How should dragon fruit be managed after planting?
How should dragon fruit be managed after planting? Please explain the management methods. Post-planting management of dragon fruit has a great impact on seedling survival rate and growth, and directly affects early fruiting and high yield. Post-planting management mainly includes the following aspects: 1. Soil, fertilizer and water management. After dragon fruit is planted, water once every 3 to 5 days. Once it survives, adjust the watering frequency as needed. Although dragon fruit stems have a relatively thick epidermis and strong drought tolerance, if irrigated regularly when winter temperatures are relatively low, it grows extremely quickly. Fertilizer can use liquid fertilizer that promotes the growth of branches and leaves, applied 2 to 3 times per week, to promote branch growth. When growing seedlings in pots, fertilizer can be applied once survival is confirmed. Compound fertilizer can be used, but it must not be applied too much to avoid fertilizer damage. Applying organic fertilizer has a better effect. If human urine is used, it needs to be left to stand for 10 days, diluted 10 times, and then applied. Fertilization once or twice a month is appropriate.
How should dragon fruit be managed after planting? Please explain the management methods
Post-planting management of dragon fruit has a great impact on seedling survival rate and growth, and directly affects early fruiting and high yield. Post-planting management mainly includes the following aspects:
1. Soil, fertilizer and water management
After dragon fruit is planted, water once every 3 to 5 days. Once it survives, adjust the watering frequency as needed. Although dragon fruit stems have a relatively thick epidermis and strong drought tolerance, if irrigated regularly when winter temperatures are relatively low, it grows extremely quickly. Fertilizer can use liquid fertilizer that promotes the growth of branches and leaves, applied 2 to 3 times per week, to promote branch growth. When growing seedlings in pots, fertilizer can be applied once survival is confirmed. Compound fertilizer can be used, but it must not be applied too much to avoid fertilizer damage. Applying organic fertilizer has a better effect. If human urine is used, it needs to be left to stand for 10 days, diluted 10 times, and then applied. Fertilization once or twice a month is appropriate.
2. Pinching
For each dragon fruit seedling, keep 1 to 2 of the fastest-growing branches as the main stem, and fix the main stem to the support. When the main stem grows taller than the post, break off the tender bud at its top, which is pinching. After pinching, the main stem sprouts several branches. Keep the top branches, fix the branches to the support with black sunproof nylon rope, and let them hang down to become fruiting branches.
3. Others
Pest and disease control, weeding, and so on. During the dragon fruit seedling stage, lime should be applied to prevent damage from mollusks such as snails and slugs. Lime or wood ash can be scattered at the base, or poisoned bait can be used to trap and kill them. In addition, before the seedling grows to the top of the post, spray insecticide on the growing point bud tip every two weeks to prevent insects from eating the growing point and stopping growth. Dragon fruit has a shallow root system, and using herbicide will harm the plant. Simply cut the grass short or spread straw, rice husks, and so on on the soil surface to suppress weed growth.
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