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Avocados are a great fruit that is impossible to have too many of. Everyone on your block will be willing to take any extras you may have.
My dad had some grapes growing when I was a child. We never once had any harvest that you can speak of. Until he closed the green fruit with brown paper bags. The birds were unable to get to them and we had enormous fruit from then on. So, maybe it was birds eating your figs. I know birds love our papaya and figs.
Sweetheart really takes 7-10 years and really closer to 10 years for full production (as full as can be for a Sweetheart ).
Nothing photo shopped in my photo. The fruit is neater looking earlier while the tips of the fins are still bright green. To me it is almost like it sparkles or something, much different than any others that I have.
DM
As with many new hybrid species, until presented with proper recognition with the government, a hybrid is just a hybrid. The photo is a stock photo and the actual fruit is much more vibrant, yes it is blue on the inside and does have hot pink tips. My Dragon Fruit just bloomed, so the fruit will come soon and I will be posting new pictures from my tree!
I think I have 3 baby dragons to look forward to, 2 of them are on two sides of the same stem extremely close to each other + pointing upward, hoping there will be enough support!!
It popped on Tuesday night! The only night that I was able to pollinate it! I brushed on the pollen I gathered from the Lomita White last week. Fingers crossed!
This is a "Fullerton Purple", which just flowered for the first time, last Thusday. Bought at the Green Scene in 2015 as a foot long cutting. Looking forward to trying it for the first time.
The part I don't understand is that unless you kill the tree in about 3 months you are going to have a lot of water shoots covering the pitaya. Unless you continually remove water shoots. Can be a lot of work or kill the tree.
It popped on Tuesday night! The only night that I was able to pollinate it! I brushed on the pollen I gathered from the Lomita White last week. Fingers crossed!
IMO, containers are always the best way to go. 15 gallon minimum, 20-25 if you can get them cheap. You don't want to fill them more than 75% capacity, and you want to make sure they have proper drainage. Larger containers will allow for multiple plant starts per: 15 gal for one, 25 for 2, more for more, etc.
