PLANTING THE DRAGON FRUIT IN POT

   

Dragon fruit, until the day it's still a promising commodity, both economic and cultivation techniques that are not too difficult. If you do not have land for cultivation of dragon fruit then you can take advantage of unused land with narrow planting method in the pot. By planting dragon fruit in the pot if you can take advantage of the fruit has turned out to be fruitful and decorate your home, so with the addition of dragon fruit in pots can add charm and distinctive charm in your home page. With amplified dragon fruit in the pot you can also transfer these crops without fear mob this plant die, because the transfer is of course pot that automatically along with vegetation.

How to plant dragon fruit in the pot? The following are tips and secrets:

1. Pot prepare
your planting takes place as media / place that is the pot. Pots can be made of cement, plastic, clay or drum container container container cut and other unused. But according to our experience, the pot is made of clay material is the most ideal choice for dragon fruit plants need a drastic change in temperature from day to night in the flowering process. About the size of the pot used is fit, the greater the pot better, or at least about 40 cm diameter pot.

2. Complete pole climbing
regard dragon fruit crop is a crop that does not have a strong stick can not prop itself up, the dragon fruit plants need to shore up that rock pillar from collapsing.Would later climb poles entwined by aerial roots of dragon fruit, so must choose which fueled strong rock pillars that can withstand the load and harvested crops.And that should be considered is not to overburden rock pillars pot.

Should choose climb poles made of concrete steel material with a diameter of 8-10 cm, or can use wooden beams, strong and durable considering the age of the dragon fruit that reach tens of years. Higher Dimensions rock pillars between 150-200 cm better suit large pot shape. And at the bottom of the feet pole given that the amplifier can be strong and not easily shaken. If material from the ton of iron in the soil soaked by so  layer so as not to rust, can use asphalt or painted, and on the top plate made like (Stir car) that can sustain a branch branch there.

 

3. Media Plant
After preparing the pot and pole climbing the next step is to complete the planting media. Press to put the dragon fruit plant in the pot is sand, soil, manure and compost by comparison 2:1:3:1. You can add brick powder / fine brick or lime can be added agriculture "dolomite" of 100 grams then last ingredients added to resistant (flat). The next step is the media that has been in the last mix flush with water until saturated (up water) and leave it overnight. Then ready to use media

 

4. Planting seeds of
choice of breeds should be selected large seed with old stems that are dark green sage and disease-free. Long seeds are planted at least 30 cm. Selected seedlings planted around the pole climbing with a depth of 10 cm, do not be so in order not to hamper growth. Enter planting media, having grown planting media pressed-press so that the seeds do not easily collapse. Further planting media and the water and placed in the open not affected  direct sunlight.

5. Crop Preservation
Preservation dragon fruit crop grown in the pot is not far different than the dragon fruit that is grown in garden includes fertilizing, watering and pruning branches that do not  do. which should be noted is sticking well established plants in pole climb and not fall, therefore, do bonding stems from dragon fruit on the pole with a rope or wire to form the bond can not be too strong because they can damage the trunk or branches will soon grow grow.

Sources:

http://tipspetani.blogspot.com/2012/08/cara-menanam-buah-naga-di-pot.html