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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: Weboh on November 07, 2018, 10:43:06 AM
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My neighbor has a cactus that grows as a vine and occasionally gets tons of flowers that open at night. I've never seen a fruit on it, but if he only has one variety, I guess that's to be expected. Can you tell by these pictures? Or would you need a photo of the flowers (it doesn't have any now)?
(https://i.postimg.cc/VdF5r0F4/IMG-20181107-094248.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/VdF5r0F4)
(https://i.postimg.cc/jDd2zqgT/IMG-20181107-094256.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/jDd2zqgT)
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Yes its DF.
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Cool! When it flowers again, how could I hand pollinate it? Would I need pollen from my dragonfruit plants when they eventually flower, or could I just use a turkey baster to suck up pollen on one flower of the vine and shoot into another? (Before anyone says it, I'm good friends with the neighbor. ;)) Or should I expect it to fruit itself after my varieties bloom? My plants are about half a block away. I'm not sure what kind of night pollinators we have around here and what kind of range they have.
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You can use pollen from your plant and a paint brush. You can try its own pollen but sounds self sterile if theres 0 fruit set. If his doesnt fruit but it flowers hard they should replace it with a self fruiting type. That is if they have no interest in a 2nd plant or hand pollinating. Half a block is probably too far for much cross pollination. You will need to do it.