When will the dragon fruit ripen?

Dragon fruit, also known as red dragon fruit, green dragon fruit, fairy honey fruit, jade dragon fruit, etc., is a perennial climbing succulent plant of the cactus family, the fruit is oval, the fruit is nutritious, and the function is unique, which contains plant albumin, anthocyanins and rich vitamins and water-soluble dietary fiber rarely found in general plants. Let's take a look at when the dragon fruit will mature.

When will the dragon fruit ripen?

The ripening period of dragon fruit is from May to November every year. Huolong fruit is a kind of fruit with high yield. it begins to blossom and bear fruit 12-14 months after planting, and can blossom 12-15 times a year. April-November is the fruit-bearing period, and the fruit is ripe 30-40 days after flowering. It can be harvested when the fruit changes from green to purplish red gradually. The single fruit weighs 500-1000 grams, produces more than 20 fruits per column in the second year after planting, and enters the full fruit period in the third year.

Where is the origin of dragon fruit?

Pitaya originated in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Ecuador, Cuba, Colombia and other places in Central America, and was later introduced into Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam and Thailand and Taiwan Province of China. Chinese mainland is cultivated in Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan, Guizhou and other provinces.

What are the conditions for growing dragon fruit?

1. Temperature: lukewarm dragon fruit is not afraid of high temperature and low temperature, the average annual temperature is not less than 18 ℃, the average temperature in January is not less than 8 ℃, the extremely low temperature is-3 ℃, the duration is not more than 6 hours, the optimum growth temperature is 25: 35 ℃, the temperature below 10 ℃ and above 38 ℃ will stop growing.

2. Soil: the dragon fruit has a wide range of adaptability to soil, and can grow well in mountain, dry land, semi-dry land, stony mountain, wasteland and waterlogged low-lying land, especially the dragon fruit grafted with the local quantity, its adaptability is more extensive.

3. Moisture: the dragon fruit is a drought-tolerant plant, but it needs plenty of water to grow. If the dragon fruit planting land is short of water for a long time, it will cause the dragon fruit growth to stagnate, and even the original stout fleshy stem will slowly wither.

4. Illumination: the dragon fruit is a typical solar plant, which likes warm direct sunlight. If the sunlight time is long and the sun is sufficient, the photosynthesis is especially exuberant, the flesh stem is stout and green, the flowers and fruits are rich and productive, otherwise the amount of fruit is obviously reduced.

5. Fertilizer: the dragon fruit grows fast, and the fertilizer needed in the whole growth cycle must be sufficient. Sufficient nitrogen fertilizer should be supplied in the early growth stage to help the plant grow fast, tall and strong. In the middle and later stages of plant growth, more balanced application of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer should be applied to increase plant photosynthesis.