High-yield cultivation techniques of dragon fruit

The dragon fruit is native to the tropical desert of Brazil, and improved varieties are mainly planted in China, which are planted in Taiwan, Hainan and Guangdong. It is loved by people because of its sweet and delicious flesh and rich nutrition. To grow dragon fruit, you can only grow it in the tropics. Today, let's take a look at what we need to do to grow dragon fruit in this tropical environment.

I. Environmental requirements

Choose a wide, flat place that is not covered by tall trees, and then the terrain is slightly higher. Ask not to go directly to the seaside or something. The soil should be deep and loose, keep fertilizer and water, and don't have a lot of sand. It is easy to dry and moisturize. It is required to be born at a temperature with an average annual temperature of more than 20 degrees, preferably without low temperature, and no more than 10 degrees.

Second, select improved varieties

Choose varieties with strong growth, good germination and wide adaptability, preferably those with large fruit, high yield and easy survival, such as

III. Preparation

A month before planting began to turn the soil, ploughing is relatively deep, about 1.5 meters, the upper broken soil is about 30 to 40 centimeters. Drainage ditches should be dug all around the garden, and ditches should be dug separately in the middle. The width of the ridge is 40 cm and the width of the groove is 20 cm. Set up a cement frame with a height of 1.5 meters and a row spacing of two meters. 30 jin of farm manure was applied to each plant.

IV. Seedling planting

Asexual reproduction, the raw meat stem, 20 cm a section, dry in a cool place for 3 days before cutting. Cutting 5 cm deep, plant spacing 20 cm, apply fertilizer and water once, two months later, mature and transplant. Planting in spring and autumn, with a depth of 8 cm and about 500 plants per mu of land, watering and moisturizing.

V. Field management

After planting, a compound fertilizer solution of 6 jin and 0.5% fertilizer will be applied once every half a month. Stop in November, change spraying fertilizer, apply a large amount of base fertilizer 1300 jin farm manure and compound fertilizer 100kg in winter. Planting the second spring ploughing, weeding, watering once a month, and then applying base fertilizer, 1000 jin of barnyard manure, 200 jin of phosphate fertilizer and 4 jin of borax every year.

The cultivation of dragon fruit is mainly to meet the cultivation environment, select cultivated varieties, prepare well, and ensure nutrition and water supply after planting. Provide as good growth conditions as possible.