Dragon fruit cutting propagation method
The dragon fruit is a perennial fleshy plant of the cactus family. The plant height is more than 2 meters, and the stem piece has a triangular arrow shape. Like to grow in loose and fertile sand, taboo, good growth from 28°C to 38°C. The flowers are afraid of light, open at night, diameter 20 cm, mostly yellow. The fruit is red, slightly larger than the pineapple, and the meat is sweet like honey. Soaking the fruit in rice wine can cure hypertension and rheumatism. Trapping methods are often used in their breeding methods. From May to September each year, the meat stem removed from the mother plant is cut into small pieces of 5 to 6 cm in length, and grassy wood ash or sterile powder is applied at the knife edge. After sun exposure for 3 to 5 hours, the insert was sterilized with potassium permanganate solution. After that, it was inserted into a bed made of washed fine river sand with a spacing of 3 cm. The water spray kept the substrate moist and was placed in a well-ventilated, air-dry, low-light place. After about 50 days of rooting, the remaining plants were transplanted into 3 to 5 inch mud pots. The soil was 60% of humus, 30% of garden soil, and 10% of sand. When small fresh arrowheads appear on the plants, they remain moist and placed under strong sunlight. Fertilize once every 7 to 10 days, organic fertilizer and liquid NPK fertilizer combined, supplemented with inorganic fertilizer. Fertilizer is not easy to be excessive and prevents rot. After 3 to 4 years of cultivation, flowering results.