When will the latest dragon fruit be planted?

Pitaya is a tropical and subtropical fruit. Under natural conditions, the fruit matures in summer and autumn. It tastes sweet and juicy, rich in nutrients and unique in function. It contains plant albumin, anthocyanins and rich vitamins and water-soluble dietary fiber that are rare in general plants. It has extremely high cultivation value. Let's take a look at when pitaya is planted.

When is the dragon fruit planted?

Pitaya can be planted all year round, but it cannot be deeply planted. It can be planted about 3 times deep. The soil should be kept moist in the early stage. The fruit begins to blossom and bear fruit 12 ~14 months after planting, and can bloom 12~15 times a year. April ~ November is the fruiting period. The fruit ripens 30~40 days after flowering, and the single fruit weighs 500~1000 grams. The second year after planting, the fruit per column is more than 20. The third year enters the peak fruiting period. The yield of higher management level can reach 2500 kg/mu.

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.

Cultivation and Management Technology of Pitaya

1, planting methods: pitaya planting methods are various, can climb the wall planting, can also be planted in sheds, but column cultivation is the most common, its advantages are low production cost, high land utilization rate.

2. Planting specifications: pitaya adopts double-season column with plant spacing of 1.5×2 meters. According to the calculation of planting 4 seedlings around each column, 750 plants can be planted per mu. However, attention should not be deep planting, planting about 3 cm deep can be, the initial stage should keep the soil moist.

3. Thin fertilizer and frequent application: pitaya has a long harvest period, so organic fertilizer should be applied again every year. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizers should be applied in a balanced way for a long time. Potassium and magnesium fertilizer should be supplemented during flowering and fruiting period. The soil should be kept moist during fruiting period. The tree tray should be covered with grass or mushroom residue.

4. Topping and pruning: Pitaya is picked when the branches grow to 1.3~1.4 meters long, promoting branching and letting the branches droop naturally. Every year after picking fruit, cut off the branches that have borne fruit, and let them re-issue new branches to ensure the yield of the next year.

5. Reasonable interplanting: the self-pollination compatibility of red pitaya is poor, the self-pollination fruit rate is low, the fruit is small, the commodity sex is poor, and white meat pitaya pollination is needed. Interplanting about 10% white meat pitaya can obviously improve the seed setting rate.

6. Artificial pollination: When pitaya is planted, artificial pollination should be carried out in rainy weather. Pollination can be carried out in the evening or before the flowers close in the morning, and the pollen can be directly coated on the stigma of female flowers with a brush.

7. Disease and pest control: Pitaya has fewer diseases and pests, and its seedling stage is vulnerable to snails and ants, which can be controlled by pesticides. In high temperature and humidity season easy to infect diseases, branch partial necrosis and mildew, available triadimefon, strong copper oxide and other control.