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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: January 24, 2016, 02:58:41 PM »
wow!!!! awesome!! how much time has the pot behind? the one with the dragon fruit from seed?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: December 26, 2015, 08:09:23 AM »Merry Christmas!
I've been posting pics of my Red Dragonfruit here for about a year. I found it on accident really at a Home Depot in Miami, Haleys Comet, and made the mistake of thinking it would grow just fine in my window ceil in Central Indiana. I had quite a bit of etiolation. Over the summer, however, it began growing very thick. Since then, I've trimmed off all the skinny growth and broke down the cactus into about 5 "root stocks" to grow from.
Last year, I was using a 300w full spectrum LED to supplement and it showed some impact to provide non-etiolated growth. This window, I purchased an additional 900w full spectrum LED, padded a closet ceiling and walls with mylar, and tried to create an indoor environment suitable for good growth. The temp is staying around 95 degrees in that room with both LEDs, I'm using SmartThings Temp sensor/outlet to regulate light usage and alert me if temps become excessive. I'm ventilating by keeping door cracked.
I've been noticing some interesting behavior. After trimming and planting, shortly after each root stock put out a pup but what I'm observing is that pups are putting out pups and its creating a branched-like structure. I also noticed the tips seemed more darker than usual but it seems to be growing. I'm thinking I need to lower my light and concentrate it closer to the Dragonfruit to get thicker, green growth. Other than that, they seem to be healthy pups. Any thoughts on why this is occurring? I've cut stock before and didn't see this happen. Pics are below. Thanks!
I don´t know much about the light effect in plants, just the basics, but do you keep the red light always on or do you simulate the day/night period?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: October 03, 2015, 05:03:44 AM »
Here's what a fresh core looks like
Excellent
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: September 20, 2015, 04:24:43 PM »Quote
How many months old would you estimate the early flowering segments are?
3/4 months. I keep a photo record of almost everything for post data analysis and I notice that the early segments are larger than the late ones. At the end of the season they are longer and thinner. In these there is no flowering in the same year.
I was too surprised when I saw the first bud on the new cutting, but as the growing season progressed it became the norm...
Physical Graffiti and Purple Haze are good producers. American Beauty gave me one flower (and the last one of the season). Halleys Comet is the smallest of all and gave me no flower (probably as mentioned it has not developed enough = weight).
The high bud abortion rate, I´m guessing its because the plant is still young and does not have enough energy to have more than 2 flowers at the same time.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: September 20, 2015, 05:19:33 AM »Yes, there's an age factor for a particular segment to flower. Current season's growth cannot flower. It's not hardened and has not built up on nutrients and other stuff(hormones). 2nd to 4th year old growth have the highest chance of flowering. It declines with age as well, which is why growers trim off older segments from the umbrella shape. The shape makes it easier to prune: just cut back to the center.I have to disagree with the " current seasons growth cannot flower" theory. I am able to get a lot of my early season growth to flower on most plants every season. It's possible to get them to flower by letting the earlier growth reach a decent size and then break the tip off to allow the entire branch to thicken up and harden off. I'm not saying you will get masses of flowers but I'm sure you will get some if your season is long enough.
I have one white fleshed plant in a 1 gal pot for 5 years and it's not flowered, so age is just one of several factors I think. Another 2nd year Arizona Purple segment flowered and fruited right after I cut it and put it in a 1 gal pot. That's what Rob is talking about with the cellular age.
Same here.
I have 8 pots with 21 months old and this season I got 15 flowers. Flower buds were more than 30. Around 80% of them were in this year cuttings. I guess the local conditions are a big factor for the plant "decisions".
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: August 02, 2015, 10:41:51 AM »I have a problem with my DF, there are some black spots with lots of little darker spots that looks like aphid bites on the new growth.
it happened during the night. I am sorry for the poor quality pics, anyone has an idea what it is?
I`m also interested in an answer to this problem. One of the cuttings is developing this problem in the last 3 weeks. Any contribution would be much appreciated
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: April 11, 2015, 06:35:52 AM »
it was in the greenhouse all winter
and had only 2 or 3 segments,
then sprouted lots of growth, so , i put it in the ground.
i am in New Orleans (9b) and a freeze killed my other dragonfruit in a container
so, this one will be against the house, pretty well protected.
but, now i got some spots on it... rot or something ?
this pic is a few days old, i just noticed new growth
from the top of the tall skinny segment today.
will this skinny segment get wider ?
is this a problem ?
supports are temporary till i figure out what i want to do.
i put a pine cone between 2 segments to separate them.
segment on the bottom-left is not planted in the ground
just touching the leaf litter
it does have a few roots on it though
should i plant it in the soil ?
At first glance I thought it was a poem about dragon fruit...
The stems are thin because they need more light, and the spots seems to be frost damage
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: March 14, 2015, 10:47:51 AM »
A close up:
Any help?
Any help?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: March 14, 2015, 10:35:30 AM »
Hi,
I`m a bit concerned about two of my DF, both Physical Graffiti variety. As they came out of winter and AFTER I water them two times in one week I began noticing that they were becoming brown in the sun side:
One month ago this one was like this:
The others (American Beauty, Halleys Comet and Purple Haze) are normal (for now...)
I understand that the spring awakening can cause some problems but this is not normal...
The sides that are not faced to the sun have a perfect green. Temperatures in the last couple of weeks range between 75ºF and 45ºF. Could this be frost damage for the high temperature range?
P.S. One year plant
I`m a bit concerned about two of my DF, both Physical Graffiti variety. As they came out of winter and AFTER I water them two times in one week I began noticing that they were becoming brown in the sun side:
One month ago this one was like this:
The others (American Beauty, Halleys Comet and Purple Haze) are normal (for now...)
I understand that the spring awakening can cause some problems but this is not normal...
The sides that are not faced to the sun have a perfect green. Temperatures in the last couple of weeks range between 75ºF and 45ºF. Could this be frost damage for the high temperature range?
P.S. One year plant
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: May 02, 2014, 06:39:13 PM »A few days ago I started noticing what I think it could be a flower bud on a cutting. I planted this in January. Is this possible???Yes, very possible for a newly rooted cutting to have a flower bud. Just don't have your hopes too highOne of mine Purple Haze cutting, was like that too, but the flower bud never develop and dried/dropped off. I'm guessing, since, not enough root system has develop to support a fruit/flower yet. As it had just been rooted not too long ago and develop a strong root system for supporting such energy consuming growth yet. Though, I have seen online pictures of some cuttings with a fully mature fruit developing from it.
The reason for cuttings to develop such as that, is mainly due to being older mature cuttings, it came from. Either your cutting cam from a long branch that had previous fruit on it or is going to develop a flower bud, but was trimmed off.
BTW, that is a flower bud, congrats, hope it makes it to maturity and not dried and drop off
Thanks :-) If it dries off I now know it is normal and there are reasons for doing so. Thanks once again!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: May 02, 2014, 03:01:50 PM »
A few days ago I started noticing what I think it could be a flower bud on a cutting. I planted this in January. Is this possible???
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: April 09, 2014, 04:55:38 PM »
Well, this is my first post here. I´ve read the entire thread and it has become one of the most helpful site regarding DF.
I`ve planted 8 DF cuttings in January (American Beauty, Halleys Comet, Purple Haze and Physical Graffitti) thanks to RodneyS
I´ve made a few mistakes that i think its important for others to see (or know):
The first one regards water: I put 1 litre (0,2 gallons) every week in winter (temperatures 35-50 F) in a spot with 2 hours of sun. This was a very serious mistake and after a month I could see that some cuttings were losing the green colour. It was a too wet environment. I stop watering them. You don´t need water if the cutting doesn´t have roots...
American Beauty was the first to be moved to a full sun spot. Here it is a yellowish cutting:
Rooting started after the soil was dry. After one month in full sun (50-77 F):
The other cutting that was almost lost was a Purple Haze one. It developed brown patches and it began to look very skinny, with a perfect "six pack":
So, the same again, stop watering it, full sun and only water after i check roots. After one month:
And... since a few days ago, the worst cutting striked back and became the first one with buds:
I`ve planted 8 DF cuttings in January (American Beauty, Halleys Comet, Purple Haze and Physical Graffitti) thanks to RodneyS
I´ve made a few mistakes that i think its important for others to see (or know):
The first one regards water: I put 1 litre (0,2 gallons) every week in winter (temperatures 35-50 F) in a spot with 2 hours of sun. This was a very serious mistake and after a month I could see that some cuttings were losing the green colour. It was a too wet environment. I stop watering them. You don´t need water if the cutting doesn´t have roots...
American Beauty was the first to be moved to a full sun spot. Here it is a yellowish cutting:
Rooting started after the soil was dry. After one month in full sun (50-77 F):
The other cutting that was almost lost was a Purple Haze one. It developed brown patches and it began to look very skinny, with a perfect "six pack":
So, the same again, stop watering it, full sun and only water after i check roots. After one month:
And... since a few days ago, the worst cutting striked back and became the first one with buds:
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