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CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF DRAGON FRUIT

Monday, February 23, 2015



Dragon fruit plant care is absolutely necessary if you want to succeed in cultivating dragon fruit. Care needs to be done to plant dragon fruit include the following:

A. Watering the plants



Watering must be in accordance with the needs of plants, as well as of the time of watering. In the early days of planting, watering can be done in the morning and afternoon. If planting is done in the dry season, the need watering every day to be absolutely necessary. But in the rainy season, the frequency of watering can be reduced depending on rainfall. When rainfall is high, do not do the watering.

2. Fertilizer




One treatment that should be done on the dragon fruit plant fertilization. Fertilizer is very important to recognize the nature of the relationship needs dragon fruit fertilizer for plants. Thus can diketahuai at every stage of plant growth what kind of fertilizer is needed. The element nitrogen (N) needed in greater numbers at the beginning of the crop growth period since the young plants until late flowering and fruiting. When approaching the dragon fruit plant flowering plants require lots of fertilizer containing phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) is high. Fertilization should be done regularly so that it can be fulfilled fast response of the dragon fruit growth.

3. Branching arrangement



Branch arrangement aims to regulate conception and to maintain plant health. Branching arrangement is done by trimming the branches and the branches will sprout. Pruning should be done on the branch will still in bud form. Because the bud scar branch pruning will not harm the health of plants. Branch may be maintained if grown on the upper end of the branch, and even then the amount should be limited. The point to be optimal growth. A good branch arrangement with the 1-3-5 pattern. That is, one main stem, three branches of the first, second and fifth branch. Fruit should only appear on the second branch, jumlahnyapun restricted. Let it grow 15 pieces only. Assuming each branch produces three pieces.

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