Your videos are so educational. Thanks for all the info to us the beginners. I did a few trellises and planted some cuttings. What should I do next and how do I know that the cuttings took?
Truly enjoying all your videos. Just started my first Dragon Fruit cutting from Ebay. Also had a friend in Capistrano Beach give me a few more. Keep those videos coming.
Hey Richard, thanks for the tour. I have a question, is there a way to tell the difference between a self pollinating and a sterile varieties? If you know how, would you consider making a video about it? I have a few varieties, but one of them won’t fruit no matter how many flowers there are, and it’s done that for years. I don’t know what any of them are called and last year I tried pollinating them but I didn’t cross pollinate them with the other variety’s, just the same plant 🤦🏻♀️
You can try to guess what variety you have by looking at the needles, the shape of the lobes, length of the leaves, branching behavior and color of the plant (if you get a flower you can try to compare the pre-pollinated flowers, and post pollinated flowers). You have to match them to the most similar variety on these variables. If you have a cross between two varieties you will denote the similarities and guess that it is 50% H. Megalanthus and 50% American Graffiti. From there you can look up the fertility.
OMG 😱, beautiful dragon fruit flowers, how did you make them flower bc mine I can't, don't even know how cross pollinate them. So beautiful, lots of fruits soon, God bless
Hi Richard very beautiful collection you have, I envy you. On asunta 4 I believe that tricia is the mother for asunta 5. they used asunta 4 as the father to pollinate tricia the mother, that's how asunta 5 came to be.
Been watching since I decided to try and grow a few dragon fruits, wouldn't have thought to pick up some of the golden variety if I hadn't. They're delicious! (and now some of the stems have been collected to try and get them to grow.)
Where did you buy those bag? I like watching your video … being a new DF grower i learn a lot and my husband just made 2 trellis learn from you. Thank you do much for the all those video you created.
Thank you so much for these videos. I just cut up a couple of plants and am starting the whole process, but I'd like to know what to do when they do start to bloom. The only info I have is that one is called "Dragon Fruit Delight" and the other is "Hylocereus Dragon Fruit 2". I appreciate any knowledge you can share.
You mentioned about saving some pollen in the freezer for later use. Any idea how long it stays viable if frozen? Thanks, and love your content. I just got my first flower bloom, and it was so fun witnessing the whole process at night. Hopefully it fruits :) much love and good vibes to all, from Philippines!
Yup, that's perfectly normal. I really have no idea why, but all of mine have, I did some research on it, and apparently that's nothing to be concerned about.
Wow, just wow. Thanks for another amazing upload. I have learned so much from this Chanel. Thanks for always uploading amazing info. Edit - Have to mention the amazing names, i love the names of all your varieties.
Is there a Dragon fruit group that shares/sells cuttings of the new & different types of fruit? We live in Alhambra and willing to drive to buy cuttings.
How you can get them to flower in a pot, mine never flower yet so many years already only grow leaves a lot of them. I cut them off to just four or five in each plant. And look after them like babies
Wow. That's amazing and that means the Ecuador is beat up. Where did get all this amazing breed of dragon fruits? I am shocked to see so many varieties.
Hi Richard. Thank you for this video. Do you have Vietnamese Red, Manila red , Sin Espinas, rainbow, Frankie’s red, and pink panther that you can provide info on? I really appreciate the detailed info . I have these but don’t know much about them yet. Thank you
Hi Jason an awesome video once again. After picking the fruit do you trim back your dragon fruit plants or just leave them? I have some dragon fruit plants in my backyard 1 red 1 yellow or white and 1 that I haven’t seen fruit before from my father. Hope to see how they turn out this coming spring here in oz. I have a short video of them on my TH-cam channel. Thanks for sharing TrickyTrev 👍🌱🐝🍯
Hi Richard or anyone else. Do any of you know where I can buy cuttings and have these shipped to the Caribbean or NY? I’m very interested in having other variations of dragon fruit. I do live in the Caribbean but can also have them shipped to a brother in NY and then 2M.
Hi Richard, Does your Asunta 4 flower has trouble opening by itself? My Asunta 4 flower could not open fully. It needs help to open and the stigma seems sticking together also. After pollination, the fruits seem to have more frequent abortion than the other varieties. Does yours have the same problem? and how do you deal with the problem?
Hi Xiao Li, Asunta 4 has been known to do this, even with mine. I lost 2 Asunta 4 flowers due to no signs of blooming or opening. When I noticed it was too late and I had try to pry it open to pollinate but they both aborted. My best guess is that this is a common unfortunate factor that happens with having the variety Asunta 4. My only thought around this would to be very observant on how many days it takes for the flower to bloom and and watch it like a hawk and pry it open to pollinate.
Yeah the texas freeze sucked pretty bad...lots of tropicals died...both plants and animals..exotic pets..a few of my mango trees died..one of my boas got sick..hes better now..was rough though..now I'm investing in a greenhouse.
I've been growing my dragonfruit for years and never a flower and long straggly shoots and air roots. I may cut it back and try to re-train it. It never drapes properly on the trellis and I notice how nice and thick your shoots are. Any suggestions for better results??
Thanks Richard! I love seeing your dragon alley 💖
Man, Tricia is just the most gorgeous flower!
I love ur dragom fruits
God bless for sharing ur wondrrfull fruits to us
Hi Richard I was watching you and your dragon fruit they so beautiful. I see you have lots kindest and color
I just got my asunta 4 cutting today. I’m so excited! Love your vids 😊
Wow Amazing many variety of Dragon Fruits
Ive been looking daily for a video 🙏🏽 absolutely love to see Dragon Alley and the upcomings. Thank you for always sharing.
You know that means there is amazing dragonfruit honey somewhere from those bees.
I want its seed, con'nt you
Awesome variety of Dragon fruit plants. Informative video.
Wow....stunningly beautiful. Hopefully in the future, will get to start with rare varieties. Thanks for sharing.
Wow. Gorgeous flowers. Thank you for sharing.
it is really amazing!!! you have only a small space but, you turned it into a very productive mini farm of dragon fruits.
Some lovely dragon fruit flowers !
Your videos are so educational. Thanks for all the info to us the beginners. I did a few trellises and planted some cuttings. What should I do next and how do I know that the cuttings took?
those are fantastic! and more than the spectacular variety is how healthy everything looks! i think you need more space! :)
So cool
Wow great flowers of dragon fruit praying to have that varieties to test its viability here in the Philippines .
Wow now will all those powers fruit it it does tons of dragon fruits 😋
Truly enjoying all your videos. Just started my first Dragon Fruit cutting from Ebay. Also had a friend in Capistrano Beach give me a few more. Keep those videos coming.
Can’t wait till u have cuttings!?!?
so i have red ginas lol, ty richard! i love it!
sir thanks for sharing!
what is that one covered is it a Plastic cover? 😊
Amazing Dragon Fruit Farming. Good Content, Carry-on Bro
Hey Richard, thanks for the tour. I have a question, is there a way to tell the difference between a self pollinating and a sterile varieties? If you know how, would you consider making a video about it?
I have a few varieties, but one of them won’t fruit no matter how many flowers there are, and it’s done that for years. I don’t know what any of them are called and last year I tried pollinating them but I didn’t cross pollinate them with the other variety’s, just the same plant 🤦🏻♀️
You can try to guess what variety you have by looking at the needles, the shape of the lobes, length of the leaves, branching behavior and color of the plant (if you get a flower you can try to compare the pre-pollinated flowers, and post pollinated flowers). You have to match them to the most similar variety on these variables. If you have a cross between two varieties you will denote the similarities and guess that it is 50% H. Megalanthus and 50% American Graffiti. From there you can look up the fertility.
Same question: plant is doing great magnificent flowers will pollinate and hope for fruition?
awesome mate, go on buddy !! thanks for spreading your knowledge with us
damn i wish i could get a tour like kevin did but no way im so far away.. :(
OMG 😱, beautiful dragon fruit flowers, how did you make them flower bc mine I can't, don't even know how cross pollinate them. So beautiful, lots of fruits soon,
God bless
Your plants are stunning.. I need to watch al your videos to know how to properly take care of mine too.
Very cool 😎
Hi Richard very beautiful collection you have, I envy you. On asunta 4 I believe that tricia is the mother for asunta 5. they used asunta 4 as the father to pollinate tricia the mother, that's how asunta 5 came to be.
Been watching since I decided to try and grow a few dragon fruits, wouldn't have thought to pick up some of the golden variety if I hadn't. They're delicious! (and now some of the stems have been collected to try and get them to grow.)
Nice indeed
Thanks for sharing Richard.. spectacular .
Respect from India🙏
I'm new to the game
Appreciate your posts.
Very informative.
I'm from Trinidad.
Awesome!!!! hoping to have those.....
Very nice, congratulations, we are waiting for the harvest day:)
Stunning lots of varieties, how can I get some of those variety..
Was wondering the same thing
Same here
Have you crossed the Ecuador Palora with anything?
Richard,are you using Floranova bloom at this point now? Or chicken manure?
Have you seen the black dragom fruit. I believe the fruit has spines...?
Where did you buy those bag? I like watching your video … being a new DF grower i learn a lot and my husband just made 2 trellis learn from you. Thank you do much for the all those video you created.
Thank you for sharing
Great video where did you get the bags for the flowers? thanks in advance.
Thank you so much for these videos. I just cut up a couple of plants and am starting the whole process, but I'd like to know what to do when they do start to bloom. The only info I have is that one is called "Dragon Fruit Delight" and the other is "Hylocereus Dragon Fruit 2". I appreciate any knowledge you can share.
Do you continue using Flora Bloom while flowering season? Thanks.
I was given an asunta 5, It has one bud. Is it a self pollinating DF? I only have one so how would I pollinate it.
You mentioned about saving some pollen in the freezer for later use. Any idea how long it stays viable if frozen? Thanks, and love your content. I just got my first flower bloom, and it was so fun witnessing the whole process at night. Hopefully it fruits :) much love and good vibes to all, from Philippines!
Oh I had a question....is it normal for new growths to develop dew drops? Like sweet sap droplets on the new nodes?
Yup, that's perfectly normal. I really have no idea why, but all of mine have, I did some research on it, and apparently that's nothing to be concerned about.
@@MetalChipps yeah my sugar dragon does it the most...it just attracts ants is the problem.
Wow, just wow. Thanks for another amazing upload. I have learned so much from this Chanel. Thanks for always uploading amazing info.
Edit - Have to mention the amazing names, i love the names of all your varieties.
Where did you get all your varieties? Asking from Central Florida.
Hi Richard, I'm wondering if I can buy a red Jaina and or asunta pitaya from you? I live near LA. Look forward to hearing from you 😀
how many DF varieties you have all in your garden? thanks..
Do you ever sell your cuttings?
Do you plant the seeds of cross pollinated fruits to creat new plant?
Hey Richard can you make a video where you list your top 10 flavors of df. Id be interested in a video where you describe your favorite df flavors
Is there a Dragon fruit group that shares/sells cuttings of the new & different types of fruit? We live in Alhambra and willing to drive to buy cuttings.
Awesome 😍, i am waiting for my dragon fruit plant to flower. They are now 8 months old 😊
Good Afternoon! Sir,
Very wonderful flowering.
You're doing very grateful job.
Sir, are you from which country? Please! 🙏🙏
How you can get them to flower in a pot, mine never flower yet so many years already only grow leaves a lot of them. I cut them off to just four or five in each plant. And look after them like babies
How do you know which branch will have buds soon so you cut off the tip?
Where do you get the sheer bags that you use to cover flower?
If you do sell cuttings. I’d love a Tricia!
Where did you get all the name for for these Dragan fruit.
nice video 👆👍
How can I get some of your rare cuttings coz I only have 2 kinds of dragon fruit plants. Thank you
What type of bags are you using to protect your dragon fruit flowers? What is your source?
Wow. That's amazing and that means the Ecuador is beat up. Where did get all this amazing breed of dragon fruits? I am shocked to see so many varieties.
Hi Richard. Thank you for this video. Do you have Vietnamese Red, Manila red , Sin Espinas, rainbow, Frankie’s red, and pink panther that you can provide info on? I really appreciate the detailed info . I have these but don’t know much about them yet. Thank you
Also what’s the name of your website again?
Thanks for shareing sir .How can l get this variety plants?
Please give me some idea on difference about self sterile to self fertile. Thanks
Nice
Question, why is my Physical Graffity Dragon tree flowers didn’t continue to turn into fruit? It fall out!, even i’d pollinate it?
Hi Jason an awesome video once again. After picking the fruit do you trim back your dragon fruit plants or just leave them?
I have some dragon fruit plants in my backyard 1 red 1 yellow or white and 1 that I haven’t seen fruit before from my father.
Hope to see how they turn out this coming spring here in oz. I have a short video of them on my TH-cam channel. Thanks for sharing TrickyTrev 👍🌱🐝🍯
Why do the flower buds turn yellow? And where do we find a book to tell me what are the varieties I have.
Hi Richard or anyone else. Do any of you know where I can buy cuttings and have these shipped to the Caribbean or NY? I’m very interested in having other variations of dragon fruit. I do live in the Caribbean but can also have them shipped to a brother in NY and then 2M.
Hi I'm planting dragon fruit in west Virginia
will be keeping them I'm hoop
KEEPING THEM IN HOOPHOUSE IN WINTER
HOW WARM THEY SHOULD BE IN WINTER SO THEY WILL SURVIVE
i have a question why you used plastic cove the flowers?
Hey how's it going, just wondering. My robles red has ants one the buds, is there any issue there?
hi rchrd.m frm nepal ,and I'm gonna start planting dragon plants ,shd.i keep them in a pot or directly in the soil ?
Do you have any frankies red?
What kind of soil I'm going to use want to know the name or brand
Hopefully Vietnam White will bud in July for us in SoCal.
How do you get so many buds!!
I have a question. Are there any varieties that set flowers and fruit noticeably faster than others?(from bud to bloom to fruit)
Do you have to have dragon skin do walk through the dragon alley?
Richard king, 🌷 your orchard so beautiful, on flowering, buds
I would like a cutting from red Jaina and asunta 4 how can I get cuttings?
Hi Richard, Does your Asunta 4 flower has trouble opening by itself? My Asunta 4 flower could not open fully. It needs help to open and the stigma seems sticking together also. After pollination, the fruits seem to have more frequent abortion than the other varieties. Does yours have the same problem? and how do you deal with the problem?
Hi Xiao Li, Asunta 4 has been known to do this, even with mine. I lost 2 Asunta 4 flowers due to no signs of blooming or opening. When I noticed it was too late and I had try to pry it open to pollinate but they both aborted. My best guess is that this is a common unfortunate factor that happens with having the variety Asunta 4. My only thought around this would to be very observant on how many days it takes for the flower to bloom and and watch it like a hawk and pry it open to pollinate.
@@GraftingDragonFruit Thank you for the response. You have a very nice collection there. Happy gardening.
how do you conserve the pollen ?
Wow I can't wait for your website so I can get some cuttings!! My 3 dragons died in the February freeze in Houston 😤😭
Yeah the texas freeze sucked pretty bad...lots of tropicals died...both plants and animals..exotic pets..a few of my mango trees died..one of my boas got sick..hes better now..was rough though..now I'm investing in a greenhouse.
@@technoraptor7778 Glad your boa is better! My papaya's died too
Hows your website coming along?
Is cross grafting between two dragon fruit varieties possible? Like ecuador palora seedling grafted to the red type dragon fruit cutting?
Yup
Can you tell from flower what kind of dragon fruit it is?
How do you know what varieties are self fertile?
How can I save my dragon fruit's flower from rain in rainy season?????
Can someone tell me where I can buy a plant this big please 🙏
I've been growing my dragonfruit for years and never a flower and long straggly shoots and air roots. I may cut it back and try to re-train it. It never drapes properly on the trellis and I notice how nice and thick your shoots are. Any suggestions for better results??
He tells you his fertilization schedule in another video. Important to use a mycorhizae product like recharge
how to remove white mites ? any sugguestion. thank you @
Very Nice Variety Bro.... I m so Impressed... Can I collect that Variety From You....? Plz help.....
what is the difference between Asunta 4 & Connie Mayer?