How to trim dragon fruit

Reasonable pruning of dragon fruit is very good for dragon fruit yield. if you want dragon fruit to be high-yielding, you need to prune it in accordance with scientific pruning techniques. So how is the dragon fruit trimmed? Because dragon fruit seedlings are different from other fruit trees, there will naturally be differences in pruning. So do you know how to trim the branches and leaves of dragon fruit? If you don't know, follow the editor to take a look at the following interpretation.

1. Pruning young trees

The dragon fruit will be pruned during the seedling period, which is mainly to promote the growth and growth of the main branches. When the main branches grow to a certain extent, they will top, remove the heart buds, and promote the growth of lateral branches. There are more lateral branches in the pitaya seedling period, so only one strong branch is generally retained during the first pruning, and the rest of the branches should be removed so that nutrients can be supplied centrally. When the trunk grows to a suitable height, and then promotes the formation of a three-dimensional crown structure.

2. Pruning the result tree

1. Pruning during the growing period

After the dragon fruit enters the fruit period, we need to prune it in several steps in order to ensure the yield and quality of the dragon fruit. In the growing period of dragon fruit, we need to do it in two stages, namely, spring pruning and autumn pruning, which can be said to be the peak period for the growth of branches and leaves of dragon fruit. The main purpose of spring pruning is to distribute the fruiting branches and vegetative branches reasonably, remove all the sprouts as soon as possible, shorten the growth period of dragon fruit, and transition to flowering. Autumn pruning is to remove the excess side branches, properly cultivate the side branches at the base, and so on when the newly cultivated side branches grow to about 80 cm, they will be topped in time and cultivated into fruiting mother branches.

2. Pruning at flowering and fruiting stage

The flowering and fruit stage has a great influence on the yield and quality of dragon fruit, and a lot of nutrients are needed to promote the growth of flower buds and fruits during this period. If there is a lack of nutrients during this period of time, then the dragon fruit may have stunted growth. In order to reduce the consumption of nutrients, nutrients can be fully supplied to the buds and fruits of dragon fruit. At this stage, we usually leave no new branches, that is, we have to remove all the buds that grow during this period of time.

3. Thinning flowers and fruits

Flower thinning and fruit thinning generally exist in the process of fruit planting, and its main purpose is to improve fruit setting rate, ensure fruit yield and quality, and reduce the occurrence of physiological flower and fruit drop. If there are many buds on the same branch of dragon fruit, then we should remove the extra buds within a week. In addition, if there are too many young fruits on the same branch, we have to remove them scientifically. Generally speaking, only two or three strong young fruits are kept on each branch, because we need to concentrate nutrients on the fruit to avoid malnutrition.

The purpose of arranging and pruning the branches and leaves of dragon fruit is the same as that of other fruit trees, but the pruning methods are different. In general, the branches and leaves of dragon fruit pruning is relatively ruthless, but this is for the yield and quality of dragon fruit, do not have the heart and reluctant to give up.