Easy Dragon Fruit Propagation and Pruning Technique
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- The time has come to begin moving the Epic dragon fruit, and the first step is pruning it down to size. Dragon fruit pruning is pretty simple: remove stems that are too long or unlikely to be productive. In my case, those were the ones growing all over my house.
As for dragon fruit propagation, take 8-12" cuttings, let dry for 5-7 days to callous over, and then plant them into pots, stake them up, and wait until you see new stem growth. That's really all there is to it!
0:00 - Intro
2:45 - Pruning and Cuttings
7:24 - Potting Up
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The real question...what to do with all of these cuttings LOL
Give away mybe to a couple people if you like the idea
Pretty sure someone once said something along the lines of, sharing is caring. Though, I haven't listened to that with all of my ghost plant props that are covering almost every available flat surface in my yard right now.
Summer plant sale when?
Cover the new urban homestead in their vines.
Makes me want to try to grow one!
Since the pandemic I decided to start a garden and spend hours watching TH-cam videos. I have several favorites but I must say Kevin you are my #1 go to for information. I have read your book and you make everything so clear that even a novice can comprehend everything. I am 73 and have a little trouble hearing some of the shows, but voice is marvelous and clear as a bell. Thank you so much for all you do.
Likewise with me this guy is awesome
Happy 74th :)
Plandemic
First! I have three Vietnamese white dragon fruit cuttings that are starting to root now because of you, thank you!
As a new gardener, you are my hero. Thanks for giving me the confidence to do something I love.
So glad I saw this. I just planted five today and got a couple wrong. Now I’ve turned them around. Appreciate you taking the guesswork out if it! Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
Thank Kevin, for your good tips how to grow dragon fruit plant. I just started, so I am so excited to see my growing. Thank you again, I will let you know my progress on this big adventure in growing this exotic fruit.
I just love watching you take such amazing care of your plant babies. Your smile is so genuine.
Thank you so much!
This style of video playlist was super nice to watch. Seeing it go all the way from a baby cutting to this was perfect
Really beautiful touch on that Memory Lane section I loved it it reminded me of me and how much I love and care for my plants.
:)
The tour down memory lane growing your dragon fruit made my eyes watery I mean it especially cause I might receive my dragon fruit plants anytime tommorow or Thursday 😊 I'm so stoked about it!
If you have any of those aerial roots near the bottom of your cutting, leave them on and put them in the soil when you pot the cutting. They will turn into underground roots and give your cutting a big head start on growing roots.
Ready to go trim up mine now, thanks for the tips!
I JUST got a dragon fruit plant yesterday and watched your entire series on it. I thought my you tube subscription list was messing up, showing me an old video of yours! Thanks for the update!
Nope, jus tanother update!
After cutting through flesh it’s good to coat in cinnamon, natural antiseptic, it’s also key time to angle cut to main stem to expose 1/2” for better rooting
I think I'm going to have to try and grow some dragon fruit . Quite an amazing feat you have done . Thank you for sharing
Have a great day
I bet over 90% of those cuttings take. The resilience of cactus and succulents never ceases to amaze me. Also, if I lived anywhere close to you I'd happily take those throwaways off your hands!
same here!
I have the same problem and need to prune and I was wondering about the direction to pot the cuttings. Glad I tuned into your channel. Thanks
that's awsome...what i use to tie up trees are long strips of tyre inner tubing. works wonders and you find them everywhere...keep it up
Just the info I was thinking about before I pick up a few plants - North Jersey
Love your channel! I've definitely learned a lot about dragon fruit and how to grow them. Thanks!
Wow!! That’s a lot! 🤗🤗 can’t wait to plant mine 😁
This is actually so helpful, mine is still a baby but it’s so overgrown and I’d like to give some away so thank youuuu
Kevin… Thanks for this DF series. I grow them also, have had blooms that didn’t turn into fruit. I will try some of your tips this spring and summer.
The flowers are so beautiful and mildly fragrant. The little spines, OMG…
Like lethal weapons !!!
Take care and Thanks Again.
Debbie in N. Central Texas !
Since I’ve never had my questions answered here even after subscribing etc…. You need to pollinate with a non sterile version. I had the same thing happen to me . That variety bloomed but didn’t become fruit ….needed non sterile pollen. There’s other videos about self pollination
Love it. Great video!
Nice! We've been able to propagate well but not once getting them to flower. I think the pruning is going to make the difference as I've been to scared to trim back anything. Thank you for the tip!
Pruning sometimes seems to spur bud formation!
Thanks Kevin
That was very helpful. I'm propagating some yellow dragon fruits
Those were some EPIC montages lol can’t wait to share this with my friend who just got a dragon fruit, maybe I’ll get a cutting out of it. 😏
Wohoo!
Oh my god the music absolutely killed me 😂😂😭😭
LOL
I made it to the end!! Now let's see if i'm as prosperous with my new cutting and plants!!
Thank you so much for this method
Nice 👍 thanks for Sharing your idea!
Awesome vid kevin.
I forgot to train and stake my brothers dragon fruit (4+ years)
Hopefully I can make som more cuttings from it!
Thanks for the video. Keep up the good work. Take Care
ohh man, absolutely amazing! Enough for a small plantation :)
Love this channel! Just liking and commenting for the TH-cam algos!
Good idea thanks
Thanks so much for the tips!
Thanks for the great dragon fruit videos, Kevin!
Just saw you had a book today and bought it on Amazon and I'm looking forward to reading it this week!
I noticed on an earlier video you cut the stem off about an inch up, as you said it wouldn't root well, but in the first one you planted on this video, you just planted it with the stem. Did you learn new information between the videos? What's the best way to plant it that you know of? Chop the stem up about an inch and let it heal over for 3 or so days before planting, or plant it with the little stem intact? Thanks again!
1000th like. That was the first time I’ve ever done that before and I have had youtube since 2010. AND its on a video about dragonfruits which are my favorite and my mind is absolutely diluted its 5am and ive been awake since 7 am yesterday. NO SLEEP. 1000TH LIKE. DRAGONFRUITS. MY LIFE PEAKED.
Thanks for sharing❤️
Bought your book I love it! So i propagated (or tried to) a snake plant hahaha......so now I have what appears to be a squash plant growing I'm blown away at what's going on hahaha.
My dragon fruit plant is so tiny! They’re incredibly sturdy. I had a piece I was propagating and my son knocked it over and I could not find it on the ground! I found it a week later and stuck it back and dirt and has new growth! I’m so impressed
Cool !
Thank you!
Thank you!! We have drogon fruit trees growing up near the roof already but havent given us any fruit at all. Maybe its time to do this propagation. Thanks
I love this video that you have it's excellent
Awesome.
Kevin, first of his name, Father of Epic Dragonfruit!
Holy Dragonfruit cuttings! 😲👍
LOL love it!
When planting dragon fruit from cuttings and the cutting starts to grow those new stems/shoots/ sprouts which you have to prune can you plant those as well? And how fast do they grow? Do they grow slow like seeds or fast like the cuttings?
Awesome! Mine needs to be potted up but I have been putting it off because I was afraid of hurting it. Now I’m feeling more brave. Will check out the playlist, I hope there’s a video that shows how to repot and how to know what size?
good job buds
Please remember us beginners who need a source for cuttings to work with! I found my cuttings on Craig’s list...drawer made a little cash and I got a good variety of affordable cuttings to start with
Wow, neat!!
wish my yard had more sun.. nice work man .. as usual..
Omg, this is so helpful. I was given some last year and I had no clue how to take care of them. I’m so excited now. Do you have a video on what to fertilize them with? Thanks again.
I use chicken manure and you can find it at lowe's and it helps a lot. don't know why but it makes my dragon fruit flower a lot.
Thank you for the video! I have 4 cuttings and just gave my friend 1. Lots of small stems came out to the side. Should I try to tie them to the post now or wait a little longer. The growths are about 6 inches to a foot long. BTW, I saw my local Home Depot in Hayward selling this size for $14.99 each pot but they don’t look good and healthy thou.
When I first moved into my spot there was a 20'+ tall dragon fruit growing over and through a fruitless olive tree, an avocado tree, and an avocado stump. Took me several weeks to clear the entire jungle. I'm probably going to experiment using tall avocado stumps as a base trellis for these, and see if I can recreate an avocado dragon fruit symbiance. 🤣
I am getting ready to move as well a video idea could be how to move all your plants
Love your videos!!
What is the plant in the pocket vase behind you??
This is soo cool... can we get an update once these start rooting/growing?
Question on another topic: What can you tell us about mycorrhizal fungi spores as an inoculant?
I have a dragon fruit an I just prune it now it's growing like crazy , but no flower bud yet.
I started my dragonfruit from seed about 2 years ago! It’s grown insane (and I live in Chicago and take it inside for the winter.) now I keep propagating and have so many I don’t even know what to do with them! Also wish you’d use something more sustainable than the plastic nursery tape. Thanks for the video!
Nice
Your flash back! 😂😂😂😂
Hi Kevin! Where do you get Espoma soil mix in San Diego? Do you have any suggestions on where to get it in North County SD?
Where do I get a cutting from to experiment of my own. I would like to get a self pollinating variety. Can you suggest some good varieties to chose for Texas, zone 8-9. Your videos are informative and educative. Thanks.
Wow I just got one in a mystery box today and this video pops up lol
Epic
Dying over this music! Hahah love it
LOL i couldn't stop laughing
Epic Gardening Great creative choice, loved it!
Hi Kevin, is there a reason why you use feather meal instead of blood meal?
Hey Kevin I'm your neighbor down the rd and I just discovered your channel not to long ago when you where building your trellises. I have the common red variety dragon the sugar dragon fruit and yellow palora so im looking for the Israeli yellow variety. Please lmk if you have a cutting you can part with or maybe you can point me where I can get one.
What season would you start cutting them?
after fruiting...in the summer?
Where can I get one of those cuttings, would be nice to start growing dragon fruit.?.
Thank you for such informative video tell me kindly for watering if I give daily much water or less or I give it once in a week ?
Depends on climate. When dirt is dry you can water. Typically once a week.
I’m growing dragonfruit too. I planted mine in a container this spring. It’s starting to grow fast.
Welcome to the club
Epic Gardening I gave my friend a cutting too from it. I brushed against it and a piece broke off. He managed to get the broken piece to grow roots.
@@ThirdCoastGardening Maybe I could brush up against a piece too?
How can I get one of those cuttings they are nice size wow
Nice! Why didn't you do a flesh to stem cut on middle cuttings of the branches? I think it leads to less rot. As long as you don't overwater, they should root fine. Also rooting hormone works too in my experience. Good luck moving the mother plant :)
Thank u
How do those fabric planters in the background hold up in the sun? Have you had any long term?
When the cuttings start to callous over, is it right for them to soften a bit?
Hello new friend here watching from Philippines
hi! just want to ask how many months does it it take for dragon fruit to bear flower?
Here’s a tip! Cuttings with aerial roots will convert them into ground roots, skip the whole rooting process and you can already have a semi established root system
Ok do I still have to let the cut dry first
True
I have three aerial roots at the top of a cutting. Are you saying I can plant the cutting in my cactus mix upside down?
Just learning about dragonfruit growing and I'm wondering how the stems actually grow. I'd have thought taping it might stop it from growing, but obviously it doesn't. I guess I thought it would 'stretch', but I guess not. And also, the cuttings that have the top completely chopped off, did I catch it correctly that nothing grows from this section, but rather the 'nooks' below that part? So this would mean the initial stem would never get any longer, right? PS Keep up the amazing education, exceptional (thank you) :)
Will the wall growing dragon fruit can bear fruits like hanging one?
I’m pretty sure those pieces with a lot of roots on one side could be placed horizontally on your growth medium with the roots down and it would do awesome.
Hey, Kevin, just browsing you tube and got to your channel, I’m from South Texas and got interested now with dragon fruits. I believe it can survive with our hot weather here, what do you think? I gonna watch all your videos and learn how to propagate them. Thanks for the videos.
Have you done any videos about solar food digesters?
I feel like dragoon fruit will grow well in the el paso tx weather
Is there a follow up video on these cuttings?
I need your help/ Advice please!!!: I really want to grow blueberries in an inside/outside kind of situation in a container. I want to leave the pot outside in the sun for the hot sunny summer days but then bring it inside either in my garage or basement in the winter (I live in Ontario, Canada). I have a feeling it'll work out if I take good care of the miniature bush. BUT there are 2 twists. #1 the super tiny bush with only around 5 stems and the size of a medium sized tomato plant, 1 year old, is planted in my garden (ground) but it can't stay there anymore and I don't want to let go of it. #2 I'm not quite sure the type of blueberry plant but I think it's a Top Hat (only because of research so I could be wrong), what I do know is that it's self-pollinating I think you call it. (It can grow blueberries wihout another blueberry plant just not as many)
~I also left this comment on your blueberry video but it was older so I thoght maybe I have better chances on this vid~ thx
Hi! how often do you water your DF on a pot?
Would love to have a cutting ;)
great video! it would be cool to grow my own ! but i dont think it would do vary good in Wisconsin!
One of my dragoon plant started rotting from the root. Can cut the plant and replot in this method?
Please answer..
I have a few cuttings done has roots a
Kevin: congrats on the house. So pumped for you. When propagating, how do you know which plants need drying out before replanting versus those that can just be thrust back into the soil right after pruning? Also, is rooting hormone only appropriate for wet propagation?
General rule of thumb I use is for cacti/succulents / LARGE cuts, let callous. soft-tissue cuttings, like basil etc, immediately into water. rooting hormone works in most situations, but is never 100% necessary
Hi can you pls help my dragon fruits the flowers have come off but a day after it started getting black spots. Is this normal and will the fruit be ruin once it is ready to harvest? Could it be heat wave?
sir u r voice 👌👌
What do it taste like now I never had exotic fruit now love to grow some now love it💜💯🙄thanks now
Like a mild kiwi! Very fresh
Hi I have my cuttings outside. They are about 7-8 inches and they need to root still.. I have them outside in a 20-25 gallon pot.. I live in California and its very hot rn passing 100 F°. They are in the shadow not directly to sun. Should I put them inside the house?