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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Dragon Fruit thread.
« on: December 18, 2013, 07:37:14 PM »Phoenix Red, Voodoo Child, Giant Viet
What is the plan when the three Dragon Fruit get bigger?
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Phoenix Red, Voodoo Child, Giant Viet
What about using pots?
They love water. They are a cactus, but keep in mind they are an under-story plant from a rainforest environment. They can survive long periods of drought but they do best with daily watering in most sub-tropical areas. Also they have a very shallow fibrous roots system, so unless it is constantly muddy along the canal I’d expect them to do fine. Over watering can cause the green part of the stem to rot but the core survives and I have never seen it kill a plant here in California. If you have poor draining soil you may want to watch the watering more closely, but in well drained soil they enjoy frequent waterings.
I have an area about 6' from a small canal. I was thinking of planting several dragon fruit along the canal. Is it a good idea to plant dragon fruit that close to water or would I be better off planting it somewhere else.
Thanks,
Mike
How's permanent marker do on DF, for ID (Plant not the fruit)?
Yesterday, I ate the red fleshed pitahaya for the first time, I got the fruit from Indonesia, but I have to say, that it was the same experience like with the white fleshed one, both taste to me more like vegetable than fruit, something like radish, really not worth to grow as a fruit. But may be it is because of me, who grow up in Middle Europe, eating tens of different varieties of plum, apple, apricot, peaches, pear etc.
What a great idea, I wish they had Dragon Fruit tastings around here in S. Florida, USA. In this way, anyone could decide which is the best quality, best tasting, sweetest fruit to grow.
(I am joking) on 2012 Pitahaya/Dragon Fruit Festival fruit tasting and cutting exchange.
| pitahaya reseach field tour part 1 la woman.wmv | |
I went outside to check my dragon fruit trellis and train/ tie up some new growth and found these babies growing underneath!!!
I have been tossing the decaying flowers and the small fruits that aborted after not developing into the pot so maybe could it be possible that after they rotted the seeds germinated?? Just amazing to me. This trellis is now approaching 2 years old on Dec 31st and it's doing great. I got 2 dozen fruit off it this fall and they were all well over a pound with the highest brix reading at 18.6 (you have to click on pictures of the babies to open it then click on it again to get it to open to full screen...they are tiny!)
I'm very very ashamed...
