You don’t need to spend money for fertilizer with dragon fruits. Just compost, manure and proper watering your DF will be healthy and will fruit abundantly.
Amen, stay natural brother! what good is bigger and sweeter if you are adding inorganic chemicals to your food? I apologize to Richard if his blends do not contain inorganics.
It has been so hot this summer that I got lazy to take care of my dragon fruit plants, but I used to spray them with miracle grow once or twice a week, put chicken manure and compost every month or so and my plants got so big and strong. They gave fruits every year.
The practice of not watering during the high heat of the day isn't really a myth, it's just mostly specific to watering lawns and large garden beds that aren't well mulched. Lawns should definitely NOT be watered during the heat of the day because too much of the water sits on the grass blades or soil surface and just evaporates off, wasting the water. For watering where the water is put straight onto the soil/mulch, water whenever. If you do water during the high heat of the day, just make sure you purge any hot water from the hose, especially if the hose is exposed to the sun. Water from a hose left in the sun can get scorching hot and kill plants in the blink of an eye.
Save some money and use controlled release fertiliser. Which has all the secondary and minor nutrients. And compliment it with a soluble fertiliser weakly weekly.
Good tip on the fertilizers! I use fish emulsion or miracle grow performance organics every other week. I will definitely look into the Dr. Earths going forward.
My dragons canopies are growing more and more branches, but they aren't joining the rest of the canopy. They're just going straight up and all directions. Do i need to train them to go down, or will they do that on their own?
This happens when they have a strong core. You can train them by using fishing weights, a water bottle filled with water enough to bend them down and tie a string to it. Or use garden tape to slowly bend them down every few days.
Could I purchase cuttings from you? I'm not sure where you are but I'm in Long Beach CA. I'm looking for Phyical Graffiti, Purple Haze, Halley's Comet, and Delight.
When do you start adding it on I was using your previous recommendation the liquid one You know is it too late to do it now with a too late for the dragon fruit to start flowering I think I had one little butt this year and that fell off months back and not too sure if it's late I'm in Sacramento zone 9B
Yinnik has a nice digital ph probe for soil to make sure ur soil mix is in the green zone to suck up those available nutrients you just put in also able to Bluetooth the ph data to record ph n temp in ur pots 😊I will post a link below
I've been using veg and bloom mixed by dr earth. More veg at the moment. May try the tropical at some point. Have you tried triple super phosphate, from kelp for less?? Talk about amazing growth!! Adding that at an early stage of growth, is what I'm planning to try. My plinia love it..
Floranova fertilizer is great for quick response. But doesn’t feed long term. With Dr. earth, I’m able to fertilize once every 1-3 months. Also because it’s organic it’s always better for your plants and health when eating the fruits.
Glad you do! You can tip your branches and also continue feeding them the right nutrients. Sometimes they may be too young or not ready to produce flowers, but if you maintain them, you'll get them soon
It will be good if you can mention the actual reading of the NPK of any fertiliser you are introducing. Instead, you kept on mentioning the the brand only.
Hi Richard Great video btw...I have some dragon fruit trees during the blooming season some tree branches tends to be come pale or yellow in color...any suggestions?
I’d suggest to start over with a permanent soil. I’ll be making a permanent soil mixture soon so everyone can have easy access to making t yourself at home.
Hi! Richard, the flower of my Asunta4 are still not opening or blooming. But, I can see the separation of the fruit and flower that starting to become yellow. You think I can open it manually and do the hand pollination?
I have American beauty in a 1.5 gallon pot and its big lol it had 6 buds growing but a slug ate 4 of them 😢. Kinda just have it laying on the ground, need to put it in a permanent place. I think as long as you water and feed them, they can grow even in smaller pots
You talk about seasons what are the seasons in s Texas we have only about 2-4 weeks of winter .... I am new to growing dragon fruit and my first one has grown 5-6ft in 5 months
3/4/6 organic is 3/4/6 organic. It's not much of a shot of fertilizer but it's safe. I like Dr. Earth but the main ingredients are not much different than any other organic fertilizer. In fact ALL organic fertilizers are the same and I doubt any plant can tell the difference with such low numbers. But the bag is pretty.
When the soil feels crumbly and dry. It all depends on the weather. Check out the Q&A at the end of my new video. I answer this question more in depth.
Hey richard. Thanks for the video. Currently my flower had bud and pollinated. Suddenly the fruit become yellow and some fall off after 6 days of pollination. What possible reason for this to happen? Btw i lived in asia where it ia currently raining during the night and sunny during the day
Sounds like you may have needed to cross pollinate with another variety. Rain could've washed the pollen off as well. It's hard to say because I don't know what variety you have
@@GraftingDragonFruit thanks for the info. yeah I also don't know what variety I have. i take it from my friends. I've been thinking of planting a new variety. do you know what thrive in asia country? hopefully can get one that can survive raining season
Be sure to watch all the way to the end so you don't miss a tip. Leave a comment if you found this helpful. Thanks for watching!
Do you any clippins to sale from the yellow drogon fruit
Great video! Your recommendations helped me grow a large Sugar which now has 14 fruit! This is my first time growing dragonfruit.
Thank you! Glad to hear your dragon fruit is growing great!
I will definitely be applying your routine soon. I have dark star and my first sugar dragon fruits growing right now. I'm excited to try them.
Awesome! Let me know how it goes for you
So are you no longer using the fertilizer floral nova bloom? I’m confused.
Brothers, your video has come after a long time, just like when a dragon gets a flower, your videos come.😂
thank you for your great info...new grower of DF here from the Philippines
You're welcome. Glad it helps! Good luck on your DF journey
You don’t need to spend money for fertilizer with dragon fruits. Just compost, manure and proper watering your DF will be healthy and will fruit abundantly.
Yes you can certainly do that too, but that also takes more work. If you don't have compost and manure, you'll have spend money to buy them as well
Absolutely @@GraftingDragonFruit
Amen, stay natural brother! what good is bigger and sweeter if you are adding inorganic chemicals to your food? I apologize to Richard if his blends do not contain inorganics.
Yes this is true, also it’s easy to keep worms.
It has been so hot this summer that I got lazy to take care of my dragon fruit plants, but I used to spray them with miracle grow once or twice a week, put chicken manure and compost every month or so and my plants got so big and strong. They gave fruits every year.
The practice of not watering during the high heat of the day isn't really a myth, it's just mostly specific to watering lawns and large garden beds that aren't well mulched. Lawns should definitely NOT be watered during the heat of the day because too much of the water sits on the grass blades or soil surface and just evaporates off, wasting the water. For watering where the water is put straight onto the soil/mulch, water whenever. If you do water during the high heat of the day, just make sure you purge any hot water from the hose, especially if the hose is exposed to the sun. Water from a hose left in the sun can get scorching hot and kill plants in the blink of an eye.
Good fertilizer. Thanks for your recommendations.
You're welcome! Hope your dragons are doing great!
For older plants that have been in the pot for a 1-2 years, how do you replace the soil? Do you just add new soil on top?
Save some money and use controlled release fertiliser. Which has all the secondary and minor nutrients. And compliment it with a soluble fertiliser weakly weekly.
Good tip on the fertilizers! I use fish emulsion or miracle grow performance organics every other week. I will definitely look into the Dr. Earths going forward.
Glad you enjoyed the video! Let me know how Dr. Earth does for you when you try it out
My dragons canopies are growing more and more branches, but they aren't joining the rest of the canopy. They're just going straight up and all directions. Do i need to train them to go down, or will they do that on their own?
This happens when they have a strong core. You can train them by using fishing weights, a water bottle filled with water enough to bend them down and tie a string to it. Or use garden tape to slowly bend them down every few days.
@@GraftingDragonFruit appreciate that. I'll have to start that tomorrow.
It's ok to use "dry", but in my experience it's better to make a "tea", recipe on the bag. It only takes a day to make a Tea.
Yeah can definitely go with that route but I try to keep things as simple as possible with least amount of steps
Could I purchase cuttings from you? I'm not sure where you are but I'm in Long Beach CA.
I'm looking for Phyical Graffiti, Purple Haze, Halley's Comet, and Delight.
Will have some listed on the website when they are available
Would mulch benefit dragon fruit?
Have you stopped using FloraNova liquid fertilizers? Have you see betters results with these fertilizers?
Yes I’ve stopped using it for the most part. I might use it once or twice for the entire season to get stubborn ones to start flowering.
When do you start adding it on I was using your previous recommendation the liquid one You know is it too late to do it now with a too late for the dragon fruit to start flowering I think I had one little butt this year and that fell off months back and not too sure if it's late I'm in Sacramento zone 9B
@@GraftingDragonFruitwhat about the Recharge Microbes?
Yinnik has a nice digital ph probe for soil to make sure ur soil mix is in the green zone to suck up those available nutrients you just put in also able to Bluetooth the ph data to record ph n temp in ur pots 😊I will post a link below
Glad to see a video from
You again. I was missing your updates! 😃 thanks for sharing!
You're welcome and I'll try to post more. Thanks for the support!
Is there any different if I use fruit fertilizer instead of flower fertilizer? I am new to these gardening thing. So any help counts ☺️
All the best ❤ from Assam jagiroad
You as well! How are your dragons doing?
Thanks for the info my friend.
You're very welcome!
I order the fertilizer from Amazon Dr. earth 5-4-6 , but when I received it was 4-4-6 , can I use this instead of 5-4-6 ?
Doe the stalks against the cinder block wall do as well as those that get more sun?
Got any tips on transplanting my DF. I used Tomatoe cages and it's pretty wobbly. Already fruiting. Should I break it down start over or try n save?
Dang. Your area is hot. Mine is still in the upper 70's and low 80's.
You’re so lucky, I’m over this heat!
I've been using veg and bloom mixed by dr earth. More veg at the moment. May try the tropical at some point. Have you tried triple super phosphate, from kelp for less?? Talk about amazing growth!! Adding that at an early stage of growth, is what I'm planning to try. My plinia love it..
Nice!! I haven’t tried the kelp for less yet so I can’t say how it is
Hey! Is there any reason why don’t you use the Floranova fertilizer anymore? Thanks!
Floranova fertilizer is great for quick response. But doesn’t feed long term. With Dr. earth, I’m able to fertilize once every 1-3 months. Also because it’s organic it’s always better for your plants and health when eating the fruits.
Love your videos! Any tips to get dragon fruit to produce flowers? Thanks
Glad you do! You can tip your branches and also continue feeding them the right nutrients. Sometimes they may be too young or not ready to produce flowers, but if you maintain them, you'll get them soon
It will be good if you can mention the actual reading of the NPK of any fertiliser you are introducing.
Instead, you kept on mentioning the the brand only.
Of course, I’ll mention more about it next time I do a fertilizing video. Or can make a seperate one and just talk about it.
Dude, look at the bags right corner and you'll see 3-9-4 on Flower Girl and 5-4-6 on Exotic Blend.
@SegundoAguero-yw9wj thank you for helping me educate my followers 😉
@@GraftingDragonFruit Thank you for these inspirational videos that motivated me to start growing dragon fruits in my backyard two years ago!
Thank you so much sir for sharing this
Most welcome
thanks very much great vedeo for my first time to grow df
Amazing richard. Great tip. Can i ask you a question? Mine are very dehydrated. What can i do? I live in Malta. Very hot at the moment
You'll have to water more often if you think they're dehydrated
Curious to know why you use the one for palm, tropical & hibiscus instead of the one for cactus and succulents?
Hi Richard
Great video btw...I have some dragon fruit trees during the blooming season some tree branches tends to be come pale or yellow in color...any suggestions?
Probably sunburn or from the heat
Do you water on the top of the leaves, Texas number everyday now is more than 100 degrees. Thank you.
I don’t water the top leaves. Only the pot
Thank you for sharing Richard. How do you replace the soil from the container? My container is so tight with roots
I’d suggest to start over with a permanent soil. I’ll be making a permanent soil mixture soon so everyone can have easy access to making t yourself at home.
Would you know what the equivalent is in Australia? I just planted my dragonfruit and I want to make sure they grow nice and produce nice fruit.
I don't, but you can find the list of ingredients on their website and try to compare it with something similar in your area
If you have a long enough growing season, will dragon fruit flower again
Yes, they can have up to 3-5 waves of fruits producing once you harvest.
Hi! Richard, the flower of my Asunta4 are still not opening or blooming. But, I can see the separation of the fruit and flower that starting to become yellow. You think I can open it manually and do the hand pollination?
Yes you can manually open it. Might be too late since it's starting to turn yellow, but doesn't hurt to try!
@@GraftingDragonFruit Thanks!!!
@Grafting Dragon Fruit,is the branch that has those dark black or brown spots,a "Red La Verne" variety,Richatd?.
No that variety is not Red Laverne.
I have American beauty in a 1.5 gallon pot and its big lol it had 6 buds growing but a slug ate 4 of them 😢. Kinda just have it laying on the ground, need to put it in a permanent place. I think as long as you water and feed them, they can grow even in smaller pots
Yes growing 1 in a single pot is fine if you have a single plant, but if you want bigger and more growth, they will need more space eventually
I use high sleeve thorn gloves and mosquito repellent lotion 😆. Oh and a gardening hat. I'm all geared up when i garden 😆
Me too! Those mosquitoes tear me up!
Will add that to my list of gear to try!
You talk about seasons what are the seasons in s Texas we have only about 2-4 weeks of winter .... I am new to growing dragon fruit and my first one has grown 5-6ft in 5 months
I’m not familiar with the weather in Texas so I wouldn’t be able to give accurate feedback. Usually DF season starts around May-Sept
3/4/6 organic is 3/4/6 organic.
It's not much of a shot of fertilizer but it's safe. I like Dr. Earth but the main ingredients are not much different than any other organic fertilizer. In fact ALL organic fertilizers are the same and I doubt any plant can tell the difference with such low numbers. But the bag is pretty.
You’re correct! Use what works for you but Dr. Earth just makes it easier and accessible in many big commercial stores.
Where to find pots like you have
There's Dragon Valley on Battlefield 4. Do you play bf4
Hi my friend!
How often u feed the dragon with Dr Earth and when? Thay
1 cup every 2-3 months.
How often do you water your dragon fruit?
When the soil feels crumbly and dry. It all depends on the weather. Check out the Q&A at the end of my new video. I answer this question more in depth.
Hey is this a sponsored video by any chance? BTW love your videos.
Not by doctor earth
Hey richard. Thanks for the video. Currently my flower had bud and pollinated. Suddenly the fruit become yellow and some fall off after 6 days of pollination. What possible reason for this to happen? Btw i lived in asia where it ia currently raining during the night and sunny during the day
Sounds like you may have needed to cross pollinate with another variety. Rain could've washed the pollen off as well. It's hard to say because I don't know what variety you have
@@GraftingDragonFruit thanks for the info. yeah I also don't know what variety I have. i take it from my friends. I've been thinking of planting a new variety. do you know what thrive in asia country? hopefully can get one that can survive raining season
My friend i m your biggest fan i m from Africa would you send me some cuttings pls you are the king of dragon fruit
Thank you so much for the support! I don’t ship internationally at the moment
I have tons of blooms but no fruits, help.
Sounds like you need to cross pollinate with other varieties’ pollens
DO YOU SELL CUTTING?
Yes I have some still available on my website www.graftingdragonfruits.com
Hi very nice but can you cut branch shorter maybe more food
Not sure if I understand your question correctly.
Goood info. 👍🏼👍🏼
Can you use those fertilizer once a month or every two months
Yes! I use it every month and if I’m too busy I sometimes will even drag it out to every 2 months.
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Hi Richard I also want to try those fertilizers, but unfortunately, they are unavailable in the Philippines.
Definitely try to find something similar. I'm not sure what's available over there
I would rather use the other methods of fertilizers
That's awesome! There are many ways to take care of your dragon fruits so keep doing what works for you
Hi you sale dragon fruit. Plant thank you
Will be on my website soon
Another grate video. Not a fan of any music playing
Thanks for watching, sorry you didn’t like the music.
How many gallons are your pots, son? Thanks.
They are 25 gallons