Key points of flowering management of dragon fruit

The flowering period of dragon fruit is longer, it can blossom from May to October, and the flowering ability is strong, so when entering the flowering stage, the consumption of nutrients is larger and the demand for nutrients is higher, so management directly affects the yield. So how to manage the flowering period of dragon fruit? Let's get to know it with the editor.

1. Reasonable flower thinning

There are a large number of dragon fruit flowers, with an average of 2.7 buds per flowering season, generally leaving more than 2 flowers on a branch, preferably one, and the rainy flowers can be removed 3 days after pollination. This is because the bud of dragon fruit also needs to consume nutrients, if it is not removed in time or too late, then the larger the bud growth, the more nutrients will be consumed, which will have a great impact on the fruit growth and ripening in the later stage. As for whether to choose the top or bottom of the remaining flowers, it depends on the time situation, because some orchard branches are close to the ground, if the flowers remain at the bottom, first, the weeds are not easy to manage, which is not conducive to the fruit growth, and Rain Water will splash down on the fruit, and the weed fruit surface is polluted, so it is recommended to keep the top fruit.

2. Artificial assisted pollination

Although dragon fruit can be self-pollinated, the seed setting rate of cross-pollination is higher, and the fruit is big and delicious, so artificial auxiliary pollination can be adopted in production to improve fruit setting rate, yield and quality. You can use a brush to dip pollen from the stamen anther of one flower and bounce it on the pistil stigma of another flower in the evening or in the morning, so that pollination can be completed.

3. Anti-cracking fruit

The dragon fruit period is in the high temperature season, when the temperature is high and the humidity is small, the fruit growth rate is fast, and the fruit cracking phenomenon is very easy to occur, so we should pay special attention to the management. First of all, we should do a good job in moisturizing the border surface, we can use rice straw or straw mulching to keep the soil water content uniform as far as possible, reduce the sudden increase of soil water content caused by sudden heavy rain and break the fruit due to excessive water absorption.

4. Fertilization

Flowering and fruiting is the period when the largest amount of fertilizer is needed in the whole growth period of dragon fruit. It is suggested that water-soluble fertilizer should be selected, which is not only high in nutrients, but also suitable for foliar spraying, drip irrigation, irrigation, etc., and can be used together with traditional compound fertilizer. can supplement the deficiency in fertilizer. In addition to providing a large number of elements for crops, it can also supplement balanced trace elements and provide balanced nutrients for crops. It can improve plant resistance, promote root growth and development and flower bud differentiation, and promote fruit to mature and appear on the market as soon as possible.

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