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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: White jackfruit seedling
« on: March 09, 2021, 04:34:40 AM »
I think as long as it’s grafted to a healthy green Jakfruit, the albino will survive. The chlorophyll uptake of the host plant should keep it healthy. Just like zygocactus grafted onto Hylocereus rootstock. The zygocactus needs the green rootstock to survive.🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: February 24, 2021, 03:51:51 AM »



I’ve just noticed these aerial roots on a couple of very young seedlings. Only 2 out of 120 are showing signs of aerial root development. Has anyone had any experience with this and do these roots produce any benefits in relation to better growth rates when the aerial roots get into the surrounding soil?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting dragon fruit seedlings
« on: February 20, 2021, 10:22:02 PM »
Quote from: wonderfruit on February 20, 2021, 10:12:04 PM
Also yellow dragonfruit has a weak root system compared to white flesh. When used as rootstock yellow dragonfruit leaves grow wider and bigger. And I heard fruit too. I m not at that stage yet
Same could be said for Frankie’s Red possibly, if grafted onto a strong rootstock 🤔🤔🤔

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting dragon fruit seedlings
« on: February 20, 2021, 08:48:32 PM »
Quote from: Plantinyum on February 20, 2021, 05:43:37 PM
Quote from: lebmung on February 20, 2021, 04:28:57 PM
is there a difference between grafted or rooted cutting?
Are the seedlings stronger?
grafting seedlings on rooted cuttings is done to stimulate the growth of the seedlings, they grow much faster thus will fruit earlier, and this is a plus when u are trying to find or make new cultivars ....
The growth rate of grafted seedlings on mature, established rootstock is pretty crazy. Here is a seedling tip grafted onto a 4 year old Delight rootstock, just starting to push on September 26, 2020..
Same plant today, February 21, 2021.
The silver tag in the second pic is the original graft point.




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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting dragon fruit seedlings
« on: February 20, 2021, 06:21:36 AM »
Quote from: Plantinyum on February 20, 2021, 01:16:28 AM
Quote from: Rannman on February 19, 2021, 08:29:05 PM
Quote from: Plantinyum on February 18, 2021, 01:42:48 AM
I have several rooted dragon fruit(undatus) cuttings which started growing about two weeks ago. I also have some df seedlings of yellow megalanthus which are at cotyledon leave stage now. I want to graft the megalanthus seedlings on the undatus's new growth , but should I wait till the seedlings get bigger ?? I generally want to graft them now since the babies are not doing much on their own and I think the rooted cuttings will give them the power to grow , but if I have to wait ,I will. I watched videos about, and people seem to use seedlings that have grown some , and not only cotyledons ??  Anyone tried ???
I’ve actually just started grafting seedlings at a very early stage. I’ve lost a few, but I’m getting better at it the more I practice. A couple that I grafted about 2 weeks after germination are starting to grow nicely now, although are still small.





very nice !! Mine are just starting to bud in the center. I think I will wait a little longer thought , when its safer to work with them since I have only about 8-9 seedlings..
I’ve got a 1000+ to practice with. Take good care of yours👍

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Grafting dragon fruit seedlings
« on: February 19, 2021, 08:29:05 PM »
Quote from: Plantinyum on February 18, 2021, 01:42:48 AM
I have several rooted dragon fruit(undatus) cuttings which started growing about two weeks ago. I also have some df seedlings of yellow megalanthus which are at cotyledon leave stage now. I want to graft the megalanthus seedlings on the undatus's new growth , but should I wait till the seedlings get bigger ?? I generally want to graft them now since the babies are not doing much on their own and I think the rooted cuttings will give them the power to grow , but if I have to wait ,I will. I watched videos about, and people seem to use seedlings that have grown some , and not only cotyledons ??  Anyone tried ???
I’ve actually just started grafting seedlings at a very early stage. I’ve lost a few, but I’m getting better at it the more I practice. A couple that I grafted about 2 weeks after germination are starting to grow nicely now, although are still small.






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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Selling 'Maria Rosa' Dragonfruit Cuttings *LIMITED AMOUNT* + more varieties
« on: February 08, 2021, 04:07:11 AM »
Interesting variety. I find that Delight is a great variety! It’s a very solid grower and handles full sun and temps up to 47 degrees Celsius with ease. Just saying.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragonfruit stamen colour.
« on: February 03, 2021, 03:56:09 AM »





1st pic - Sugar Dragon- Green stigma - self fertile.
2nd pic - Delight - Yellow stigma - self sterile
3rd pic - Zamorano- Yellow stigma - self sterile.
Working for me so far.👍

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragonfruit stamen colour.
« on: February 03, 2021, 03:19:30 AM »
Quote from: vall on February 02, 2021, 01:15:30 PM
Another theory I have heard relates to length of pistil. Short ones (so the pollen is close) are self fertile, long ones are not.
Sugar Dragon has a long pistil.🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragonfruit stamen colour.
« on: February 03, 2021, 03:18:15 AM »
Quote from: spaugh on February 02, 2021, 10:04:43 AM
my palora seedlings have yellow stamen and are definitely self pollinating.  Sugar dragon also very self fertile and has yellow stamen. American beauty also yellow stamen and self fertile.

Some palora seedlings have yellow and some have green and both are self fertile by the way.


Sugar Dragon is very green.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Dragonfruit stigma colour.
« on: February 02, 2021, 04:18:08 AM »




There’s a theory going around in relation to the stigma of dragonfruit flowers. Yellow stigma is self sterile(needs to be cross pollinated), green stigma self fertile (will pollinate itself).
The pics are from Purple Haze (Yellow stigma and self sterile), and Sugar Dragon (green stigma and self fertile).
Any ideas?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Best refractometer?
« on: December 10, 2020, 04:57:54 AM »
Price will decide which one is best for your needs. If money is no problem, you could spend hundreds, even thousands. If you want pretty much the same results with less expense, $50 should be fine.👍

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragonfruit stem discoloration
« on: December 10, 2020, 04:55:19 AM »
It looks to me like they are not getting enough sunlight. Are the plants being grown indoors under artificial light?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit Australia
« on: November 17, 2020, 04:25:59 AM »
Unfortunately, there’s also the situation where growers/collectors/nurseries decide to put their own new variety names on already named varieties. Whether they forgot the original name or just wanted some special name for themselves, it ends up making the whole world of dragonfruit more unreliable.
Then you’ve got people who grow dragonfruit from seed and give it the same name as the parent plant!
Very difficult to tell the difference these days unfortunately.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit Australia
« on: November 17, 2020, 03:24:59 AM »

Trying to tell the variety of a dragonfruit just by looking at the fruit is a near impossibility. Take these 3 fruit. All from the same plant(seedling), all look completely different and flesh colour is identical to the parent plant but with a different flavour. 

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: October 11, 2020, 04:32:57 AM »
Only a small fruit(100-150gm),  but definitely a top quality dragonfruit. Was a bit late flowering this year. First buds appeared in late August last year. Great cropper. Pretty much has buds constantly throughout the season. Self fertile too!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: October 10, 2020, 05:37:27 AM »







Sugar Dragon putting out its first flowers of the season tonight. Only 2, but plenty more on the way in the next few days. Always a solid producer and one of the best varieties around! 👍

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragonfruit seedling grafted onto mature rootstock.
« on: October 04, 2020, 05:04:38 AM »






Very small seedling tip grafted onto a 6 year old dragonfruit stem. Was a tricky graft, but the second attempt took. Same time frame again, around 4 weeks before starting to put out new growth.  Middle  pic is most recent.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragonfruit seedling grafted onto mature rootstock.
« on: October 04, 2020, 04:59:11 AM »





A very small tip grafted onto a 1 year old, well established Sugar Dragon. Has been sitting dormant for about  a month, but looks to be starting to move. I haven’t had one that looks like it’s about to send out multiple shoots before.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Dragonfruit seedling grafted onto mature rootstock.
« on: October 04, 2020, 04:45:55 AM »














Just thought I’d share with everyone some pics of the benefits of grafting young seedlings onto mature rootstock or existing plants. This one is grafted onto a side shoot of a mature plant. The seedling scion was 6 months old,  probably as thick as a pencil when grafted and was held in place by 3 clothes peg. I’ve tried to repeat the process a couple of time but all have failed unfortunately. Luck played a big part I’m thinking. Graft was done on about the 1st of July, so middle of winter. Growth has been impressive and I’m hoping it will flower this summer. Pics didn’t load in order,  sorry about that.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon fruit does not fruit
« on: October 03, 2020, 10:19:11 PM »
I had trouble with the American Beauty setting fruit back in the beginning, so I’ve cross pollinated it ever since, mainly to unsure fruit set. I’ll give it another shot at self pollination this year on a more mature plant and see what happens.
On the topic if  self pollination, my Aztec gem needs assistance to set fruit where I live, but the Aztec Gem (grown from one of my cuttings ) at my sisters place 6 hours south, sets fruit with no help at all. Maybe it’s climatic 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon fruit does not fruit
« on: October 03, 2020, 06:52:16 PM »





Dark Star and Aztec Gem. I doubt they are even closely related.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon fruit does not fruit
« on: October 03, 2020, 05:48:00 PM »
Unfortunately, American Beauty, Delight, Halley’s Comet and Condor aren’t self pollinating/self fertile in my experience. Very few varieties are. Columbian Supreme, Vietnamese White, Sugar Dragon, Frankie’s Red and Megalanthus are the only varieties in my collection of 50 named varieties that don’t need to be hand pollinated.

Frankie’s Red and Aztec Gem are two completely different varieties. Both are great varieties. As far as I am aware, Aztec Gem was created by Bernice at Red Fox Dragonfruit in Nanango. I purchased my original Aztec Gem cutting from her probably 10 - 12 years ago. I would say it’s very closely related to Pink Panther or Voodoo Child. But better!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon fruit does not fruit
« on: October 03, 2020, 05:30:15 AM »
Any dragonfruit that flowers will set fruit if it’s pollinated in the correct way with pollen from a different variety. In my experience, the fruit will also be larger as a result of cross pollination, with the exception of self fertile varieties. I cross pollinate every flower I have, if I have pollen available, and fruit set is never a problem.
If people think dragonfruit are overrated trash, then they haven’t tried decent, homegrown dragonfruit. Varieties like Aztec Gem, Delight, Blush, Halley’s Comet, Frankie’s Red, White Sapp, G-2, Pink Panther, Sugar  Dragon and Physical Graffiti are all worth growing, along with plenty of other varieties. Most of these need to be cross pollinated, but the end result is definitely worth it.
Anyone putting in the time to develop new, self pollinating varieties using any of the above varieties as crosses is onto a good thing.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Planting Abiu seeds . . .
« on: October 03, 2020, 05:06:38 AM »
I just grew 4 Abiu seeds(very fresh, straight from the fruit) before winter in South east Queensland, Australia, and I did nothing special for them . I scarified the seeds and soaked them for 3-4 days in water. I then planted them laying on their side, about an inch deep in pots. Germination in about 2 weeks. Survived the winter and are planted in the ground now.

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