Dragon Fruits

Dragon fruit (Hylocereus undatus Dragon Fruit or) still include a rare commodity in Indonesia. Beasal fruit from Taiwan has a very unique and quite attractive to look at. Physical form similar to pineapple fruit has only tendrils / tufts all over his skin and the fruit is pink (Pink) with various types of fruit flesh-colored, among others, White, Yellow and Red with tiny black seeds that are very gentle and soft. Depending on the type of fruit-flavored flesh color of the fruit, When the red color tends to blend sweet and sticky with a very distinctive flavor. The white color while it's fresh manisdan yellow color combination of the two above. Shape of the plant is almost similar to a cactus tree tendrils that extend like a dragon's tongue protruding. Average weight of 800 gram + 600 s.d.

1. Planting requirements: No effect on soil quality, whatever type of planting can be done. Requires full exposure. Tropical areas suitable for this crop.
2. Planting should be used for drainage ditches in the area kebun.Dan use stakes / poles cactus plant size 10cm x 10cm x 150cm.Tiang buffer is usually made of wood or concrete plug it into the ground at 50cm depth with a spacing of 2.5 x 3cm.
3. Good seed spacing is 2.5 x 2 meters and each pillar planted 4 seeds, So to 1Ha require poles 2000 and 8000 dragon fruit plant seedlings.
4. Include plant maintenance, treatment plant tendrils to avoid injuries, routine checks keasamn soil conditions, etc..
5. Harvested plants will flower in 1.5 to 2 years of age and can be harvested when they reach the age of 30 days after flower mekar.Tanaman dragon fruit will bear fruit continuously until + 10 years.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION
Dragon fruit has long been known by ancient Chinese people as a fruit that was a blessing. because it is usually placed between the dragon fruit dragon statue on the altar.
Therefore, the Vietnamese call the dragon fruit or in the Vietnamese language is called by the name of Thailand's Loy Thang Keaw named Mang Kheon, in England istiiah named DRAGON FRUIT clan in Indonesia known as NAGA BUM Actually this is not a crop plant acyl mainland Asia, but Ask a Mexican plant clan northern South America (Columbia). In awainya dragon fruit is brought kekawasan Indochina (Vietnam) by a French around 1870. of Guyama South America as a unique decoration for her figure and the flowers are beautiful and white. New around 1980 after being taken to Okinawa Japan these plants worldwide because it is very profitable. In 1977 the fruit was brought to Indonesia clan successfully planted and cultivated. Dragon fruit is rich in vitamins and minerals with enough fiber content making it suitable for a diet.
Some properties of the DRAGON FRUIT are:
1. Balancing blood sugar levels
2. Abatement High Cholesterol
3. Prevention of colon cancer
1. Planting Growing Requirements
Planted in the lowlands, at an altitude of 20-500 m above the surface iaut
Loose soil conditions, porous, contain lots of organic material clan contains many nutrients, soil pH 5-7
Enough water available, because these plants are sensitive to drought and will rot if the excess water Requires full sun exposure, to speed up the flowering process
2. Land Preparation
Prepare for the truss plant stands, because these plants do not have a strong primary stems. Can use of wood or concrete pole with a size of 10 cm x 10 cm with a height of 2 meters, which ditancapikan to the ground as deep as 50 cm. The upper end of the iron poles were given circle berbentulk untulk support of branch plants
Sebeium month of planting, terlebi Wbang empire formerly made with size 40 x 40 x 40 cm with a spacing of 2 mx 2.5 m, so that in 1 there are approximately 2000 acres of buffer planting hole
Each pole / tree buffer was made 3-4 with a planting hole about 30 cm distance from the poles.
The planting hole is then given manure that ripen as much as 5 - 10 kg mixed with soil
3. Preparation of seed and planting
Dragon fruit can be reproduced by:
Cuttings and Seed
Generally planted with stem cuttings of plant material required by the length of 25-30 cm are planted in polybags with planting medium mixture of soil, sand clan manure with a ratio of 1: 1: 1.
After-old seedlings? 3 months of seedlings ready to be moved / planted on the land.
4. Maintenance
Irrigation
In the early stages perturnbuhan irrigation 1-2 days. granting excessive water will cause decay
Fertilization
Fertilizing manure crop is given, with intervals of 3 months, a total of 50-10 Kg.
Organism Pest Control Plant (OPT)
While there have been no clan pest potential diseases. Pembersilhan land or weed control carried out so as not to interfere with plant growth
Pruning
Atang main (primary) trimmed, after reaching a high pedestal (approximately 2 m), two secondary branches were grown clan, then from each of the secondary branches pruned again grown 2cabang tertiary clan that serves as a branch of production.
5. Harvest
After the plants age from 1.5 to 2 years, started flowering and fruiting. Harvesting the crop done on fruit dragon fruit which has a characteristic - characteristic red color
glossy, tassel / scales change color from green to kernerahan. Harvesting is done by using scissors, fruit can be harvested when the fruit reaches the age of 50 days from flower bloom
In the first 2 years. each pillar is able to produce fruit 8 s / d 10 dragon fruit weighing approximately between 400-650 grams
The biggest dragon fruit harvest season occurs in September to March
Productive life of dragon fruit plants ranges between 15 - 20 years