Condor self fertile BUT will make immature looking fruit. It prefers different pollen. There is a newer video on The Beet channel where Richard clarifies this point.
@@GraftingDragonFruityou could use kaolin clay spray which stays on a plant much longer Many farmers in india use this method to protect the vines from getting sunburned
I have only one plant in the ground and it has eleven fruits on it. I just built my first 3 trellises with pots. Looking forward to getting some cuttings from you sometime. 😊
thank you very much Richard! this video is very much needed especially for beginners like me. I am happy that purchased 2/5 AB & SD. Can't wait for them to root ! I also got PG & AS2.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I live and Garden Grove snd would kove to buy some cuttings from you if you ever have any extras. I just made 2 trellis following your instructions. Looking forwrd ti growing my collection.
It's super informative to be introduced to really good varieties of Dragon fruit. Where I live in central Florida the local nursery only has one variety available. Where do you obtain so many different varieties of Dragon fruit? Thank you for lots of information about rooting and setting up to grow Dragon fruit. Keep up the Good work. Dean
Glad it was helpful! You can buy from reputable sellers and farms. Try asking in my FB group. There are several that will ship. I’ll have some available later this fall/winter
Awesome tips! I’m thinking of pulling out my non-productive Palora to make room for Pink Panther and Sugar dragon. My only worry about condor is its alleged susceptibility to rust in the foggy wet NorCal/Bay Area winters.
Thankfully I’m growing 3/5 😉 not bad odds 😊 would love to see the self sterile vid😉👍😃I got a purple haze c19 sum one said was self pollinating but all the info I read say it’s self sterile. I know you like that one Richard 😊hopefully it won’t be my first flower 🙏🤞I’m sticking with Wallace farm cuttings going forward. I got sum from a eBay seller who stuffed 4 cutting of natural mystic American beauty condor and daivid bowe all wrapped togather in two pages of shipping paper. All 4 cutting were in-paled by the other thorns and db has a 4” black section taking up 4nodes. Sad a Dragon cutting seller cut corners, I paid good $ for them too. All my cuts from WF we’re individually wrapped and that inc two that we’re 20-24” long too 😉😊🙏🇺🇸
@@GraftingDragonFruit Richard Not sure if you moderate the Dragon fruit co op on FB group but if you do I’m trying to post update and the group is suspended as of 9-3-23 ??
I love this video, and I’m excited to be growing dragonfruit in my backyard. I currently have a vietmanese white variety and an American beauty. I was wondering if you had an advice on winter care? Is fertilizing necessary?
Yes still fertilize so you can make sure it grows well and healthy. For winter, you can have a covering over it with some led lights to generate some heat. I’m in SoCal so winters are not that harsh
@@GraftingDragonFruit I’m currently in South Carolina, it gets pretty cold. Currently right now I’m using FloraNova grow fertilizer. Should I switch to dr earth all purpose fertilizer for the winter?
What do you think of Haleys comet? Seems to be some confusion on it being self fertile. Mine will set fruit on its own but will set more fruit if I hand pollinate.I only grow that variety and don't have any neighbors as I'm rural Temecula so mine aren't getting any pollen from other varieties.
Good morning Richard, I fortunately found your channel. I am very excited to start two trellises. Can I purchase Dragon plants from you? Please let me know. Thanks!
Nice video. I was wondering if there's a video that shows each flower, ripened whole fruit and sliced open fruit so we can match the Name, to Flower, Fruit and Flesh colors? If not, it would be great and helpful if Richard could make one.
Hi Richard - finally tasted my first ripe Dragon fruit and loved it (I think it was Ecuador? yellow skin, white flesh, very very sweet). I stumbled on your channel searching youtube for more info. Do you sell cuttings? Would love to buy some if you do - I am local to you. Thank you!
Richard ? I’m using the flora nova gro with my dragons. I’m using ro water ph is 7 out of bottle I m adding 1/2 tsp per gallon with 1/2 tsp of cal mag after vigorously shaking nutes I added them to water and my ph drops to 4.0-4.5. I try adding ph up and have to add almost a TBL spoon of up to get the ph to 5.5-5.8 but that drives my ppm from 200 up to 600. ? Do you ph the solution b4 feeding ?? I’m on city water with chlorine and do not want to kill off the beneficial bacteria using city water. Ugg hydro issues 😞☺️thank you 🙏
@@GraftingDragonFruit I d be curious to know what your tap ph is ? And what ppm break dow is ? I know if you bring a sample to a pool place they can analyze it for you, might have to tell them a pool size white lie 😉 Thank you for quick reply ☺️ have you ever experienced nute lock out ? Maybe I’m over analyzing things 🤔 I guess I wish I knew more about dragons plants, any way you can point me toward a dragon growers guide ☺️
@@kevinkc3onohelijeepworld953 I actually have that info either. I like to keep things as simple as possible because there’s no need to get super intricate and complicated unless you really had to. Go through all the videos on my channel. It’ll show you how to grow form A through Z 😊
Hi Richard, I’m starting a new hobby and I’m interested in getting some variety of different dragon fruit plants. I want these five dragon fruit plant that you recommended on this episode. How do I go about getting these plants?
Hey there. I’m looking to start growing some dragon fruit and have been looking at what varieties are good but also what varieties are accessible to me. All I could find were: undatus, megalanthus, costaricensis. Undatus looks the best so I’d like to try that out but what about the others I’ve mentioned, are they better (or self fertile at least unlike undatus)? And if I was growing undatus could I rely on one hylocereus undatus plant pollinating (I’d do it by hand) the other? Or would I need some other hylocereus pollinater because I don’t seem to find any accessible hylocereus pollinator. Thank you for your response.
Just ordered more dragonfruit. 2 American beauty, 1 sour patch kids, 1 sour patch watermelon. Should make good container mates! Thanks for all your videos. Cant eait for your store to have stock so i can order straight from you!
Hey Richard. Suggestion to help make your video better. It is distracting to have background music playing while your speaking. I want to be able to hear your voice and not have it compete with background music.
Help. My dragonfruit plant attached herself to the wall with roots and grew about 7 feet up the wall. She refuses to attach herself to the trellis I bought her. I was advise to detach her from the wall and direct her back onto the trellis. I peeled her roots off the wall (nicely) and zip tied her to her trellis. I guess she is upset for she hasn’t grown any further in 3 months. I have kept her watered but she hasn’t accepted her trellis and haven’t grown an inch in 3 months. What should I do to help get her growing again.
Good stuff. I am down around Houston and was wondering if I can bring the plants into the garage at night and back out in the morning during the winter. It reaches in the high 20's sometime.
This is a really good video. I like your enthusiasm and your explanations of taste. I started growing DF last year with Physical Graffiti only to find out it is self sterile. Interestingly out of 8 plants, 2 have fruit. I have no idea how they were pollinated because I don't have any neighbors with DF. Thinking maybe they were mislabeled? The fruit is very dark pink. I'm in Fallbrook. We're lucky to live in this area
hello. Im new to growing dragon fruits. I already have cuttings growing of sugar dragon and american beauty. Im going to pick up the other 3 u metioned in this video this weekend from a local grower. can you recomend a few more that are self fertile ,self pollinating? I tried to research it but i get alot of sites with contradicting info. I appreciate all the helps that your videos provide. thank you
So on this video he says Condor is Self Fertile, but on this list he posted September 6, 2019 · Dragon Fruit Pollination List is says cross pollinate. Which is the correct answer?
I live in California. Last Spring it rained so much that I had a hard time protecting my dragon fruit from rotting and the wind broke the branches. It took all year for them to grow again and look healthy. Now Summer is almost over I am worried about the same thing happening again. How can I protect them from the harsh conditions that I would eventually get fruit. Thank you.
Richard, thank you for this video, in one of your comments you mentioned about your cuttings could be available by fall and winter, please include me in your list. I’m very much interested on Pink Panther and Condor. Please, please Richard, truly appreciate if I can have some of this cuttings from you, please let me know. Thank you and God Bless.
Hey Richard, do you sell any cuttings? Have you ever shipped cuttings internationally? I live in the Philippines and have limited varieties here. It would be great to get some of those varieties started here.
How many can you eat in one day without getting the runs? This is a serious question. I love them and mine are too young to produce yet but my granddaughters get the runs from them.
Howzit Richard🤙🏼 i have a couple of American Beauty plants that are about a year old from cuttings and they flowered this summer for the first time. But all the flowers turned yellow and fell off. I even hand pollinated some. Not one caught. I’m so bummed. I’m in Hawaii. Aloha brother🙏🏼🤙🏼
Aloha to you as well bro. Might not be ready yet if they’re only a year. Usually 18 months is the earliest they start being able to set. Hopefully next year the fruits will come!
Thank you, I have learned so much from your videos and I also share them with friends & family who just starting to grown DF. I live in Alhambra. Where do I buy these 5 varieties and others?
Lively and very interesting presentation. I do not think though it is our job in nature to pollinating plants. It is extremely weird to say the least. Can we let the insects or wind etc do that job? Anyway good stuff.
They’re all similar for the most part, but maybe I should make a video on that. I’m in SoCal so we generally have pretty normal weather most of the year
If you could make a video talking about the different varieties that handle hot weather in cold weather better than other varieties, I would greatly appreciate that.
please let me know when you are going to sell some cuttings I'm interested to buy some .i live in the midwest i have two veriety growing right now yellow and the red i don't know the name i just love dragon fruit .
You inspired me. I rescued a neighbors Home Depot Hylocereus polyrhizus df sitting in the original pot and turned it into a nice plant with the trellis design you showed. It took two years but I was really excited when two flowers formed. However the first one wilted and eventually fell off the stem. The second one did the same today. The base was mushy. Did the downpour rains we had in socal cause this? I haven't watered the plant since the downpours and now we are getting small sprinkles overnight. Thanks.
@@GraftingDragonFruit I didn't cross polinate since I thought a Home Depot one would self polinate. Next time they bloom, I'll capture some pollen from a friends plant and try that. I'm still committed and am grateful for your help. My wife loves DF ever since we had the best tasting ones in Vietnam. I feel so bad for people who only get to try the bland ones sold here in Los Angeles and don't experience the full flavor.
@@jonathanfukumoto6467 Mosd of those sold at Home Depot are not self-fertile. Often they are Physical Graffiti, which needs cross pollination. If you can get a Vietnam White somewhere it is a very hardy and reliable pollinator. You can cross pollinate using its pollen. It self-pollinates so it's a reliable producer of very large white-fleshed fruit.
Hey Richard , would like u to guide me if I can attach the cuttings on the steal or metallic trellis. I have 300 standing steal pipes I used to construct my housing . Thank you.
Yo Nice vid and good choices even tho Ihavent tasted Pink panther. Wanted to ask is there a reason of why 1 stem is shivering and not plump? This is a group of 4 plants same varieties planted on a 25 gall pot but only 1 is shivering instead of plump
I started to grow mine a year and a half ago but I don't know the variety. Its 2 ft tall at this point and it was grown from a seed from a grocery store fruit which is white fleshed and red skinned. The cactus itself looks nothing like the varieties in your videos and has needles all over it. No lumps just smooth.
@@GraftingDragonFruit Thanks for the reply! Ya I will see if that is the variety. I'm in zone 3 and I am trying to make tropical plants be able to withstand the winter. I think its important to make plants hardier for all zones. Some people have success with bananas, oranges, and pineapples. Some plants where I live are able to grow in snow. it would be a real trick to get tropical plants to do the same.
Hi Richard Thanks for the video. I lost my dragon fruit plants (Hurricane Ian) they were in the ground :( starting over putting them in pots when will I be able to get cuttings from you on your website?
Never had Dragonfruit but im trying to grow it coz it looks fun. Are they really as nice and tasty as described? Might buy one from a store to try but worried it will be underwhelming because its not the same
Hi Richard! I got 2/5 of your fav. lol Are there some AB variety that are Not Self-Pollinating? I have a AB that has a long Stigma and the Anthers are a lot shorter making it impossible to Self-Pollenate. But the fruit looks like AB.
I picked up some free Dragon Fruit cuttings a couple years ago. They were not labeled and I didn’t think to ask what variety it was. They are now flowering. How can I tell what variety it is? I’m not sure what to do come pollination time.
Your pollination post in your Facebook group says Condor is cross pollinate. This vid says self fertile and self pollinating. Can you confirm Condor is self fertile and self pollinating? Thanks!!
Let's get this video to 1000 likes! Help spread the knowledge 🙏
Do you sell cuttings or do you have a source for your cuttings?
Do you have any Thai gold for sale?!
Quick summary:
1. American Beauty - self fertile and self pollinating
2. Sugar Dragon - self fertile
3. Pink Panther - self fertile
4. Sour Patch Kids - self fertile and usually self pollinating
5. Condor - self fertile and self pollinating
Happy growing!
Thanks!
Can cuttings be purchased?
Condor self fertile BUT will make immature looking fruit. It prefers different pollen. There is a newer video on The Beet channel where Richard clarifies this point.
Hi Richard do you sell any of your cutting?
Where can I get cuttings in Florida to purchase?
Do top 5 self sterile!
Tallying the votes!
Yes please!
Rich stop tallying just do it bro.
Absolutely!
Then top 5 self polinize 😁
Tip: To protect them from the sun, spray a mixture of cane sugar and wheat flour in water, which serves as a sunscreen and biostimulant.
Thanks!
@@GraftingDragonFruityou could use kaolin clay spray which stays on a plant much longer
Many farmers in india use this method to protect the vines from getting sunburned
What’s the ratio of each ingredients?
@@dizzy2k224 one part sugar, one part flour in 20 parts of water
Can I just use regular sugar fro the market.@@leonardokardasz9895
I have only one plant in the ground and it has eleven fruits on it. I just built my first 3 trellises with pots. Looking forward to getting some cuttings from you sometime. 😊
Stay on the lookout this fall/winter. Be sure to subscribe to my website
thank you very much Richard! this video is very much needed especially for beginners like me.
I am happy that purchased 2/5 AB & SD. Can't wait for them to root ! I also got PG & AS2.
Glad it was helpful!
Where did you purchase the cuttings? Looking for a reputable source. Thank you!
@@GraftingDragonFruitdo you sell cuttings?
Awesome information! Thank you.
You left my palate watering.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I live and Garden Grove snd would kove to buy some cuttings from you if you ever have any extras.
I just made 2 trellis following your instructions. Looking forwrd ti growing my collection.
This video is just what I am looking for. Thanks Richard❤
Glad it was helpful!
@@GraftingDragonFruitPls also do Top 5 resistant to heat/pest/elements thanks!
It's super informative to be introduced to really good varieties of Dragon fruit.
Where I live in central Florida the local nursery only has one variety available.
Where do you obtain so many different varieties of Dragon fruit?
Thank you for lots of information about rooting and setting up to grow Dragon fruit.
Keep up the Good work.
Dean
Glad it was helpful! You can buy from reputable sellers and farms. Try asking in my FB group. There are several that will ship. I’ll have some available later this fall/winter
@@GraftingDragonFruit do you have a website or do you only sell on fb?
Pink Panther also has an interesting flower
Yes it does
Another awesome video! Thank you so much.
Awesome tips! I’m thinking of pulling out my non-productive Palora to make room for Pink Panther and Sugar dragon. My only worry about condor is its alleged susceptibility to rust in the foggy wet NorCal/Bay Area winters.
Sounds like a good plan to get more fruits. Yeah that’s a challenge with the moisture up in the area.
I was told that sugar dragon or S8 is self pollinating. Hmmm. I just had my first dark star or S9. It was self pollinating and absolutely delicious!
Such a nice vídeo!!! Show us the top five non self fertile
Will do soon
I love American Beauty !!!! My absolute favorite
Thankfully I’m growing 3/5 😉 not bad odds 😊 would love to see the self sterile vid😉👍😃I got a purple haze c19 sum one said was self pollinating but all the info I read say it’s self sterile. I know you like that one Richard 😊hopefully it won’t be my first flower 🙏🤞I’m sticking with Wallace farm cuttings going forward. I got sum from a eBay seller who stuffed 4 cutting of natural mystic American beauty condor and daivid bowe all wrapped togather in two pages of shipping paper. All 4 cutting were in-paled by the other thorns and db has a 4” black section taking up 4nodes. Sad a Dragon cutting seller cut corners, I paid good $ for them too. All my cuts from WF we’re individually wrapped and that inc two that we’re 20-24” long too 😉😊🙏🇺🇸
Yeah have to get from reputable sellers to ensure the best care. Good luck with the new cuttings!
@@GraftingDragonFruit Richard Not sure if you moderate the Dragon fruit co op on FB group but if you do I’m trying to post update and the group is suspended as of 9-3-23 ??
@@kevinkc3onohelijeepworld953 I do not. Have my own group on there. Link in description 😃
Thank you for your simple explanation of self fertile and self pollination. I agree on American Beauty but why not Dark Star?
There are so many varieties to choose from so it’s hard to narrow down
I love this video, and I’m excited to be growing dragonfruit in my backyard. I currently have a vietmanese white variety and an American beauty. I was wondering if you had an advice on winter care? Is fertilizing necessary?
Yes still fertilize so you can make sure it grows well and healthy. For winter, you can have a covering over it with some led lights to generate some heat. I’m in SoCal so winters are not that harsh
@@GraftingDragonFruit I’m currently in South Carolina, it gets pretty cold. Currently right now I’m using FloraNova grow fertilizer. Should I switch to dr earth all purpose fertilizer for the winter?
@7891taneil yes Dr. earth would be good. I only use floranova a few weeks leading up to the season
@@GraftingDragonFruit thank you so much for the advice! 😊
Hi, how often do I need to water? I’m in S calf. My flower bubs turn yellow n fall off , is it too much water ?
What do you think of Haleys comet? Seems to be some confusion on it being self fertile. Mine will set fruit on its own but will set more fruit if I hand pollinate.I only grow that variety and don't have any neighbors as I'm rural Temecula so mine aren't getting any pollen from other varieties.
It’s one of those type where hand pollinating will be best results
Good morning Richard,
I fortunately found your channel.
I am very excited to start two trellises. Can I purchase Dragon plants from you?
Please let me know. Thanks!
Nice video. I was wondering if there's a video that shows each flower, ripened whole fruit and sliced open fruit so we can match the Name, to Flower, Fruit and Flesh colors? If not, it would be great and helpful if Richard could make one.
I have two varieties from your collection, American Beauty and Sugar Dragon
Nice!! Solid ones
What’s the most cold hardy variety? Can I grow them in Zone 9a, Las Vegas?
I was worried about the yellowing of some of my dragon fruit but I see yours have yellowing also.
Hi Richard - finally tasted my first ripe Dragon fruit and loved it (I think it was Ecuador? yellow skin, white flesh, very very sweet). I stumbled on your channel searching youtube for more info. Do you sell cuttings? Would love to buy some if you do - I am local to you. Thank you!
Condor still winning taste since 2008 Pitaya Festival nice.
Great video. I’m growing all of these except Sour Patch Kids.
That is awesome!
Do you have any of these in your garden?
i have all american beauty cuttings that hopefully can fruit next year, whats the yield per plant on american beauty richard?? love ur vids dude!
Not sure what my first plant is.
Have Sugar dragon. I've never hand pollinated it and always get fruit.
@@3_Gold_Coins Then it'll have to be a NOID unless the person you got it from knows.
@@hizzlemobizzle Perhaps you have some nature's pollinators doing the work for you
Richard ?
I’m using the flora nova gro with my dragons. I’m using ro water ph is 7 out of bottle I m adding 1/2 tsp per gallon with 1/2 tsp of cal mag after vigorously shaking nutes I added them to water and my ph drops to 4.0-4.5. I try adding ph up and have to add almost a TBL spoon of up to get the ph to 5.5-5.8 but that drives my ppm from 200 up to 600. ? Do you ph the solution b4 feeding ?? I’m on city water with chlorine and do not want to kill off the beneficial bacteria using city water. Ugg hydro issues 😞☺️thank you 🙏
I don’t Ph the water. I just use tap water for the solution.
@@GraftingDragonFruit I d be curious to know what your tap ph is ? And what ppm break dow is ? I know if you bring a sample to a pool place they can analyze it for you, might have to tell them a pool size white lie 😉 Thank you for quick reply ☺️ have you ever experienced nute lock out ? Maybe I’m over analyzing things 🤔 I guess I wish I knew more about dragons plants, any way you can point me toward a dragon growers guide ☺️
@@kevinkc3onohelijeepworld953 I actually have that info either. I like to keep things as simple as possible because there’s no need to get super intricate and complicated unless you really had to. Go through all the videos on my channel. It’ll show you how to grow form A through Z 😊
Very interesting, thank you!
My pleasure!
Hi Richard Do you sale clipping. I would like to start growing
Soon will be on my website
Thx!
Aloha, your videos are very inspiring. Do you sell cuttings?
Not at the moment
Hi Richard,
I’m starting a new hobby and I’m interested in getting some variety of different dragon fruit plants. I want these five dragon fruit plant that you recommended on this episode. How do I go about getting these plants?
Hey there. I’m looking to start growing some dragon fruit and have been looking at what varieties are good but also what varieties are accessible to me. All I could find were: undatus, megalanthus, costaricensis. Undatus looks the best so I’d like to try that out but what about the others I’ve mentioned, are they better (or self fertile at least unlike undatus)? And if I was growing undatus could I rely on one hylocereus undatus plant pollinating (I’d do it by hand) the other? Or would I need some other hylocereus pollinater because I don’t seem to find any accessible hylocereus pollinator.
Thank you for your response.
Just ordered more dragonfruit. 2 American beauty, 1 sour patch kids, 1 sour patch watermelon. Should make good container mates! Thanks for all your videos. Cant eait for your store to have stock so i can order straight from you!
Nice!! Going to be a great container for sure
Hey Richard. Suggestion to help make your video better. It is distracting to have background music playing while your speaking. I want to be able to hear your voice and not have it compete with background music.
I’ll note to my editor to turn it down a little lower next time
When do dragon fruit usually start to bud? Also how much time before they bud should I tip the branches?@@GraftingDragonFruit
Can I buy the three self pollinating cuttings from you?
My sugar dragon is highly productive but I have never had to hand pollinate it.
Help. My dragonfruit plant attached herself to the wall with roots and grew about 7 feet up the wall. She refuses to attach herself to the trellis I bought her. I was advise to detach her from the wall and direct her back onto the trellis. I peeled her roots off the wall (nicely) and zip tied her to her trellis. I guess she is upset for she hasn’t grown any further in 3 months. I have kept her watered but she hasn’t accepted her trellis and haven’t grown an inch in 3 months. What should I do to help get her growing again.
Great job Richard
Thanks 🙏🏼
Yeap Condor is the bomb.
One of the best!
Hello, can you please tell me what fertiliser to put on the dragon fruit tree. Thank you.
Are there varieties that do better in certain places? For instance 9B Florida. Wet, hot summers and dry winters.
Good stuff. I am down around Houston and was wondering if I can bring the plants into the garage at night and back out in the morning during the winter. It reaches in the high 20's sometime.
Yes, absolutely
I need cuttings for pink panther, and sour patch kids. I have the others.
YES! I've been wondering which DFs are his fav.
Wonder no more :)
This is a really good video. I like your enthusiasm and your explanations of taste. I started growing DF last year with Physical Graffiti only to find out it is self sterile.
Interestingly out of 8 plants, 2 have fruit. I have no idea how they were pollinated because I don't have any neighbors with DF. Thinking maybe they were mislabeled? The fruit is very dark pink. I'm in Fallbrook. We're lucky to live in this area
That is a very common mistake that happens.
Thank you. I wonder how I find out the variety. I tried to attach a photo but can't @@GraftingDragonFruit
If the you don’t know, it’s impossible to identify
hello. Im new to growing dragon fruits.
I already have cuttings growing of sugar dragon and american beauty. Im going to pick up the other 3 u metioned in this video this weekend from a local grower.
can you recomend a few more that are self fertile ,self pollinating? I tried to research it but i get alot of sites with contradicting info.
I appreciate all the helps that your videos provide. thank you
So on this video he says Condor is Self Fertile, but on this list he posted September 6, 2019 · Dragon Fruit Pollination List is says cross pollinate. Which is the correct answer?
Hi! Can we expect same video with variety on this year? :D
I live in California. Last Spring it rained so much that I had a hard time protecting my dragon fruit from rotting and the wind broke the branches. It took all year for them to grow again and look healthy. Now Summer is almost over I am worried about the same thing happening again. How can I protect them from the harsh conditions that I would eventually get fruit. Thank you.
Yeah we had a rough season with the weathers you can change to a different soil or put some covering so the rain doesn’t get into the water.
I have all these thanks to my good friend Steve but i dont have sour patch kids. That one sounds amazong i love sour patch kids!
Nice!!! SPK is not widely available yet but it’s possible to find them
Richard, thank you for this video, in one of your comments you mentioned about your cuttings could be available by fall and winter, please include me in your list. I’m very much interested on Pink Panther and Condor. Please, please Richard, truly appreciate if I can have some of this cuttings from you, please let me know. Thank you and God Bless.
Subscribe to my website’s email list and you’ll get notified. Limited quantities, but I’m working on growing more
Hey Richard, do you sell any cuttings? Have you ever shipped cuttings internationally? I live in the Philippines and have limited varieties here. It would be great to get some of those varieties started here.
Would these top five be appropriate for the Phoenix area. If so, where can cuttings be purchased?
They’re great to have as part of the collection but the tricky part for phoenix is maintaining the heat
How many can you eat in one day without getting the runs? This is a serious question. I love them and mine are too young to produce yet but my granddaughters get the runs from them.
That I do not have an answer to lol
Howzit Richard🤙🏼 i have a couple of American Beauty plants that are about a year old from cuttings and they flowered this summer for the first time. But all the flowers turned yellow and fell off. I even hand pollinated some. Not one caught. I’m so bummed. I’m in Hawaii. Aloha brother🙏🏼🤙🏼
Aloha to you as well bro. Might not be ready yet if they’re only a year. Usually 18 months is the earliest they start being able to set. Hopefully next year the fruits will come!
When will ypur cutting be available on your website
Thank you, I have learned so much from your videos and I also share them with friends & family who just starting to grown DF.
I live in Alhambra. Where do I buy these 5 varieties and others?
Try asking in my fb group!
When is your store opening? Look to get Sour Patch, Pink Panther and Yellow.
Who do you shop for the nursery pots? The big ones. Thanks
Another great video!😊😊😊
When do you start selling the dragon fruit cuttings
Lively and very interesting presentation. I do not think though it is our job in nature to pollinating plants. It is extremely weird to say the least. Can we let the insects or wind etc do that job? Anyway good stuff.
We’re not in nature though. In a home garden, there’s usually not enough insects/bugs around that can do the pollinating
Hey Richard I’ve recently started following you. Do you sell these dragon fruits? If so what is your link.
Curiosity… what varieties handle heat and cold the best?
They’re all similar for the most part, but maybe I should make a video on that. I’m in SoCal so we generally have pretty normal weather most of the year
If you could make a video talking about the different varieties that handle hot weather in cold weather better than other varieties, I would greatly appreciate that.
please let me know when you are going to sell some cuttings I'm interested to buy some .i live in the midwest i have two veriety growing right now yellow and the red i don't know the name i just love dragon fruit .
Will have some available later this fall/winter. You can also ask in my FB group. Several sellers in there
You inspired me. I rescued a neighbors Home Depot Hylocereus polyrhizus df sitting in the original pot and turned it into a nice plant with the trellis design you showed. It took two years but I was really excited when two flowers formed. However the first one wilted and eventually fell off the stem. The second one did the same today. The base was mushy. Did the downpour rains we had in socal cause this? I haven't watered the plant since the downpours and now we are getting small sprinkles overnight. Thanks.
Yeah the rain could have been a factor. Also the pollination may not have been successful so it didn’t take. Did you cross pollinate?
@@GraftingDragonFruit I didn't cross polinate since I thought a Home Depot one would self polinate. Next time they bloom, I'll capture some pollen from a friends plant and try that. I'm still committed and am grateful for your help. My wife loves DF ever since we had the best tasting ones in Vietnam. I feel so bad for people who only get to try the bland ones sold here in Los Angeles and don't experience the full flavor.
@@jonathanfukumoto6467 Mosd of those sold at Home Depot are not self-fertile. Often they are Physical Graffiti, which needs cross pollination. If you can get a Vietnam White somewhere it is a very hardy and reliable pollinator. You can cross pollinate using its pollen. It self-pollinates so it's a reliable producer of very large white-fleshed fruit.
Hey Richard , would like u to guide me if I can attach the cuttings on the steal or metallic trellis. I have 300 standing steal pipes I used to construct my housing . Thank you.
Wouldn’t recommend steal as during hot weather, it can heat up and burn your plants
@@GraftingDragonFruit thanks you Richard I would like to send you my set up in Uae
Yo Nice vid and good choices even tho Ihavent tasted Pink panther. Wanted to ask is there a reason of why 1 stem is shivering and not plump? This is a group of 4 plants same varieties planted on a 25 gall pot but only 1 is shivering instead of plump
Could be a lot of different factors. Might not be getting enough nutrients due to the others taking it all or something else is happening to it.
@@GraftingDragonFruit ohh okay bro thanks I will be watching whatever happen to it hopefully it gets plump back again
Thanks for the video and sharing your favs... I'm looking for the Sour Patch kids to add to my collection. Do you or anyone have them for sale?
Try asking in my fb group. I’ll have some available later this fall/winter
Where can we get these varities. I wanna try american beauty and condor.
Nevermind. Its all over online
Hi, do you have for sale the sour patch kids dragon fruit?
Thank you.
Raul
what are your top 5 tastiest?
These are tasty!
I started to grow mine a year and a half ago but I don't know the variety. Its 2 ft tall at this point and it was grown from a seed from a grocery store fruit which is white fleshed and red skinned. The cactus itself looks nothing like the varieties in your videos and has needles all over it. No lumps just smooth.
Yeah that’s always tough. Might be Vietnam whites which is most common in stores
@@GraftingDragonFruit Thanks for the reply! Ya I will see if that is the variety. I'm in zone 3 and I am trying to make tropical plants be able to withstand the winter. I think its important to make plants hardier for all zones. Some people have success with bananas, oranges, and pineapples. Some plants where I live are able to grow in snow. it would be a real trick to get tropical plants to do the same.
.........do you sell cuttings and if so how can we order?
I would like to grow American beauty,do you have cuttings or plants for sale or somewhere I can buy it ?thank you
Hi Richard
Thanks for the video. I lost my dragon fruit plants (Hurricane Ian) they were in the ground :( starting over putting them in pots when will I be able to get cuttings from you on your website?
Sorry to hear that. I’ll have some available later in the fall/winter. Lots of sellers in my fb group who have cuttings for sale
Dear...Which is variety whose brix is above 20 or the size of fruits is near 1 kg
Non of these are near 1 kg
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How do l deal with slugs eating my Dragon Fruit trees?
Never had Dragonfruit but im trying to grow it coz it looks fun. Are they really as nice and tasty as described? Might buy one from a store to try but worried it will be underwhelming because its not the same
Yes they are when they’re roped correctly. Stores wont be the same because they have to pick the fruits well before they fully ripen on the plant
Hi Richard! I got 2/5 of your fav. lol
Are there some AB variety that are Not Self-Pollinating? I have a AB that has a long Stigma and the Anthers are a lot shorter making it impossible to Self-Pollenate. But the fruit looks like AB.
Might not be a true AB. There are so many mixes out there and people label wrong all the time.
Love it I have 3 out 5
Nice!!
I picked up some free Dragon Fruit cuttings a couple years ago. They were not labeled and I didn’t think to ask what variety it was. They are now flowering. How can I tell what variety it is? I’m not sure what to do come pollination time.
Unfortunately there’s no way to tell. I’d recommend cross pollinating by hand to be safe
@@GraftingDragonFruit thank you
Oh no I’m hooked. Time to jump on the DF bandwagon.
Is planting 4 dragon fruits on one trellis too many? will it get over crowded.
No, I usually do 4 stalks
Your pollination post in your Facebook group says Condor is cross pollinate. This vid says self fertile and self pollinating. Can you confirm Condor is self fertile and self pollinating? Thanks!!
Condor is self fertile and self pollinating but it benefits mostly from cross pollination. The fruits will grow bigger if it’s crossed.
Good ❤
How can I buy some cutting
Sugar dragon plant looks yellow is it ok cause my dragon fruit plants also I see getting yellow
Depends on what kind and how much yellow it has
Can you share how to trim df old branches?
I’ll make a video. I believe I should have one on the channel already
Winter care for dragon fruit
Where did you buy the plastic pot?
At a local garden supply store
Where can I get those varieties? I live in Central Florida
Try asking in my FB group! Lots of sellers
what is the name of.your group fb Richard? I will be happy to have and buy .
Love to hear your top 5 sterile varieties.
Can I have/order cuttings of each dragon fruits that you mentioned?
I don’t have any available at the moment