The meaning is "auspicious and rich" dragon fruit. How to raise it to make it full of red fruits?

Pitaya, also known as fairy fruit, belongs to cactus and is a perennial climbing succulent plant. Flowering from June to 10, with huge white flowers, also known as Lady Enforcers. When the pitaya hangs fruit, the fruit looks very gorgeous, the color is gorgeous and charming, and it is festive and warm. The peel of pitaya looks like Long Lin, which means good luck and wealth. It is a succulent plant, which can enjoy both flowers and fruits. Moreover, pitaya is rich in nutrition and the fruit is sweet and delicious, which is very suitable for being raised as a potted plant. Then how do we raise it?

At noon in summer, the sun is strong, which is suitable for shading. Pitaya likes plenty of sunshine and can tolerate high temperature because it likes warm environment. The suitable temperature for the growing period is 20 to 30 degrees, and it can grow in an environment of 40 degrees. It can be said that it is a relatively heat-resistant succulent plant. But when the sun is too strong in summer, it is also easy to get sunburned. When we are breeding, we can properly shade at noon when the sun is strong, and there is plenty of light at other times.

For pitaya that has been exposed outdoors, it is ok not to do shading treatment when the sun is strong, but it is necessary to prepare for rain to prevent water from rotting the roots.

Pitaya with thin fertilizer and diligent application has a large flowering period, a long flowering period and more fruits, but its growth is smaller than that of ordinary fruit trees, so attention should be paid to fertilization. So how to fertilize specifically?

Fertilization method: We need to fertilize pitaya thinly and frequently. Moreover, pitaya should be applied with organic fertilizer every year, which can promote flowering and fruiting.

Fertilization of pitaya can be carried out in spring germination stage and fruit expansion stage. Generally speaking, we can apply thin decomposed cake fertilizer or organic bacterial fertilizer every 15 to 20 days. Before the pitaya blooms for half a month, a thin layer of decomposed cake and fat water is coated on the pitaya every seven days or so to promote the flowering.

If you buy 1 to 2-year-old pitaya seedlings, you can give priority to using nitrogen fertilizer to promote growth. When the seedlings are more than three years old, it is necessary to give priority to the application of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer and reduce the application of nitrogen fertilizer in order to better promote flowering and fruiting.

The drought-tolerant and wet-loving pitaya tree is a succulent plant, and its leaves contain a lot of water, so it is more drought-tolerant. Because pitaya grows in the south, it likes humid climate. We water pitaya, which can be watered differently in different growth periods.

Watering: Spring and summer belong to the fruit expansion period of pitaya, so it is necessary to keep the soil moist, which is beneficial to the growth of the fruit. Generally, you can wait for the soil to turn white before watering it again, but don't let water accumulate in the flowerpot.

In the rainy season, the accumulated water in the flowerpot should be removed in time, or moved to a shelter from the rain to prevent the roots from rotting. There is also pitaya, which doesn't like hot and humid environment. Therefore, when breeding in summer, ventilation should be done to prevent pitaya from pests or rotten roots due to high temperature and high humidity.

Pruning and shelving Pitaya is a vine succulent plant. In the growing period, proper shelving and pruning of pitaya can make pitaya ventilated and transparent, grow healthily and bear more fruits.

Pruning: When the plant height of pitaya grows to about one meter, we can top it, that is, cut off the top three centimeters of pitaya, and then let it grow more lateral branches. When the lateral branches grow to about 50 cm, you can insert 4-5 bamboo poles around the flowerpot, then tie the beams one by one at the top, and put the lateral branches of pitaya on the beams to let the branches of pitaya fall naturally. Don't leave the side branches too long. Leave a flower for each piece of toilet paper.

In addition, in spring and May, after the pitaya is moved outdoors, the dry and weak branches are cut off, which can play a role in ventilation and light transmission and reduce nutrient loss. Then subtract the old side branches and let the pitaya grow new branches to blossom and bear fruit.

Pitaya is prosperous and festive, which means good luck and wealth. The key is that fruit is delicious and nutritious, so it is very popular with flower friends. The potted pitaya we bought can grow red fruit in Lady Enforcers as long as we follow these methods.