Thanks, Nero Narcotic! Glad you’re enjoying my videos and that it’s educational! Makes me happy to be able to help and teach everyone that loves to grow Dragon Fruit! It’s an addicting hobby!
Richard, thanks for the video. I’ve enjoy watching every episode. I inherited some plants and they are nameless, how do I know whether they are Self fertile or self sterile? What if I pollinate using its own pollen and also pollen of another plant?
Richard: I have been enjoying your dragon fruit videos. Cross pollination must be from different varieties? Pollination by the same variety but separate flowering pollens would not work? I like to get done self fertile red varieties. Could you tell me how to get some?
Vietnam white, I visited one farm who has 12 acres farm since 10 yr (India).I asked him why some flowers r falling if the tree.he has no answer for it.now I got answer from u, thanks for the video
Hi Richard I'm very confused because I have a plant that was flowering for the first time and prodused 4 flowers. I hand pollinated them all the same way but after about 4 days I noticed 3 had died . Its been about 7 days now and the 1 fruit is still growing. Is there an explanation ⁉️ I don't know what type they are but its the same flower as your demonstration 🫠
Hi Richard, just watch this video of your dragon fruit that can pollinate itself, i wonder if its possible to buy some from you? Thanks and much appreciated. Love your videos its very interesting. I live in brentwood ca. hopefully shipping is possible thanks again.
Is it advantageous to cross a specific DF pollen to another for certain fruit characteristics or use whatever pollen you can get or find? How long will pollen be viable? Is pollen storage best in a container in room temperature, refrigerator or freezer? How long is it good for? Will putting in pollen A into plant B the same as putting pollen B into plant A? Are there better pollen combos (the difference that creates the best, biggest, tastiest fruit), and if so, what are some to get best tasting, largest fruits? What do you feel is best practice as a higher level hobby grower vs a commercial grower. Obviously I'm just focused on fruit but you could crowd for any characteristics, right? I know the reality is that pollinating is only on piece of the puzzle to get the desired outcome including soil, fertilizing, weather, water, and growing environment, to name few. Just a few questions on my journey as I enter the dragon!
@@AlexBunyan1 i noticed this blogger is not responding to any questions. I dont know why he is telling us to ask question but he will never bother to respond😂
I live in Port St Lucie, Fl and found some wild dragonfruit cactus growing in a vacant lot. I planted them in the backyard and they are big and beautiful on the trellis. Problem is, I have attempted to pollinate them at night on three separate occasions I have done this exactly as shown in your videos, but the fruit always turn yellow and fall off. I suspect that these need cross pollination with other plants. Are there some varieties that require pollination from a totally separate plant?
Great video and information, if the pollen is sterile in your plant, you pollinate from a different plant so is your sterile pollen not useable in a different variety plant?
I live in the Central Valley and I grow two plants for 5 yrs and no flowers no fruit. I want advice on what soul you use and how to care for them so it can bloom like yours.
Wow nice. I been watching your videos n all. But I'm new to the dragonfruits. And I love to learn more about it. How can I tell if its self pollinate or cross pollinate n so forth?
Is all self fertile safe to cross pollinate as well? I mixed up a variety of species without making them and have no clue what’s fertile or sterile. I had experienced the flowers die after pollinating with its own.
Last year i had only two fruits and i did hand pollinating and my variety is the self fertile. This year i did the same but none took. I had around 5 flowers this year. Only difference is how i hand pollinated. I used a brand new wide makeup brush versus last year i used q-tips. Not sure why none took.
Lisa is self sterile. You'll need to hand cross pollinate. You only have the one night while the flower is in full bloom to pollinate or else the flower will close by morning.
I will start growing couple dragon fruits as a hobby and will read all your videos hoping to learn , a friend gave me matured plant in a big bucket and have plenty of branches , he don't know how to grow, he just stuck a branch from the beginning and waler it like a regular plant and hoping to gave him fruit. I will be following all your videos. any advice?
So you can’t use the pollen from a flower on the same plant to pollinate a self sterile flowers? You have to use the pollen from another plant’s flower?
I think I have the Vietnam white but I don’t know why some developed to fruits and some not even I hand pollinated it. Some became big fruits but a lot were very small. Do you know why is that?
Hey Richard. I live in the UK and I am working with dragon fruit in my greenhouse. Which plant is not self sterile and grows sweet fruit? I need to know what I am growing so I can do it successfully
my dragon fruit is sterile as i tried to pollinate but no fruits .now someone gave me cuttings. he told me he does nothing and he gets fruit. so they must be self pollinating .as they wont bloom the same night can i save pollen in fridge or freezer and for how long?
You have great vids and lots of info on them and if I can be so bold as to ask you and i live in north California where I may buy cuttings to grow these fruits and thanks again for the vids
Francisco, thank you so much for your nice comments! I truly appreciate the kindness and support. I'm currently working on a website to create a easier way for everyone to acquire my varieties of Dragon fruits. For now, its fruiting season and I won't be having cuttings available until close to November.
@@GraftingDragonFruit That is great news. I follow you on FB also, and would like to know when the website is up and running. I would be very interested in purchasing different varieties. I also am new to DF and excited to learn. I live in Texas, so our heat is a bit of a challenge, but I can work thru that. I have recently just built my first trellis and purchased locally 2 Edgars Baby 12" cuttings. I am still a bit confused on self pollination vs cross pollination vs self fertile, etc. But I will use trial by fire! Thanks!
I wondered that myself and after two seasons of hand pollinating a sterile plant this is what I discovered and it is quite strange. Season one I used pollen from both red flesh and white flesh varieties and all the fruit had white flesh. This season I pollinated the same way and got both red and white flesh fruit. I’m spooked.
Today I had a single flower in my plant , and the stigma was away from the anther , so I think it's self sterile , I had 20 days old frozen pollen and I used it to pollinate my flower but I also used it's osn pollen too to pollinate it . Bcz it's first time pollinating with frozen pollen so I wasn't sure if the frozen pollen was going to work . Will that be a problem ? This was my second dragon flower in my garden .
Is there a chart or website that has a list which varieties are self-fertile, self-fertile, and self-pollinating? have looked and still have not come up with this information.
Hi Chava, my Facebook Dragon Fruit group has all these info provided in there. If you join you can have access to the list that is still currently being word on by me and many members. I posted the list in the Community section so you can take it look at it there from TH-cam. Hope it helps!
Thanks for the information, only problem is I don't use Facebook, or any other social media. I have gotten almost all of the dragon fruit information I need from your TH-cam channel. I'm am asubscriber and will continue to watch your informative videos.
@@GraftingDragonFruit, I'm in the same group. I don't use Facebook, or any other social media and would love to see a list. BTW, this was a very educational video! Thank you!
My dragon fruit blooms but turns yellow and then falls off the branch. I have not try to self pollinate or cross pollinate. What is the first thing to do?
If I have to hear you call the flower part an "antler" one more time, I swear I'm gonna get Rudolph himself to use his antlers to smack some sense into ya.
I have questions about Israel Yellow Dragon fruit (not the thorny Ecuador). Does it accept own pollen or need cross pollination? The reason I ask is because there are two plant sellers I encounter. One says it only accept pollen from white flesh dragon fruit to bear fruit. The other seller says it's self pollinating. Can someone help me out? Are there different Israel Yellow varieties?
yes, it depends upon the viability of pollens. If the pollens of a variety are not viable for pollination, then it does not matter how far the stigma will be, the variety will be sterile.
@@a-yiathoj6391 Thanks for the reply. I heard Purple Haze is a universal pollen and it didn't work. I was also told that I watered too much as well. We had intense heat for several months and now we had tons of rain. I'll try again with connie meyers and purple haze.
@@SoulSeeker770 Looks like it could be any number of factors. 1) Age of your plant. If it's still young, the plant may still abort if it doesn't feel I can produce enough nutrients to support the fruit development. Which also leads to the amount of root development your plant has achieved. Without appropriate roots, it won't be able to absorb enough nutrients even if it is available in your soil. 2) Nutrient quality and density of your soil. If you're over-watering or there's been too much rain, there is a possibility that your nutrients could be washing out of your pot (unless you got it planted in the ground). Most growers fix this with fertilizer or foliar sprays. 3) If the pollen is too closely related to the mother plant, the pollination may not set either. I'm sure you probably accounted for this already by using very different varieties of pollen, but worth mentioning. 4) Your extreme weather could also affect the fruiting of the flower. I know colder temps will do reduce the blooming and fruiting of dragon fruit. It might be possible that extreme heat could do that too. Don't quote me on that though. As a side note, I believe the purple haze is a self-sterile variety. It needs cross pollination to fruit.
@GraftingDragonFruit I have a guy in texas who's trying to sell me some pollen. He says the pollen doesn't need to be refrigerated or frozen. He ships it fresh, and he says he has no problems using it to pollinate, keeping it at room temperature. Does that sound right to you? Everyone else says it has to be refrigerated or frozen.
Amazing Cultivation. Pitaya Fruit Farming. Dragon Fruit is very delicious and looking beautiful. Stay connected
Thank you for explaining this to some of us new beginners, because it was really confusing before. ✌️
Another great video, I love the education :3 I’m currently moving my dragons inside for the upcoming cold weather
Thanks, Nero Narcotic! Glad you’re enjoying my videos and that it’s educational! Makes me happy to be able to help and teach everyone that loves to grow Dragon Fruit! It’s an addicting hobby!
@@GraftingDragonFruit Does a mandacaru cereus self pollinate the same way or does it require a separate plant?
Thanks for this wonderful video Richard. It helps anyone growing DF.
Very good advice and so clear, thank you😁 Nice video!
Exactly like my dragon fruit just blossom today 😂😂😂thanks for information
What a beautiful flower!
Thanks
Richard, thanks for the video. I’ve enjoy watching every episode. I inherited some plants and they are nameless, how do I know whether they are Self fertile or self sterile? What if I pollinate using its own pollen and also pollen of another plant?
Richard: I have been enjoying your dragon fruit videos. Cross pollination must be from different varieties? Pollination by the same variety but separate flowering pollens would not work? I like to get done self fertile red varieties. Could you tell me how to get some?
Thank you! Can u classify which varieties are self fertile vs self sterile and need cross pollination?
Excellent summary 😁😁😁
Vietnam white, I visited one farm who has 12 acres farm since 10 yr (India).I asked him why some flowers r falling if the tree.he has no answer for it.now I got answer from u, thanks for the video
Awesome and wonderful
Great video thanks a lot need more like this one thanks again
Thanks for the explanation
ahh very helpful. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Richard I'm very confused because I have a plant that was flowering for the first time and prodused 4 flowers. I hand pollinated them all the same way but after about 4 days I noticed 3 had died . Its been about 7 days now and the 1 fruit is still growing. Is there an explanation ⁉️ I don't know what type they are but its the same flower as your demonstration 🫠
explained very well..........
Hi Richard, just watch this video of your dragon fruit that can pollinate itself, i wonder if its possible to buy some from you? Thanks and much appreciated. Love your videos its very interesting. I live in brentwood ca. hopefully shipping is possible thanks again.
Thank you that was helpful. I’ve been watching you and I learned so much from you. Why don’t you sell some of your cuttings?
Is it advantageous to cross a specific DF pollen to another for certain fruit characteristics or use whatever pollen you can get or find? How long will pollen be viable? Is pollen storage best in a container in room temperature, refrigerator or freezer? How long is it good for? Will putting in pollen A into plant B the same as putting pollen B into plant A? Are there better pollen combos (the difference that creates the best, biggest, tastiest fruit), and if so, what are some to get best tasting, largest fruits? What do you feel is best practice as a higher level hobby grower vs a commercial grower. Obviously I'm just focused on fruit but you could crowd for any characteristics, right? I know the reality is that pollinating is only on piece of the puzzle to get the desired outcome including soil, fertilizing, weather, water, and growing environment, to name few. Just a few questions on my journey as I enter the dragon!
i would also love to know the answer to this. can we just use any pollen or does it have to be dragon fruit?
@@AlexBunyan1 i noticed this blogger is not responding to any questions. I dont know why he is telling us to ask question but he will never bother to respond😂
Sorry, I’ve been taking a break this year to spend time with my new born. I’ll be back and answer questions in 2023! Thanks for being patient.
לפי מחקר של אוניברסיטת בן גוריון האבקה עם אבקנים של s. megalanthus יוצרת פרי גדול יותר
@@GalaxyFarmer1022he answered u, so at least we know he reads the comnents😂😂
I had a problem with that not anymore thanks 👍
I live in Port St Lucie, Fl and found some wild dragonfruit cactus growing in a vacant lot. I planted them in the backyard and they are big and beautiful on the trellis. Problem is, I have attempted to pollinate them at night on three separate occasions I have done this exactly as shown in your videos, but the fruit always turn yellow and fall off. I suspect that these need cross pollination with other plants. Are there some varieties that require pollination from a totally separate plant?
Great video and information, if the pollen is sterile in your plant, you pollinate from a different plant so is your sterile pollen not useable in a different variety plant?
Not useable due to non viability of pollens of a sterile variety.
Thanks I’m watching it twice to remember 😂I had the same problem not anymore thanks
I live in the Central Valley and I grow two plants for 5 yrs and no flowers no fruit. I want advice on what soul you use and how to care for them so it can bloom like yours.
I have 6 varieties but only get one flower at a time. Can I save pollen until another flower opens and then use it to cross pollinate?
Wow nice. I been watching your videos n all. But I'm new to the dragonfruits. And I love to learn more about it.
How can I tell if its self pollinate or cross pollinate n so forth?
Will the flavor of the fruit change based on what variety you cross pollinate with, or does it only affect the seedlings?
Very helpful thank you.
Is all self fertile safe to cross pollinate as well? I mixed up a variety of species without making them and have no clue what’s fertile or sterile. I had experienced the flowers die after pollinating with its own.
Last year i had only two fruits and i did hand pollinating and my variety is the self fertile. This year i did the same but none took. I had around 5 flowers this year. Only difference is how i hand pollinated. I used a brand new wide makeup brush versus last year i used q-tips. Not sure why none took.
is the Lisa self pollinating? also when's a good time to self pollinate?
Lisa is self sterile. You'll need to hand cross pollinate. You only have the one night while the flower is in full bloom to pollinate or else the flower will close by morning.
Hi can Purple Haze use its own pollination to pollinate itself or it needs other pollination from other plant? Thanks
To be correct in terminology, the pollen producing flower part is called an anther.
Hi Richard. May I ask u, is the self fertile varieties needs a human intervention by way of hand pollination? Thanks.
I wish there was a place to purchase pollens of different varieties.
How is that flower open in the day? Mine bloom only at night and are dead by morning.
I will start growing couple dragon fruits as a hobby and will read all your videos hoping to learn , a friend gave me matured plant in a big bucket and have plenty of branches , he don't know how to grow, he just stuck a branch from the beginning and waler it like a regular plant and hoping to gave him fruit. I will be following all your videos. any advice?
Is is possible Mr Le, to do also cross pollinate the self fertile- just to be sure?
I was wondering why mine would flower and then fall off 😢 it's self sterile and I don't have another plant to cross with.
I didn’t even know I had a yellow dragonfruit plant in my yard till i saw this video!! But they never produce any fruit just flowers😭
Me tooo
Me too
What varieties are universal pollinators besides sugar dragon and A. Beauty
Vietnam White is one too.
I like how you call them antlers. From now on the are Antlers to me.
So you can’t use the pollen from a flower on the same plant to pollinate a self sterile flowers? You have to use the pollen from another plant’s flower?
Correct
I think I have the Vietnam white but I don’t know why some developed to fruits and some not even I hand pollinated it. Some became big fruits but a lot were very small. Do you know why is that?
Hey Richard. I live in the UK and I am working with dragon fruit in my greenhouse. Which plant is not self sterile and grows sweet fruit? I need to know what I am growing so I can do it successfully
Also, is their any chance that you have any cuttings of said plant. I can pay for some cuttings
A lot of informative questions how I wish this blogger would answer them….but well it seems no time at all😢
What if I have a self sterile variety but only have 1 plant what do I do to get pollon
Beautiful. You 've chosen a very interesting and special route to go! Be sucessful! Co biet noi tieng Viet khong ?
I am speaking from Bangladesh. My dragon flower does not bear fruit even after pollination. Ruined. What can I do? Give a proper advice.
my dragon fruit is sterile as i tried to pollinate but no fruits .now someone gave me cuttings. he told me he does nothing and he gets fruit. so they must be self pollinating .as they wont bloom the same night can i save pollen in fridge or freezer and for how long?
Isis gold dragon fruit flower need to be cross pollinated or not 🤔
You have great vids and lots of info on them and if I can be so bold as to ask you and i live in north California where I may buy cuttings to grow these fruits and thanks again for the vids
Francisco, thank you so much for your nice comments! I truly appreciate the kindness and support. I'm currently working on a website to create a easier way for everyone to acquire my varieties of Dragon fruits. For now, its fruiting season and I won't be having cuttings available until close to November.
@@GraftingDragonFruit That is great news. I follow you on FB also, and would like to know when the website is up and running. I would be very interested in purchasing different varieties. I also am new to DF and excited to learn. I live in Texas, so our heat is a bit of a challenge, but I can work thru that. I have recently just built my first trellis and purchased locally 2 Edgars Baby 12" cuttings. I am still a bit confused on self pollination vs cross pollination vs self fertile, etc. But I will use trial by fire! Thanks!
Does it change the variety of the fruit when you use different varieties to cross pollinate?
I wondered that myself and after two seasons of hand pollinating a sterile plant this is what I discovered and it is quite strange. Season one I used pollen from both red flesh and white flesh varieties and all the fruit had white flesh. This season I pollinated the same way and got both red and white flesh fruit. I’m spooked.
Interesting, thanks for the reply@@mandiigraham1596
Hey Richer, do you know what kind the condor variety is? I’ve read that it’s self fertile but can it pollinate itself?
So the self fertile need to be hand pollinate? Or just the same with self pollinating
I have one red dragon fruit plant so what’s that ? I was hoping I didn’t need to do anything but just watering.
Today I had a single flower in my plant , and the stigma was away from the anther , so I think it's self sterile , I had 20 days old frozen pollen and I used it to pollinate my flower but I also used it's osn pollen too to pollinate it . Bcz it's first time pollinating with frozen pollen so I wasn't sure if the frozen pollen was going to work .
Will that be a problem ? This was my second dragon flower in my garden .
Is there a chart or website that has a list which varieties are self-fertile, self-fertile, and self-pollinating? have looked and still have not come up with this information.
Hi Chava, my Facebook Dragon Fruit group has all these info provided in there. If you join you can have access to the list that is still currently being word on by me and many members.
I posted the list in the Community section so you can take it look at it there from TH-cam. Hope it helps!
Thanks for the information, only problem is I don't use Facebook, or any other social media. I have gotten almost all of the dragon fruit information I need from your TH-cam channel. I'm am asubscriber and will continue to watch your informative videos.
@@GraftingDragonFruit, I'm in the same group. I don't use Facebook, or any other social media and would love to see a list. BTW, this was a very educational video! Thank you!
My dragon fruit blooms but turns yellow and then falls off the branch. I have not try to self pollinate or cross pollinate. What is the first thing to do?
If I have to hear you call the flower part an "antler" one more time, I swear I'm gonna get Rudolph himself to use his antlers to smack some sense into ya.
I have questions about Israel Yellow Dragon fruit (not the thorny Ecuador). Does it accept own pollen or need cross pollination? The reason I ask is because there are two plant sellers I encounter. One says it only accept pollen from white flesh dragon fruit to bear fruit. The other seller says it's self pollinating. Can someone help me out? Are there different Israel Yellow varieties?
The grafted variety (or) propagate from cutting. Which is best please suggest me
Propagate from a mature cutting is the best way.
What happens if you don't use a mature cutting
@@iwannagetin22 it takes longer to fruit.
Is there anything that I can do to pollinate my sterile dragonfruit if I don’t have any other dragonfruit nearby to help it pollinate?
If it's self sterile, you'll have to either grow another variety that is a universal pollinator or buy pollen from another source.
How many plants do you have per container?
how much water it needs? I will put a drip system.
Do you sell cuttings?
👍👏
Hi Richard, can a flower be close to the antlers and be sterile? Thanks!
yes, it depends upon the viability of pollens. If the pollens of a variety are not viable for pollination, then it does not matter how far the stigma will be, the variety will be sterile.
If you polinate a red dragon fruit flower with a polen of a yellow ,whats the fruit color??????
Red
Are the purple one's self fertile or sterile?
So does that mean that if I grew a variety like sugar dragon or vietnamese white, I won't have to self pollinate them or do any work?
You better do hand pollinate for better success.
like can you cross pollinate a purple haze with palora or any kind or you cant cross pollinate wathever you want with in new
You can cross any kind. Try to avoid from the same lineage
@@GraftingDragonFruit thnx
I have an unknown variety that I have tried to pollinate with three different types of pollens and none took. Would you know why?
Have you tried using universal pollinators like Vietnam White or Sugar Dragon?
@@a-yiathoj6391 Thanks for the reply. I heard Purple Haze is a universal pollen and it didn't work. I was also told that I watered too much as well. We had intense heat for several months and now we had tons of rain. I'll try again with connie meyers and purple haze.
@@SoulSeeker770 Looks like it could be any number of factors. 1) Age of your plant. If it's still young, the plant may still abort if it doesn't feel I can produce enough nutrients to support the fruit development. Which also leads to the amount of root development your plant has achieved. Without appropriate roots, it won't be able to absorb enough nutrients even if it is available in your soil. 2) Nutrient quality and density of your soil. If you're over-watering or there's been too much rain, there is a possibility that your nutrients could be washing out of your pot (unless you got it planted in the ground). Most growers fix this with fertilizer or foliar sprays. 3) If the pollen is too closely related to the mother plant, the pollination may not set either. I'm sure you probably accounted for this already by using very different varieties of pollen, but worth mentioning. 4) Your extreme weather could also affect the fruiting of the flower. I know colder temps will do reduce the blooming and fruiting of dragon fruit. It might be possible that extreme heat could do that too. Don't quote me on that though.
As a side note, I believe the purple haze is a self-sterile variety. It needs cross pollination to fruit.
Thank you. This is very helpful.@@a-yiathoj6391
What self pollination variety do you recommend? Thanks
I no American beauty is self pollenating
@@tonydancz6789 my understanding is american beauty is self pollinating and you are saying its not?
do sale any self fertile red flesh Richard? i want to purchase from you.!!!
How do you tell if its self sterile?
I just found out that my purple haze is self-sterile. Does anyone know where I can get some pollen?
Try asking in the FB group
@@GraftingDragonFruit I have
@GraftingDragonFruit I have a guy in texas who's trying to sell me some pollen. He says the pollen doesn't need to be refrigerated or frozen. He ships it fresh, and he says he has no problems using it to pollinate, keeping it at room temperature. Does that sound right to you? Everyone else says it has to be refrigerated or frozen.
@@ptrain9020 Yes as long as it's dry and room temperature, it's good for a few days. Refrigeration/frozen are to store for longer periods
@@GraftingDragonFruit Is there a way you can tell if pollen has gone bad? like if it's been exposed to moisture.
Thanks Richard my Dragon fruit get softy it start growing very well and start very softly can you help please.
How do you store pollin?
many videos are available on TH-cam at this topic.
Man turn up the volume!!
Do you sell dragon fruit?
I still don’t understand the self sterile
pistil-antlers
why are some self sterile?
Self fertile and self pollinating are the same thing.
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