How do you promote flower bud differentiation in dragon fruit? These methods are very practical
Dragon fruit not only blooms beautifully, but also bears fruit, so it can be enjoyed both for viewing and for eating, and its stems and leaves are also upright and strong, so when grown in a pot, its ornamental value is very high. And when dragon fruit grows flower buds, it means it is about to form buds and grow bracts, followed closely by flowering and fruiting. So?
If you want dragon fruit to successfully differentiate flower buds, three basic conditions need to be met: temperature, humidity and nutrients. When all three conditions are satisfied, it will basically differentiate flower buds smoothly. Let's take a look at these three conditions below.
1. Temperature requirements
Temperature is one of the guaranteeing conditions for flower bud differentiation, but different varieties of dragon fruit also have different temperature requirements during flower bud differentiation. Dragon fruit generally begins to differentiate flower buds around March in spring, and a stable temperature of around 20°C is most suitable. If the temperature is below 15°C, apart from a few varieties that can successfully differentiate flower buds, the flower buds of most varieties will turn into branch buds.
2. Humidity requirements
Dragon fruit tends to differentiate flower buds more easily under warm and humid conditions with sufficient light and smooth ventilation. Whether it is flower buds or branch buds, both are importantly linked to humidity. Dragon fruit has the characteristic of liking moisture and tolerating drought, and if we want it to differentiate flower buds smoothly, we need to appropriately increase the environmental humidity. Therefore, in addition to watering in time, if the air humidity is too low, we should also spray more water to maintain moisture.
3. Nutrient requirements
Although the root system of dragon fruit is not very developed, it grows rapidly and consumes a lot of nutrients when flowering and fruiting, so its demand for nutrients is also relatively large, and therefore it has the characteristic of liking fertilizer. Before the flowering period arrives, we need to prepare sufficient nutrients for it, and it is recommended to apply a little more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. In this way, after it has accumulated enough nutrients during the vegetative growth period, it can smoothly switch to reproductive growth and smoothly differentiate flower buds.