Dragon fruit

Dragon fruit

Varieties

• Yellow dragon, Purple haze, Costa

Rican sunset

Propagation

• Seed, vegetative and tissue culture

propagation methods

Soil and climate

•  Well drained red yellow podzolic,

lateritic soil and reddish brown

earth

• It can grow well between

20°C–30°C. pH 5.5–6.5

Planting     

                                                   

• 60 cm cutting.

• Open areas with more sun light is

preferred

• Spacing: 3 X 3 m

• Pit: 30 cm deep and 20 cm wide      

Irrigation                                 

• Annual rainfall of 1700–2500 mm

• Mulching is necessary to reduce

moisture loss                              

Trellising:

• trellis and train vine

Manure and fertilizers

• Organic manure 100 g/plant of

(compost)/each 4 months

Insects

• Generally insect free.

Weeds

• Manually remove creeping weeds

• Intercropping

Harvest

• Selective harvesting at full maturity

• Pink red color is indicator of

maturity

Post-harvest

• Shelf life is up to 10 days.

• Store at 15–20°C at 85–90 percent

relative humidity.

Yield

• Around 12 000 kg/ha

Nutritional value

• Vitamins and fiber