8℃, extreme low temperature-3℃, duration is not more than 6 hours, the optimal growth temperature 25~35℃, temperature below 10℃ and above 38℃ will stop growing.

2. Soil: Pitaya has extremely wide adaptability to soil, and can grow well in mountainous, dry, semi-dry, rocky, wasteland and waterlogged low-lying land, especially after grafting with local measuring ruler, its adaptability is more extensive.

3. Moisture: Pitaya is a drought-tolerant plant, but it needs abundant moisture to grow. If pitaya is planted for a long time without moisture, it will cause pitaya growth to stagnate, and even the original thick flesh stem will slowly wither.

4, light: pitaya is a typical sun plant, like warm direct sunlight, if the light time is long, sunshine is sufficient, photosynthesis is particularly vigorous, the flesh stem thick color is thick green, flowers and fruits are large and high yield, otherwise the amount of results is significantly reduced.

5. Fertilizer: Pitaya grows fast, and the fertilizer needed in the whole growth cycle must be sufficient. In the early stage of growth, sufficient nitrogen should be supplied to help the plant grow tall and strong quickly. In the middle and late stages of plant growth, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium should be applied in a balanced manner to increase the photosynthesis of the plant.