Description
Dragon Fruit plant Botanically known as Hylocereus undatus from the Cactaceae family. Common names are Dragon Fruit, Pitaya, Pitahaya Strawberry Pear. It is a perennial vine and it has triangular green, fleshy, jointed, many-branched stems. The flower is white showy, fragrant, and bell-shaped. It grows best in Humid & warm regions & it requires trellising or chain-like fencing for growing over it. It can be grown in big pots/containers and drought-tolerant plants.
It is an amazing fruit, Juicy and sweet. A popular ingredient for salads and fruit-based dishes. Is a great fruit to eat fresh. It is a climbing terrestrial or epiphytic cactus with fleshy stems that reach lengths of up to 20ft long.
The plant grows out of and over the ground or climbs onto trees using aerial roots.
In full production, plants can have up to 4 – 6 fruiting cycles per year.
Flowers are ornate and beautiful and many related species are grown for ornamental purposes.
MAXIMUM HEIGHT – It can reach up to 4-6 meters in height.
BLOOMING YEAR – It may bloom in May-June, & July-August. Sometimes it may vary based on the climate of a particular area.
FRUITING TIME– Edible fruiting will start after 1.5-2 years after purchase.
GROWING TIPS FOR DRAGON FRUIT PLANT
It grows best in moist, tropical, or subtropical climates.
- Plants grow quickly and should be given strong support to climb on.
- Grows well in sandy well-drained soils. It is recommended to grow them in soil that is supplemented with high amounts of organic material.
- Do not inter-crop between bigger trees. Does not bear fruit well if grown in shade.
- Keeping many flowers or fruit per stem will adversely affect fruit size. Prune and leave only 2-3 flowers per stem.
- After the fruiting season is over in Oct-Nov prune out the old stems leaving some stems per cluster.
- First-year maintain only one flower per stem to encourage vegetative growth.
- Calcium + boron foliar spray should be given once a month during the fruiting season.
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