Grow a dragon fruit on the balcony. The fruit is big, red and sweet.

Pitaya is an epiphytic and succulent plant. Its leaves, flowers and fruits have ornamental value. Its floral fruity, bright and dazzling, is an excellent ornamental flowers. In addition, pitaya is suitable for both planting and potted plants. The flower viewing and fruit appreciation period can last for 3~4 months. The fruit is big, red and sweet. It is an excellent ornamental plant in the courtyard and balcony.

Flower friends plant pitaya, generally based on cuttage propagation. And cuttings in spring and summer is appropriate, cuttings should be selected to grow full stem nodes, about 15 cm long, to be cut into the sand bed after drying, about 15 to 30 days can take root. When the root length is 3~4 cm, it can be transplanted into the seedbed.

Grafting can also be carried out. Flower friends can choose local pitaya without diseases and insect pests, strong growth and full stem meat as rootstock, and graft in sunny days. Cut the pitaya stem into 3~4 cm long with a knife and let the wound air dry. Cut the scion into a plane 10 cm above the base of the rootstock stem with a transverse knife, insert the scion into the person, align it with the cambium, tie it firmly and fix it, and place it in the room for maintenance.

In addition, pitaya likes warm, sunny environment, more tolerant of shade; likes water, but also more tolerant of drought. Summer should be 3~4 days of irrigation once water, in order to promote its vigorous growth, flowering. Drain water in time after rain.

After planting, pitaya seedlings need to be watered once every 7~10 days, and liquid fertilizer should be applied once every 10~15 days. When pitaya grows out of the first fleshy stem segment, it can be taken out of the nursery.

Pot planting should select nutrient soil which is permeable to water and keeps water and fertilizer. The nutrient soil is prepared from 6 parts of coal cinder, 1 part of organic fertilizer and 3 parts of vegetable garden soil by fully stirring and uniformly stacking for 15 - 30 days.

Pitaya potted plants should be timely fertilization, in order to ensure vigorous growth, we must apply more quick-acting organic liquid fertilizer. Thin fertilizer should be applied frequently at seedling stage, and organic liquid fertilizer special for fruits and vegetables should be applied once every 7~10 days to promote plant stem flesh hypertrophy and strong growth. At the later stage, 500 times of fruit and vegetable nutrient solution should be applied to each pot, once every 15~20 days.

According to the above maintenance, soon, a dragon fruit can bear fruit, each fruit is big and red, fragrant and sweet.