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My DF flowers have up to 10 bees inside in the morning so I don't ever hand pollinate them.
Hello, super new and super dumb here but if I could bother anybody to answer a few very basic questions about growing dragon fruit I would be so very grateful.. I really want to start growing Dragon Fruit (happy to keep it indoors when necessary due to my zone) but particularly a yellow. I found a place that has a yellow variety cutting in stock and in their description they say it is best to grow with 2-3 other varieties for cross pollination. <snip>
Posted this in the Dragon Fruit thread. Thoughts?
OK, now realize pitaya has very shallow roots that spread wide and far. Here's my plan. Thoughts are welcome. Gonna take a long strip of 16" RootBuilder, cut it in half making it 8" tall. Wrap and tie it into a large rectangle about 8' long X 18" wide squaring off the corners and place it against a greenhouse wall. Backfill with a very sandy/vermiculite soil with some humus and LAY the cuttings down so that 1 side is just below the surface for rooting. Done this with cacti, why not pitaya? Should give me a lot of output along the cutting. I can plant 3 different available varieties in this one long pot.
How tall does the pot need to be? I heard they have shallow roots so wonder if it’s better to have wider but shorter pots
Just got these Sugar Pitaya cuttings in, will pot up soon. Any comments on taste or culture is welcome.
Also, should I use a 7 or a 15 gal. PERMANENT bottomless RootBuilder pot? They're going in the greenhouse. Is the root system pretty extensive on pitaya? I've had 2 plants in 5 gal. pots and they've done well. Flowered but never fruited.
Yesterday I got some Sugar Pitaya cuttings in. Will pot up 2, share the others. Any one have any info on this one? Gifter loves it but searching for info has been limited.
Just out of curiosity, is the correct name spelling Halley’s Comet or Haille’s Comet?
The internet says most avocados in Vietnam are used in smoothies and drinks which to me is about the worst way to use them. Maybe in bubble tea also>
Most likely Fuerte or Bacon or seedling Mexican type!
Correct, if you are using drip emitters, its useless to put them on top of mulch as it wont get coverage. for top of mulch, micro sprayers is needed.
Thank you Richard and FamilyJ. Appreciate your help guys. If there's any other white flesh similar to the size of Vietnamese giant please pour in your suggestions.
Hey guys, I'm looking for the biggest white flesh variety there is out there which is self pollinating. Taste, flavour or other factors doesn't matter. I'm in just for the size. Need the variety name which sets the biggest fruit size wise.
Thanks!
Someone told me to keep them dry until flowering in late may/june.
Not good advice in my opinion.
I'm a newbie, what is a good advice according your experience?
Someone told me to keep them dry until flowering in late may/june.
I have pots with 25 inch diameter, how many cuttings can I grow in each pot? Thanks!
I'd like to share this wonderful file but no go - can't log into their Facebook page and for some reason the file doesn't copy so I can paste it. Probably a thing with Adobe Acrobat since I'm using the free download.
Thanks
Excellent reference for CA avocados. But fuerte topping sir prize?
Thats true Ricshaw, supply and demand runs things.
I suppose I find it strange for what I see as a kind of hype, flavorless fruit but surely I haven't tried enough good one's direct from the farm. Ive yet to try the Edgar Valdivia hybrids . I guess the question in my mind shifts to how demand could outweigh supply with a plant that can be propagated nearly infinitely with very low cost or time input. I think people will try to capitalize and the market will shift in the next 10 years. Human's fascination with fruits that are red should be someone's Master's Thesis
