The Tropical Fruit Forum

I have this idea bugging me since few days.

How about I grow df in a container with a nice cute trellis and the container sits on a set of wheels for easy movement. The idea here is, to get the df in the house at night, where there is artificial light until I go to bed or may be even leave the light on all night. The light is not very bright and neither close to the plant but at least something instead of nothing. In the morning, move the plant back in to the sun.

I have a feeling this would help the df grow a tiny bit faster and fruit better. (And also make my house look cool at night).

What say guys? Or will this make no difference?


Reason why I just can't fit a light bulb near the plant: There are these wild pigeons that sleep around my apartment and near by the plants. Having a bright light would disturb their so called sleep.

While searching for df cuttings (which are impossible to find where I live), I stumbled across a corporation that do tissue culture on dragon fruit plants. To my surprise these tissue cultured df plants are sold in my city.

I am planning to visit them soon and hopefully pick up few tissue cultured df plants.

Which brings me to the question. Has anyone had any experience growing tissue cultured df or for that matter any other tissue cultured fruit plant? How different are they when compared to other propagation methods?