Thanks Richard, you videos are so valuable, that is all I am doing in my free and relaxing time, you have a such nice, natural style of talking and teaching, always good tips
Dude, you are so passionate about dragon fruit!!!! I don't know why I never subscribed to your channel before today but honestly, I've watched a lot of your videos and a lot of the videos from many of your gardening friends on TH-cam. It's funny how I got here... I was watching a guy's video and he was visiting you and What's funny about that is that it wasn't so very long ago that I wound up on his channel the same way! And I just love the passion and the camaraderie that you guys all share. I'm not here to drop names so I won't but I think you know the guys I've been talking about... I've learned soo much from them, and now thanks to them I can learn even more from you!
Thanks Richard for great information concerning Dragon fruit farming. I tell you I've gone through more of your videos and I'll never get tired, tis just unfortunately that my country has no or very few people doing dragon fruit farming. & because of your of your knowledge, I havemanaged to purchase some two dragon cuttings from Kenya 🇰🇪. More love From Malawi 🇲🇼 @Africa
Thank you Richard. I have suffered a concussion, so it's hard to follow tutorials and informational videos. Your style has made it easy for me to understand. I think I'm ready to go at it.
Your videos have helped me since I've wanted to get it! I found out about your Chanel soon after I got the idea. I know this was sooooo long ago but still!
I've had some success and some failure. The plants are doing good but my cuttings are not rooting and seem to just slowly die. But my seeds from the store-bought fruit are taking off! Of course, I don't want to wait years for fruit but it's nice to have something growing. Can't wait to see the new rooting method in the next video. Greetings from AZ!
I love each of your videos, they are so informative and inspiring, I wish you would offer for sale some of your cuttings, I will be the first to buy them, keep up the good work.
Wow beautiful , i love it , could you tell me about Growing Dragon Fruit Still good in Houston TX , too hot Summer time ? And Cold under 30 F winter time ? Thank you
hi my name is joseph chandler im from. trinidad and i want to start my own dragon fruet farm and i have one question to ask the normal trees that you take from the rain forest would it produce the same if u plant it in the ground love what i,m seeiing keep up the good work .
I’m curious if you grow with a wooden trellis frame how kind does the trellis last ? When it rots is it possible to save the dragon fruit plant and replace the trellis ?
I use Cedar wood, this wood is more compact and naturally resistant to mold and rot. My very first trellis that I built lasted about 7-8 years before we had to tear it down for remodeling.
I’m planning of having at least the bottom part that goes into the ground lightly charred, as that was the traditional method Viking’s used to make wood more water resistant where I live/my climate. Especially ends of logs that would be going into the ground. I think Japan have a sort of similar method called shou sugi ban. But I’m not planning on using any oil. It looks really cool, and if I manage to get sort of good at the technique, I’m planing on doing the whole wood trellis.
Hi Richard .. I like the way you explain so clear and easy to follow.. I have a question that need your advice.. how come some of the branches are getting a lot of yellow spots on my dragon trees ? Is that too late use the cooper insect spray to kill those spots . They don’t come out any fruits because of that .
If my main branch (6inches) has rust from winter and there is new growth from the base, should I start over and cut the 6 inch main branch and hope the new growth is healthier?
No need to cut them, now that the weather is warmer they will heal on their own. Keep soil slightly on the dryer side and dont over water. This causee the cactus rust. Continue to let it grow and reach the top of canopy.
Hi Richard, thank you for sharing your videos, they are a great source of information. I have 3 varieties I’m growing in containers like yours. I’m not sure of one of them but, I do have a red and a white. The other I took a cutting from my father’s. We have never seen the fruit from it as, dad just let it grow up a tree on the back of his property. As they are all almost at the top of the trellis, I can’t wait till they fruit next season. Thanks again TrickyTrev 🇦🇺🌱👍🐝
Hey, i have a 3 ft stem of American beauty that has bore fruit many times abd is 8 years old, and i was wondering if i could cut it into a bunch of pieces and root then, and if so, how big do the pieces have to be, and also, how long would i have to wait before the plants were able to have fruit? Is there any drawbacks about doing so?
What do you do if you have more than one dragon fruit growing up from the same spot ? Do you just pick the strongest looking one and cut the others at the level of the dirt, or should you un-pot it and try to divide by the roots?
Hi I'm new at growing dragon and as I live in a flat I can't grow outside I'm In the UK and unfortunately i had a caterpillar eat the top off of one my dragon fruit plant and it has now started to but hasn't so I cut the flower off or do I just thanks for your time
Love your detailed explanations of dragon fruit growing& maintenance. Would you do a video of tipping the tops so that they spread & then the process you do after tipping. Also, what do you do when the branches that drape over the canopy get too long?
Hi. I have the trellis built with a 4X4 like you have. Mine is in a pot just like yours, but it has gotten black on the 4X4 where it touches the soil, and turning white and black. Do you know why? Thank you!
Hello was wondering if you could help, I bought a dragon fruit plant and after I plant it on the ground it gave fruits, a year later no fruit, and tips on what can be happening or going wrong?
Good to know. Why do you grow in 20 gallon pots versus the ground? Is there an art and science to what three DF plants you put in each pot? Looking forward to the next video! Thanks!
Good question! I grow in pots mainly because it gives me the freedom to move them around. Also if I didn't like a certain variety its very easy to remove and replace. I also like that the black containers contract heat so it warms up the roots to keep the productive.
Hi Richard, wuick question I went to replant a pink dragon fruit but found root was starting to rot as it wasn't potted properly with enough drainage. I cut the root and leaving it to dry and will then try to get it growing asgain. Will this work or should i just ditch it. Thanks for sharing all your learnings.
Hey Richard. I found your channel just when my dragon fruit cuttings began to sprout after 4 months of winter. I like your episode style of videos. They are very helpful and informative. I'm going to follow your advice totally. I wanted to know, since you plant 4 cuttings in a pot, there could be a stem that is away from the sun, so do we need to rotate the pot every few days. I want to know because my pots are placed against a wall and the cutting towards the wall will not get direct Sun.
Thank you for following! The cutting that’s away from sun will still grow and climb to the top of the trellis. No need for rotating the pot. Once it reach to the canopy it will flourish and get all the sun it needs.
I am running out of space at my home, is it ok to plant 2 different varieties in the same trellis same container? Im thinking 2 palora yellow cuttings and 2 White sapphire cuttings?
So I live in Las Vegas and seems very dry here. I’m watering my newly planted rooted cutting every two days because the soil dries up and doesn’t feel moist 3-4 inches down. I give it 16oz of water at a time and using a 12” terracotta pot and saucer with a drainage hole in the bottom. Am I doing it right?
Hi Richard, I live in Washington State. I have tried two years growing dragon from cut and failed due to cold winter weather even put them in a greenhouse. Do you have any dragon fruit that is hardy? Can you send some cutting to me? Thanks in advance.
Hi Richard, It's my first time to plant a dragon fruit from a cutting. I live in Pennsylvania and don't know whether I will be successful. I don't know whether my cutting is growing or have roots. It's been more than a month in the shade.
I'm from Barbados in the West Indies so I have no problem with the weather, we're summer all year round . My question do I cut the roots of the limbs they grow in the middle of the plant
You should try using a liquid bone meal product like Herculean Harvest to flush with, it ties up / binds with the salts, leaving them free to become microbe food later on, while adding calcium + phosphorus, especially good for root development as well as flowering/fruiting plants.
Rather than use plastic tape I cut strips of old t-shirts, socks, any stretchable fabric into strips to use as ties. This works great! If you don't have any suitable fabric, thrift shops (op shops) will always have some.
I can tell how much you love these plants. You passion is real. It is truly inspiting.
I love your garden
Thanks Richard, you videos are so valuable, that is all I am doing in my free and relaxing time, you have a such nice, natural style of talking and teaching, always good tips
Dude, you are so passionate about dragon fruit!!!!
I don't know why I never subscribed to your channel before today but honestly, I've watched a lot of your videos and a lot of the videos from many of your gardening friends on TH-cam. It's funny how I got here... I was watching a guy's video and he was visiting you and What's funny about that is that it wasn't so very long ago that I wound up on his channel the same way! And I just love the passion and the camaraderie that you guys all share. I'm not here to drop names so I won't but I think you know the guys I've been talking about... I've learned soo much from them, and now thanks to them I can learn even more from you!
Thanks Richard for great information concerning Dragon fruit farming. I tell you I've gone through more of your videos and I'll never get tired, tis just unfortunately that my country has no or very few people doing dragon fruit farming. & because of your of your knowledge, I havemanaged to purchase some two dragon cuttings from Kenya 🇰🇪.
More love From Malawi 🇲🇼 @Africa
Thank you for watching and much love from the States. Hope your dragon fruit journey is full of success!
Thank you Richard. I have suffered a concussion, so it's hard to follow tutorials and informational videos. Your style has made it easy for me to understand. I think I'm ready to go at it.
Great Videos. No need to trash. I would be willing to pick up some of the cuttings. I'm in Spring Valley.
Your variegated plants are looking gooood.
Thank you kindly
Your videos have helped me since I've wanted to get it! I found out about your Chanel soon after I got the idea. I know this was sooooo long ago but still!
Love dragon fruit specially the dark dark purple and yellow💋🥰
Thank you.your teaching progress of my works.
Great video!
Holy cow that is a lot dragon fruits!!
Thanks for the episode! Definitely important to take off extra shoots you don't need! :)
Thank you for sharing.Godbless
Thank you so much for this video. You have really showed me a lot. I mean you grower
Super.. ❤🌹
“Throw them away” I hope you mean compost by that because.. why waste it when you can turn it into a gorgeous soil?
nice set up... what is the size of your pot?
Very informative
Thank You so much 😊
Thanks, nice video.
I've had some success and some failure. The plants are doing good but my cuttings are not rooting and seem to just slowly die. But my seeds from the store-bought fruit are taking off! Of course, I don't want to wait years for fruit but it's nice to have something growing. Can't wait to see the new rooting method in the next video. Greetings from AZ!
Thanks Richard for all the great tips! ❤️ It's starting to warm up in my area and my DFs should start growing like crazy.
Fantastic!
hi richard thanks for the videos i love dragon fruit kindly tell me the sizes of the pot ive seen in your video
Thank you Richard brother for your information ❤
Nice
“Water with some water” - said the guru 😆 Nonetheless, excellent tutorial video like always.
I really like this kind of life with beautiful green plants
I love each of your videos, they are so informative and inspiring, I wish you would offer for sale some of your cuttings, I will be the first to buy them, keep up the good work.
Wow beautiful , i love it , could you tell me about Growing Dragon Fruit Still good in Houston TX , too hot Summer time ? And Cold under 30 F winter time ? Thank you
Do you still use the IV organic all purpose fertilizer??
How long do you have to wait after you cut the cutting before putting it in the water to root? Thanks
hi my name is joseph chandler im from. trinidad and i want to start my own dragon fruet farm and i have one question to ask the normal trees that you take from the rain forest would it produce the same if u plant it in the ground love what i,m seeiing keep up the good work .
Thanks for the update to remind us. Mine grow so many babies now.
You are so welcome!
What time of the year that you sell extra cuttings
I also live in OC
Thanks
Can dragon plants be grown on land and or pots wood stumps?
you would be good at bonsai too bro!
Do you use any rooting hormone after you let it dry out doing a stem cut ?
where do you get your black planter containers? im in LA County and i havent had any luck
How often you water the plant?
It feels like you're living in a dragon fruit forest, or should I say a dragon fruit dreamland ?
Dragon-land 😀😀
Amazing channel watching from Chicago learning alot from you thank you
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for acknowledging how sad it is to cut off the new growth... I love your videos and your enthusiasm.
Thank you so much!
@@GraftingDragonFruit grapting dragon fruit
Can they be grown in grow bags?
Hey Richard, are you selling the ISIS Gold cutting? Or where did you purchase one?
Where can I buy your cuttings?
very effective
I’m curious if you grow with a wooden trellis frame how kind does the trellis last ? When it rots is it possible to save the dragon fruit plant and replace the trellis ?
I use Cedar wood, this wood is more compact and naturally resistant to mold and rot. My very first trellis that I built lasted about 7-8 years before we had to tear it down for remodeling.
I’m planning of having at least the bottom part that goes into the ground lightly charred, as that was the traditional method Viking’s used to make wood more water resistant where I live/my climate.
Especially ends of logs that would be going into the ground.
I think Japan have a sort of similar method called shou sugi ban. But I’m not planning on using any oil.
It looks really cool, and if I manage to get sort of good at the technique, I’m planing on doing the whole wood trellis.
hola, amigo, wow tus plantas esta super hermosos. saludos
Hi Richard .. I like the way you explain so clear and easy to follow.. I have a question that need your advice.. how come some of the branches are getting a lot of yellow spots on my dragon trees ? Is that too late use the cooper insect spray to kill those spots . They don’t come out any fruits because of that .
You plant it only in pot? Or you plant direct in soil and you pun a pot?
If my main branch (6inches) has rust from winter and there is new growth from the base, should I start over and cut the 6 inch main branch and hope the new growth is healthier?
No need to cut them, now that the weather is warmer they will heal on their own. Keep soil slightly on the dryer side and dont over water. This causee the cactus rust. Continue to let it grow and reach the top of canopy.
Hi Richard, thank you for sharing your videos, they are a great source of information. I have 3 varieties I’m growing in containers like yours. I’m not sure of one of them but, I do have a red and a white. The other I took a cutting from my father’s. We have never seen the fruit from it as, dad just let it grow up a tree on the back of his property. As they are all almost at the top of the trellis, I can’t wait till they fruit next season. Thanks again TrickyTrev 🇦🇺🌱👍🐝
Wonderful! So nice of you and I wish you a fruitful season to come!
Very nice 👍 good video 😍📸
Thank you so much 👍
Hey, i have a 3 ft stem of American beauty that has bore fruit many times abd is 8 years old, and i was wondering if i could cut it into a bunch of pieces and root then, and if so, how big do the pieces have to be, and also, how long would i have to wait before the plants were able to have fruit? Is there any drawbacks about doing so?
Mine is a couple inches until the top-trellis so I am excited to see at least a flower!
What do you do if you have more than one dragon fruit growing up from the same spot ? Do you just pick the strongest looking one and cut the others at the level of the dirt, or should you un-pot it and try to divide by the roots?
Send me a cutting to Colorado buddy
Hi I'm new at growing dragon and as I live in a flat I can't grow outside I'm In the UK and unfortunately i had a caterpillar eat the top off of one my dragon fruit plant and it has now started to but hasn't so I cut the flower off or do I just thanks for your time
You can just leave it, they will heal and push out new growth.
If you wanted to go the organic fertilizer all around, is their any you would recommend? Or have you already done a video on this and i missed it?
Love your detailed explanations of dragon fruit growing& maintenance. Would you do a video of tipping the tops so that they spread & then the process you do after tipping. Also, what do you do when the branches that drape over the canopy get too long?
Sure thing! th-cam.com/video/38lDCgHIifM/w-d-xo.html
Tip those branches so they stop growing. This will force new shoots to grow.
can you send cuttings to Italy?
Hi. I have the trellis built with a 4X4 like you have. Mine is in a pot just like yours, but it has gotten black on the 4X4 where it touches the soil, and turning white and black. Do you know why? Thank you!
Hello was wondering if you could help, I bought a dragon fruit plant and after I plant it on the ground it gave fruits, a year later no fruit, and tips on what can be happening or going wrong?
Good to know. Why do you grow in 20 gallon pots versus the ground? Is there an art and science to what three DF plants you put in each pot? Looking forward to the next video! Thanks!
Good question! I grow in pots mainly because it gives me the freedom to move them around. Also if I didn't like a certain variety its very easy to remove and replace. I also like that the black containers contract heat so it warms up the roots to keep the productive.
Hey Richard am new to the Chanel and jus starting planting the fruits.. Can u tell me how long will I at least have to wait before I can see fruits
How many time per week do you have to water?
I will be moving to Sacramento, will the hot summer dry heat affect my dragon fruit plants?
Hi, do you know if dragon fruits will only flower on new branches or one-year branches?
What is that stem like product can it rotten in the soil
What is snip scissor. Can’t wait to plan my dragon fruit. You make so easy. Thanks
Where did u buy snip scissor. What is the name
Hi Richard, wuick question I went to replant a pink dragon fruit but found root was starting to rot as it wasn't potted properly with enough drainage. I cut the root and leaving it to dry and will then try to get it growing asgain. Will this work or should i just ditch it. Thanks for sharing all your learnings.
Do you sell cuttings
Wow nice Yellow Golden isis Dragon Fruit
Hey Richard. I found your channel just when my dragon fruit cuttings began to sprout after 4 months of winter. I like your episode style of videos. They are very helpful and informative. I'm going to follow your advice totally.
I wanted to know, since you plant 4 cuttings in a pot, there could be a stem that is away from the sun, so do we need to rotate the pot every few days.
I want to know because my pots are placed against a wall and the cutting towards the wall will not get direct Sun.
Thank you for following! The cutting that’s away from sun will still grow and climb to the top of the trellis. No need for rotating the pot. Once it reach to the canopy it will flourish and get all the sun it needs.
I have a question I have baby plants and on the side the sun hit it seems to be turning yellow y is that
Hii RICHARD," is it good to transplant DF while it is at flowering season????
Yes, as long as it's not actively flowering you can transplant them.
Good lord!!! I'm just about to graft some palora seedlings on some mature (2 branch) rootstocks... let´s see how it goes!
Good luck!! Hoping for sucess
@@GraftingDragonFruit what type of dragon fruit is that?
I am running out of space at my home, is it ok to plant 2 different varieties in the same trellis same container? Im thinking 2 palora yellow cuttings and 2 White sapphire cuttings?
Bagaimana biar cepat berbuah ...?kasih pupuk apa ya
so does grow help flavor at all or just bulk them up?
Grow helps mainly with growth. No flavoring.
Hello, you have a land but why you dragon fruits plant in a pot? Any reason? From Nepal n love your videos.
So I live in Las Vegas and seems very dry here. I’m watering my newly planted rooted cutting every two days because the soil dries up and doesn’t feel moist 3-4 inches down. I give it 16oz of water at a time and using a 12” terracotta pot and saucer with a drainage hole in the bottom. Am I doing it right?
How many months outside does dragonfruit need? Can it fruit in zone 7b, coming inside in the winter (no greenhouse).
Hey Richard , great works.. I do wonder how do you deal with the dragonfruit, in the rainy season, would the base of the plants rot or not?
Hi Richard, I live in Washington State. I have tried two years growing dragon from cut and failed due to cold winter weather even put them in a greenhouse. Do you have any dragon fruit that is hardy? Can you send some cutting to me? Thanks in advance.
Why do you plant them in pots and not the actual ground? Does it matter?
Hi Richard,
It's my first time to plant a dragon fruit from a cutting. I live in Pennsylvania and don't know whether I will be successful. I don't know whether my cutting is growing or have roots. It's been more than a month in the shade.
Tom do your dragon tattoo?
What type of dragon fruit is that
Richard, hey new to the channel. I love it!
Question, how do you keep the ants out of your dragon fruit pots?
Thanks Richard, as always, you made it sound easy growing dragon fruit.
3rat_ereeeeate🎅💁🎅💁💁💁🎅
I'm from Barbados in the West Indies so I have no problem with the weather, we're summer all year round . My question do I cut the roots of the limbs they grow in the middle of the plant
No the aerial roots are good. They help support the plant and can absorb moisture and nutrients
Thank you for the video. How many times you have bumped to those "square T?"
Hello,nice Dragon Fruits,💕🙏 and Good Tips how to grow them. Iwill try to do same thank you, Watching you from Athens Greece, Godbless Always
Which ever is better?
I have done cuttings and potted them after drying. How many days is required for root development?
Give or take a few days it should start showing roots in a week. Depends on the type
Arial roots have grown
@@DrTitilDattaSamanta if arial roots came out then it's a good chance that roots have grown as well?? How long have u had the cutting in a pot/ground?
13 days now
@@DrTitilDattaSamanta oh yea itll definently have roots.
how can i get some of your cutting ?
Just wondering why you don’t mulch the containers, do you just find it unnecessary?
Mulching caused ants to build nest under it so I don't mulch my pots.
You should try using a liquid bone meal product like Herculean Harvest to flush with, it ties up / binds with the salts, leaving them free to become microbe food later on, while adding calcium + phosphorus, especially good for root development as well as flowering/fruiting plants.
I see you plant multiple varieties, do some do well with others? Or is it just where you have space to allow the cutting to grow?
All of my varieties have been doing well together.
@@GraftingDragonFruit Do you make sure they are the same size when they are planted. Or do you add new cuttings to establish containers?
Rather than use plastic tape I cut strips of old t-shirts, socks, any stretchable fabric into strips to use as ties. This works great!
If you don't have any suitable fabric, thrift shops (op shops) will always have some.