How should dragon fruit seedlings be planted once the seeds have sprouted?

Dragon fruit is a rather special fruit, its shape looks like a fireball, and black sesame-like seeds are attached inside the flesh, but its taste is sweet and refreshing, and it is rich in nutrients. So, do you know how to plant dragon fruit seeds once they have sprouted?

1. How to plant dragon fruit seeds once they have sprouted?

Dragon fruit seeds germinate about 20 days after sowing. After germination, sow the dragon fruit seedlings into the soil at a spacing of 30 to 40 cm, apply a small amount of calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer around each root system, cover the top with a 2 to 3 cm layer of soil, water thoroughly once after planting, and apply a dilute compound fertilizer once every 2 weeks to provide the nutrients the root system needs for growth.

2. How to sow and raise dragon fruit seeds?

1. Flower pot

To grow potted dragon fruit, choose a suitable flower pot, and the bottom of the pot must have drainage holes to help drain excess water. It is recommended to use a ceramic pot with a diameter of more than 35 cm.

2. Soil

Dragon fruit does not like soil with a relatively high alkaline content. When planting, you can buy some prepared nutrient soil from the market; it should have good air permeability, which is more helpful for it to absorb oxygen. Once ready, put it into the flower pot and spray an appropriate amount of water.

3. Seeds

Select dragon fruit with relatively good ripeness, completely separate the flesh from the seeds, and dry the seeds in the air or blow-dry them.

4. Broadcast sowing

Once the seeds are completely dry, they can be planted. When planting, use the broadcast sowing method, sprinkling them on the soil surface. After broadcast sowing, spray water several more times so that the seeds and soil are fully moistened. Then wrap the flower pot with plastic wrap, uncover it and spray water once every day, and after about a week they will germinate and survive, and before long they will become a small pot of lush green.

Dragon fruit combines the advantages of fruit, flower buds, vegetables, and medicine in one. It is not only rich in nutrients and unique in function, but also rarely suffers from pests and diseases, and can grow normally with almost no use of any pesticides. Therefore, dragon fruit is a green, environmentally friendly fruit product and a health-care nutritional food with certain curative effects.