“Dragon fruit” has a different shape and taste, and this is the reason for its price drop from 1000 pounds to 150 pounds.

Dragon fruit is a medicinal fruit, as it is called in countries that know it well, and before its arrival and cultivation in Egypt, the price of a kilogram exceeded 1000 pounds, and its price decreased until a kilogram reached 150 pounds, and it is considered a profitable project.

Dragonfruit

It is a cactus fruit that can be grown in any environment and any soil, whether mud or desert, and does not require effort in planting and caring for it, and more than 10 new seedlings come out of one dragon fruit seedling, so it is considered a profitable project and a new fruit.

Low price of dragon fruit

The price of dragon fruit decreased in Egypt following it was cultivated and spread, as its price before its arrival in Egypt exceeded 1000 pounds per kilogram, and its wholesale price decreased to 125 pounds, reaching 200 pounds to the consumer.

Dragon Fruit in Dakahlia

One of the people of the city of Mansoura resorted to cultivating the dragon fruit during the period of the spread of the Corona virus and searching for alternative ways to work, and because it does not need land and can be grown on the roofs, and the fruit is characterized as simple cultivation and has a good return, and its cultivation does not require much experience and it is called “wailing cultivation.” “Tropical” cactus plants that do not need land, but are grown on the walls of houses or on roofs.

Dragonfruit cultivation cost

Hassan Al-Qassas, an employee at Mansoura University and a native of the city of Mansoura in Dakahlia, who took the initiative to plant the roof of his house with the “dragon fruit” fruit as a successful investment experiment, “Hassan” started the project with a few seedlings in February 2020, with a capital of 15 thousand pounds, including the cost of seedlings and wood. And the best planting, and in the month of September of the same year, the first subtraction of the crop was harvested, and today we continue the journey of harvesting the crop.

A profitable project that grows in a short period

“Hassan” said that the plant does not take a long time to grow and show the fruits, and we harvested the first offering from the plant in a few months, and it was a successful and promising experience, as there is no project that reaps its harvest during that period .. I collected what I paid within only 7 months and my balance on the surface rose to 50 A thousand or more over the two years.” His profit during the season reaches 100,000 pounds.

Method of follow-up and cultivation of fruits and trees up to 50 kilograms

He explained that the “dragon fruit” does not need fertilization like the rest of the fruits, and is a type of cactus that needs little water and is grown in clay or sandy soil, and produces approximately 4 kilos, then increases to 50 kilos per tree.

Medicinal fruit

He stressed that this fruit is very popular abroad, because it is a medicinal fruit in the first place, as it is useful for patients with pressure, and preventing cancer because it contains a high percentage of oxidation, and is beneficial for diabetics and strengthens the immune system, and it does not contain a high percentage of calories. Its benefits are equivalent to 30 fruits.

The difference in pollination

He revealed that the red dragon plant reproduces by self-pollination, and the white one needs pollination through insects or the same breeder. The price of white seedlings ranges from 50 to 70 pounds, and the red one from 100 to 150. The yellow one is expensive because it is not available, and its price ranges from 300 to 500 pounds, due to the lack of seedlings. But with the spread of dragon farming, prices fall.

The riders skip the kiwi

“Hassan” explained that the dragon fruit entered Egypt a few years ago, and he worked in its cultivation 5 years ago in Dakahlia, and it is one of the types of aloe vera plants, similar in taste to the kiwi fruit, and it has three types of red, yellow and white, and the most widespread in Egypt is the red one. White Heart.

It is also used in the pharmaceutical industry

“Hassan” said, “Doctors knew the dragon tree because they used it to extract the gel from its interior and use it in the manufacture of medicine, and then they paid attention to the benefits of the fruit itself and its sweet taste, and it can be eaten as fruits or juices.”

Dragon fruit course

One stalk of the dragon fruit bears more than one fruit, and the fruiting cycle of the dragon fruit is in close periods, and the period of ripening of the fruit does not exceed 45 days, i.e. the harvest starts from the month of 7 and the cycle ends at the beginning of January of each year, and the tree lives and continues to be thrown For dozens of years, the size of the fruit is heavy. One kilo may consist of at least two fruits.

Simple follow-up and little effort

A single plant does not require effort, it can be grown in muddy or desert soil, and it needs a little fertilizer and water, so it is called farming the howling farmer, indicating that it does not need much care, and it reproduces self-reducing what represents new seedlings to be used, More than 10 new seedlings emerge from it, and a plant that does not take up space and is grown anywhere.