How can the per-mu yield of red-fleshed dragon fruit be increased? How much does dragon fruit cost per jin, is it expensive?
At the height of summer, red dragon fruit is about to enter a harvest season lasting half a year. Starting in May, it enters the flower bud formation stage, entering the production period with a pattern of forming 1 batch of flower buds every 15 days. If no adjustment is made, this will lead to the predicament of excessive yield but poor quality. The Taichung District Agricultural Improvement
At the height of summer, red dragon fruit is about to enter a harvest season lasting half a year. Starting in May, it enters the flower bud formation stage, entering the production period with a pattern of forming 1 batch of flower buds every 15 days. If no adjustment is made, this will lead to the predicament of excessive yield but poor quality. The Taichung District Agricultural Improvement Station of the Council of Agriculture reminds fruit farmers to adhere to the fruit-thinning principle of "keep 1 fruit per 5 branches, then keep fruit on alternate batches" to maintain fruit quality and also do their part for production-sales balance.
The Taichung Agricultural Improvement Station points out that red dragon fruit enters the flower bud formation stage starting in May, and enters the production period with a pattern of forming 1 batch of flower buds every 15 days. During this period, at least 13-14 or more batches of flower buds will form. If not regulated, this will cause excessive yield and declining quality.
According to past market transaction records, the annual shipment peak falls in July and August, mainly because after the previous season ended, fruit farmers had already waited half a year without harvest, so after the May and June flowering period forms, they habitually keep a large amount of flowers. If this is the plan of most fruit farmers, it can very easily cause a situation in July and August where red dragon fruit volume is high and prices fall.
Keeping too much fruit leads to increased yield and declining quality. Both of these factors will cause prices to fall, which is what farmers least want to see. The Agricultural Improvement Station provides a cultivation strategy for producing high-quality fruit: based on the total number of branches per plant, carry out flower thinning and fruit retention using a model of keeping 1 fruit per 5 branches, while pairing it with retaining fruit on alternate batches, managing each plant by producing 1 batch of fruit per month, to ensure that every single fruit can obtain sufficient nutrients during its growth process. At the same time, also bag the fruit, which can not only prevent the occurrence of pests and diseases, but also make the fruit appearance more beautiful.
The production areas of red dragon fruit are concentrated in the central and southern regions, and there are 2 types, white-fleshed and red-fleshed. Prices were once extremely good, but during the production seasons of the previous 2 years, the average auction prices at their lowest both dropped to 30 yuan per kilogram, 15 yuan per jin.
