Hi,

Can someone please give me a good recipe for a soil mix for growing dragon fruit in a container?

Tomas

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Hello,

What is the recommended way to plant a dragon fruit cutting? Do you re-cut at the thickest point of the cutting and then stick the cutting into the soil? My own thought is that then you get both a fresh cut, plus a stronger bottom stem. Here is a pic of 2 cuttings:



This is all new to me so I would appreciate any advice.

Tomas

Hi Mark,

That's really good to know. Thanks!

Tomas

Hi Don,

I don't know anyone who has a fruiting Eugenia lutescens outside Brazil. I have had no luck with Eugenia lutescens myself. Each time I have tried they died in less than 6 months. Some people believe in the cerrado curse...

Tomas

The variation must be great in fruit quality of the E. leitonii. My friend in Brazil tells me he has personality picked these fruits and he says they are "sweet and with very good flavor" .

Tomas

Hi Bill,

To put Garcinia Madruno sweet in some context, I will compare it with 2 similar fruits that i have eaten. First off, I have eaten achachairu side by side with Garcinia gardneriana and in short achachairu is a sour fruit whereas G. gardneriana is sweet. But on the other hand, achachairu has better flesh-to-seed ratio. Then we have Garcinia Madruno sweet in comparison. Like I said it's also a sweet fruit but I would say it's not sweeter than G. gardneriana, and G. gardneriana offers more to eat per fruit and has better flavor than Garcinia Madruno sweet.

Tomas

PS. Here is what you can do with Sweet Madruno before consuming them:

Hi Miguel,

Sorry, got another question about this little gem. You said the fruit is sweet and very good. Can you also say something about its flavor? Does it remind you about any other fruit?

Tomas

For comparison, here are some leaves of my Restinga



Tomas

Hi Luisport,

Same thing.  Didnt meant to confuse you.  Good luck with you plant 

Tomas

Hi Luc,

How old is your Eugenia pyriformis x E. lutescens ?

Tomas

Thanks for sharing Adam. It's apparent it grows extremely slow.

Tomas

Hi John,

I have had a small seed permit for many years now. When I applied (and renewed) I only supplied one port. The permit automatically came with a bunch of ports.



Tomas