Condor self fertile BUT will make immature looking fruit. It prefers different pollen. There is a newer video on The Beet channel where Richard clarifies this point.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I live and Garden Grove snd would kove to buy some cuttings from you if you ever have any extras. I just made 2 trellis following your instructions. Looking forwrd ti growing my collection.
thank you very much Richard! this video is very much needed especially for beginners like me. I am happy that purchased 2/5 AB & SD. Can't wait for them to root ! I also got PG & AS2.
I have only one plant in the ground and it has eleven fruits on it. I just built my first 3 trellises with pots. Looking forward to getting some cuttings from you sometime. 😊
@@GraftingDragonFruityou could use kaolin clay spray which stays on a plant much longer Many farmers in india use this method to protect the vines from getting sunburned
What do you think of Haleys comet? Seems to be some confusion on it being self fertile. Mine will set fruit on its own but will set more fruit if I hand pollinate.I only grow that variety and don't have any neighbors as I'm rural Temecula so mine aren't getting any pollen from other varieties.
Richard ? I’m using the flora nova gro with my dragons. I’m using ro water ph is 7 out of bottle I m adding 1/2 tsp per gallon with 1/2 tsp of cal mag after vigorously shaking nutes I added them to water and my ph drops to 4.0-4.5. I try adding ph up and have to add almost a TBL spoon of up to get the ph to 5.5-5.8 but that drives my ppm from 200 up to 600. ? Do you ph the solution b4 feeding ?? I’m on city water with chlorine and do not want to kill off the beneficial bacteria using city water. Ugg hydro issues 😞☺️thank you 🙏
@@GraftingDragonFruit I d be curious to know what your tap ph is ? And what ppm break dow is ? I know if you bring a sample to a pool place they can analyze it for you, might have to tell them a pool size white lie 😉 Thank you for quick reply ☺️ have you ever experienced nute lock out ? Maybe I’m over analyzing things 🤔 I guess I wish I knew more about dragons plants, any way you can point me toward a dragon growers guide ☺️
@@kevinkc3onohelijeepworld953 I actually have that info either. I like to keep things as simple as possible because there’s no need to get super intricate and complicated unless you really had to. Go through all the videos on my channel. It’ll show you how to grow form A through Z 😊
Hey there. I’m looking to start growing some dragon fruit and have been looking at what varieties are good but also what varieties are accessible to me. All I could find were: undatus, megalanthus, costaricensis. Undatus looks the best so I’d like to try that out but what about the others I’ve mentioned, are they better (or self fertile at least unlike undatus)? And if I was growing undatus could I rely on one hylocereus undatus plant pollinating (I’d do it by hand) the other? Or would I need some other hylocereus pollinater because I don’t seem to find any accessible hylocereus pollinator. Thank you for your response.
It's super informative to be introduced to really good varieties of Dragon fruit. Where I live in central Florida the local nursery only has one variety available. Where do you obtain so many different varieties of Dragon fruit? Thank you for lots of information about rooting and setting up to grow Dragon fruit. Keep up the Good work. Dean
Glad it was helpful! You can buy from reputable sellers and farms. Try asking in my FB group. There are several that will ship. I’ll have some available later this fall/winter
hi Richard, i am in Australia. Apart from Condor, what are best tasting varieties are self fertile and self pollinating? i have already planted sugar dragon and pink panther. I really want something that is self pollinating in case i do not get to hand pollinate all the time. Thank you v much.
Awesome tips! I’m thinking of pulling out my non-productive Palora to make room for Pink Panther and Sugar dragon. My only worry about condor is its alleged susceptibility to rust in the foggy wet NorCal/Bay Area winters.
Help. My dragonfruit plant attached herself to the wall with roots and grew about 7 feet up the wall. She refuses to attach herself to the trellis I bought her. I was advise to detach her from the wall and direct her back onto the trellis. I peeled her roots off the wall (nicely) and zip tied her to her trellis. I guess she is upset for she hasn’t grown any further in 3 months. I have kept her watered but she hasn’t accepted her trellis and haven’t grown an inch in 3 months. What should I do to help get her growing again.
I love this video, and I’m excited to be growing dragonfruit in my backyard. I currently have a vietmanese white variety and an American beauty. I was wondering if you had an advice on winter care? Is fertilizing necessary?
Yes still fertilize so you can make sure it grows well and healthy. For winter, you can have a covering over it with some led lights to generate some heat. I’m in SoCal so winters are not that harsh
@@GraftingDragonFruit I’m currently in South Carolina, it gets pretty cold. Currently right now I’m using FloraNova grow fertilizer. Should I switch to dr earth all purpose fertilizer for the winter?
Good stuff. I am down around Houston and was wondering if I can bring the plants into the garage at night and back out in the morning during the winter. It reaches in the high 20's sometime.
Hi Richard, I’m starting a new hobby and I’m interested in getting some variety of different dragon fruit plants. I want these five dragon fruit plant that you recommended on this episode. How do I go about getting these plants?
Good morning Richard, I fortunately found your channel. I am very excited to start two trellises. Can I purchase Dragon plants from you? Please let me know. Thanks!
Hey Richard, do you sell any cuttings? Have you ever shipped cuttings internationally? I live in the Philippines and have limited varieties here. It would be great to get some of those varieties started here.
On the self fertile but not self pollinating, you use its own pollination right. And with self pollinating and self fertile varieties, you let it pollinate itself if the stigma is close to the anthers? Love all your videos. I have learned so much from your education on DF. Thank you
Hi Richard - finally tasted my first ripe Dragon fruit and loved it (I think it was Ecuador? yellow skin, white flesh, very very sweet). I stumbled on your channel searching youtube for more info. Do you sell cuttings? Would love to buy some if you do - I am local to you. Thank you!
Hey Richard , would like u to guide me if I can attach the cuttings on the steal or metallic trellis. I have 300 standing steal pipes I used to construct my housing . Thank you.
Yo Nice vid and good choices even tho Ihavent tasted Pink panther. Wanted to ask is there a reason of why 1 stem is shivering and not plump? This is a group of 4 plants same varieties planted on a 25 gall pot but only 1 is shivering instead of plump
Just ordered more dragonfruit. 2 American beauty, 1 sour patch kids, 1 sour patch watermelon. Should make good container mates! Thanks for all your videos. Cant eait for your store to have stock so i can order straight from you!
How many can you eat in one day without getting the runs? This is a serious question. I love them and mine are too young to produce yet but my granddaughters get the runs from them.
hello. Im new to growing dragon fruits. I already have cuttings growing of sugar dragon and american beauty. Im going to pick up the other 3 u metioned in this video this weekend from a local grower. can you recomend a few more that are self fertile ,self pollinating? I tried to research it but i get alot of sites with contradicting info. I appreciate all the helps that your videos provide. thank you
Thankfully I’m growing 3/5 😉 not bad odds 😊 would love to see the self sterile vid😉👍😃I got a purple haze c19 sum one said was self pollinating but all the info I read say it’s self sterile. I know you like that one Richard 😊hopefully it won’t be my first flower 🙏🤞I’m sticking with Wallace farm cuttings going forward. I got sum from a eBay seller who stuffed 4 cutting of natural mystic American beauty condor and daivid bowe all wrapped togather in two pages of shipping paper. All 4 cutting were in-paled by the other thorns and db has a 4” black section taking up 4nodes. Sad a Dragon cutting seller cut corners, I paid good $ for them too. All my cuts from WF we’re individually wrapped and that inc two that we’re 20-24” long too 😉😊🙏🇺🇸
@@GraftingDragonFruit Richard Not sure if you moderate the Dragon fruit co op on FB group but if you do I’m trying to post update and the group is suspended as of 9-3-23 ??
please let me know when you are going to sell some cuttings I'm interested to buy some .i live in the midwest i have two veriety growing right now yellow and the red i don't know the name i just love dragon fruit .
Hi Richard Thanks for the video. I lost my dragon fruit plants (Hurricane Ian) they were in the ground :( starting over putting them in pots when will I be able to get cuttings from you on your website?
Thank you, I have learned so much from your videos and I also share them with friends & family who just starting to grown DF. I live in Alhambra. Where do I buy these 5 varieties and others?
Is there a way I could get specific help? I bought 3 plants from a nursery and I have no idea what to do... They have grown all summer and now I have this sprawling cactus like plant and am unsure exactly what to do... Do I cut the growths off the main steam and propagate those? Are you on twitter or IG where I could share photos?
@GraftingDragonFruit i just figured out I have no clue what I am doing!. Some of the pieces coming are 4 ft long and I just have them.coming out of the pot and laying on the ground. Just now trying to understand what I am supposed to do.
They’re all similar for the most part, but maybe I should make a video on that. I’m in SoCal so we generally have pretty normal weather most of the year
If you could make a video talking about the different varieties that handle hot weather in cold weather better than other varieties, I would greatly appreciate that.
Nice video. I was wondering if there's a video that shows each flower, ripened whole fruit and sliced open fruit so we can match the Name, to Flower, Fruit and Flesh colors? If not, it would be great and helpful if Richard could make one.
I live in California. Last Spring it rained so much that I had a hard time protecting my dragon fruit from rotting and the wind broke the branches. It took all year for them to grow again and look healthy. Now Summer is almost over I am worried about the same thing happening again. How can I protect them from the harsh conditions that I would eventually get fruit. Thank you.
I picked up some free Dragon Fruit cuttings a couple years ago. They were not labeled and I didn’t think to ask what variety it was. They are now flowering. How can I tell what variety it is? I’m not sure what to do come pollination time.
Never had Dragonfruit but im trying to grow it coz it looks fun. Are they really as nice and tasty as described? Might buy one from a store to try but worried it will be underwhelming because its not the same
Richard, thank you for this video, in one of your comments you mentioned about your cuttings could be available by fall and winter, please include me in your list. I’m very much interested on Pink Panther and Condor. Please, please Richard, truly appreciate if I can have some of this cuttings from you, please let me know. Thank you and God Bless.
You inspired me. I rescued a neighbors Home Depot Hylocereus polyrhizus df sitting in the original pot and turned it into a nice plant with the trellis design you showed. It took two years but I was really excited when two flowers formed. However the first one wilted and eventually fell off the stem. The second one did the same today. The base was mushy. Did the downpour rains we had in socal cause this? I haven't watered the plant since the downpours and now we are getting small sprinkles overnight. Thanks.
@@GraftingDragonFruit I didn't cross polinate since I thought a Home Depot one would self polinate. Next time they bloom, I'll capture some pollen from a friends plant and try that. I'm still committed and am grateful for your help. My wife loves DF ever since we had the best tasting ones in Vietnam. I feel so bad for people who only get to try the bland ones sold here in Los Angeles and don't experience the full flavor.
@@jonathanfukumoto6467 Mosd of those sold at Home Depot are not self-fertile. Often they are Physical Graffiti, which needs cross pollination. If you can get a Vietnam White somewhere it is a very hardy and reliable pollinator. You can cross pollinate using its pollen. It self-pollinates so it's a reliable producer of very large white-fleshed fruit.
I started to grow mine a year and a half ago but I don't know the variety. Its 2 ft tall at this point and it was grown from a seed from a grocery store fruit which is white fleshed and red skinned. The cactus itself looks nothing like the varieties in your videos and has needles all over it. No lumps just smooth.
@@GraftingDragonFruit Thanks for the reply! Ya I will see if that is the variety. I'm in zone 3 and I am trying to make tropical plants be able to withstand the winter. I think its important to make plants hardier for all zones. Some people have success with bananas, oranges, and pineapples. Some plants where I live are able to grow in snow. it would be a real trick to get tropical plants to do the same.
Hey Richard nice video! I have a question for you, I have a dragon fruit that I don't know its variety for almost 3 years now. This year it bloomed and I tried to hand pollinate it with itself, and it seemed to work in the first three days after pollination... I even removed the outer flower leaving the stigma like you do, but on the fourth Day (the day that im writing this) the fruit started turning yellow... Does this mean it's not self fertile or am I doing something wrong??
Most likely not self-fertile. Only way to know is trying to cross pollinate next time. Usually 5-7 days is when you’ll know if a fruit took for sure or not
@@GraftingDragonFruit thank you for replying so fast! Do you know if I can identify my variety just from the plant and its flowers? Every branch has brown edges, about 2 thorns on its clusters, some branches are wider and flatter than others and the flowers are big and white
This is a really good video. I like your enthusiasm and your explanations of taste. I started growing DF last year with Physical Graffiti only to find out it is self sterile. Interestingly out of 8 plants, 2 have fruit. I have no idea how they were pollinated because I don't have any neighbors with DF. Thinking maybe they were mislabeled? The fruit is very dark pink. I'm in Fallbrook. We're lucky to live in this area
Hi Richard! I got 2/5 of your fav. lol Are there some AB variety that are Not Self-Pollinating? I have a AB that has a long Stigma and the Anthers are a lot shorter making it impossible to Self-Pollenate. But the fruit looks like AB.
richard why do dragon fruit plants turn yellow?? my cuttings had roots and were growing really well then they started turning yellow from the bottom up, why is that???
weird thing is that i have like 6 cuttings, most of them in one area, and just one of them where it gets like 8hrs of direct sunlight and that one is not yellow, so im guessing maybe the soil @@Meme_andkids
So on this video he says Condor is Self Fertile, but on this list he posted September 6, 2019 · Dragon Fruit Pollination List is says cross pollinate. Which is the correct answer?
Let's get this video to 1000 likes! Help spread the knowledge 🙏
Do you sell cuttings or do you have a source for your cuttings?
Do you have any Thai gold for sale?!
Quick summary:
1. American Beauty - self fertile and self pollinating
2. Sugar Dragon - self fertile
3. Pink Panther - self fertile
4. Sour Patch Kids - self fertile and usually self pollinating
5. Condor - self fertile and self pollinating
Happy growing!
Thanks!
Can cuttings be purchased?
Condor self fertile BUT will make immature looking fruit. It prefers different pollen. There is a newer video on The Beet channel where Richard clarifies this point.
Hi Richard do you sell any of your cutting?
Where can I get cuttings in Florida to purchase?
Do top 5 self sterile!
Tallying the votes!
Yes please!
Rich stop tallying just do it bro.
Absolutely!
Then top 5 self polinize 😁
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I live and Garden Grove snd would kove to buy some cuttings from you if you ever have any extras.
I just made 2 trellis following your instructions. Looking forwrd ti growing my collection.
thank you very much Richard! this video is very much needed especially for beginners like me.
I am happy that purchased 2/5 AB & SD. Can't wait for them to root ! I also got PG & AS2.
Glad it was helpful!
Where did you purchase the cuttings? Looking for a reputable source. Thank you!
@@GraftingDragonFruitdo you sell cuttings?
Pink Panther also has an interesting flower
Yes it does
Another awesome video! Thank you so much.
I have only one plant in the ground and it has eleven fruits on it. I just built my first 3 trellises with pots. Looking forward to getting some cuttings from you sometime. 😊
Stay on the lookout this fall/winter. Be sure to subscribe to my website
Tip: To protect them from the sun, spray a mixture of cane sugar and wheat flour in water, which serves as a sunscreen and biostimulant.
Thanks!
@@GraftingDragonFruityou could use kaolin clay spray which stays on a plant much longer
Many farmers in india use this method to protect the vines from getting sunburned
What’s the ratio of each ingredients?
@@dizzy2k224 one part sugar, one part flour in 20 parts of water
Can I just use regular sugar fro the market.@@leonardokardasz9895
Hi Richard,
Are you normally leave more than 2 flowers on one branch? Or you would remove them and left just one on the branch?
What do you think of Haleys comet? Seems to be some confusion on it being self fertile. Mine will set fruit on its own but will set more fruit if I hand pollinate.I only grow that variety and don't have any neighbors as I'm rural Temecula so mine aren't getting any pollen from other varieties.
It’s one of those type where hand pollinating will be best results
Richard ?
I’m using the flora nova gro with my dragons. I’m using ro water ph is 7 out of bottle I m adding 1/2 tsp per gallon with 1/2 tsp of cal mag after vigorously shaking nutes I added them to water and my ph drops to 4.0-4.5. I try adding ph up and have to add almost a TBL spoon of up to get the ph to 5.5-5.8 but that drives my ppm from 200 up to 600. ? Do you ph the solution b4 feeding ?? I’m on city water with chlorine and do not want to kill off the beneficial bacteria using city water. Ugg hydro issues 😞☺️thank you 🙏
I don’t Ph the water. I just use tap water for the solution.
@@GraftingDragonFruit I d be curious to know what your tap ph is ? And what ppm break dow is ? I know if you bring a sample to a pool place they can analyze it for you, might have to tell them a pool size white lie 😉 Thank you for quick reply ☺️ have you ever experienced nute lock out ? Maybe I’m over analyzing things 🤔 I guess I wish I knew more about dragons plants, any way you can point me toward a dragon growers guide ☺️
@@kevinkc3onohelijeepworld953 I actually have that info either. I like to keep things as simple as possible because there’s no need to get super intricate and complicated unless you really had to. Go through all the videos on my channel. It’ll show you how to grow form A through Z 😊
This video is just what I am looking for. Thanks Richard❤
Glad it was helpful!
@@GraftingDragonFruitPls also do Top 5 resistant to heat/pest/elements thanks!
Hey there. I’m looking to start growing some dragon fruit and have been looking at what varieties are good but also what varieties are accessible to me. All I could find were: undatus, megalanthus, costaricensis. Undatus looks the best so I’d like to try that out but what about the others I’ve mentioned, are they better (or self fertile at least unlike undatus)? And if I was growing undatus could I rely on one hylocereus undatus plant pollinating (I’d do it by hand) the other? Or would I need some other hylocereus pollinater because I don’t seem to find any accessible hylocereus pollinator.
Thank you for your response.
You left my palate watering.
It's super informative to be introduced to really good varieties of Dragon fruit.
Where I live in central Florida the local nursery only has one variety available.
Where do you obtain so many different varieties of Dragon fruit?
Thank you for lots of information about rooting and setting up to grow Dragon fruit.
Keep up the Good work.
Dean
Glad it was helpful! You can buy from reputable sellers and farms. Try asking in my FB group. There are several that will ship. I’ll have some available later this fall/winter
@@GraftingDragonFruit do you have a website or do you only sell on fb?
hi Richard, i am in Australia. Apart from Condor, what are best tasting varieties are self fertile and self pollinating? i have already planted sugar dragon and pink panther. I really want something that is self pollinating in case i do not get to hand pollinate all the time. Thank you v much.
Who do you shop for the nursery pots? The big ones. Thanks
Awesome tips! I’m thinking of pulling out my non-productive Palora to make room for Pink Panther and Sugar dragon. My only worry about condor is its alleged susceptibility to rust in the foggy wet NorCal/Bay Area winters.
Sounds like a good plan to get more fruits. Yeah that’s a challenge with the moisture up in the area.
What’s the most cold hardy variety? Can I grow them in Zone 9a, Las Vegas?
Help. My dragonfruit plant attached herself to the wall with roots and grew about 7 feet up the wall. She refuses to attach herself to the trellis I bought her. I was advise to detach her from the wall and direct her back onto the trellis. I peeled her roots off the wall (nicely) and zip tied her to her trellis. I guess she is upset for she hasn’t grown any further in 3 months. I have kept her watered but she hasn’t accepted her trellis and haven’t grown an inch in 3 months. What should I do to help get her growing again.
Aloha, your videos are very inspiring. Do you sell cuttings?
Not at the moment
Are there varieties that do better in certain places? For instance 9B Florida. Wet, hot summers and dry winters.
I love American Beauty !!!! My absolute favorite
I love this video, and I’m excited to be growing dragonfruit in my backyard. I currently have a vietmanese white variety and an American beauty. I was wondering if you had an advice on winter care? Is fertilizing necessary?
Yes still fertilize so you can make sure it grows well and healthy. For winter, you can have a covering over it with some led lights to generate some heat. I’m in SoCal so winters are not that harsh
@@GraftingDragonFruit I’m currently in South Carolina, it gets pretty cold. Currently right now I’m using FloraNova grow fertilizer. Should I switch to dr earth all purpose fertilizer for the winter?
@7891taneil yes Dr. earth would be good. I only use floranova a few weeks leading up to the season
@@GraftingDragonFruit thank you so much for the advice! 😊
Hi, how often do I need to water? I’m in S calf. My flower bubs turn yellow n fall off , is it too much water ?
Good stuff. I am down around Houston and was wondering if I can bring the plants into the garage at night and back out in the morning during the winter. It reaches in the high 20's sometime.
Yes, absolutely
Hi Richard Do you sale clipping. I would like to start growing
Soon will be on my website
Awesome information! Thank you.
Can I buy the three self pollinating cuttings from you?
Hello, can you please tell me what fertiliser to put on the dragon fruit tree. Thank you.
Hi Richard,
I’m starting a new hobby and I’m interested in getting some variety of different dragon fruit plants. I want these five dragon fruit plant that you recommended on this episode. How do I go about getting these plants?
I would like to grow American beauty,do you have cuttings or plants for sale or somewhere I can buy it ?thank you
Good morning Richard,
I fortunately found your channel.
I am very excited to start two trellises. Can I purchase Dragon plants from you?
Please let me know. Thanks!
Where can I buy clips for these variety only finding American beauty n Condor
Would these top five be appropriate for the Phoenix area. If so, where can cuttings be purchased?
They’re great to have as part of the collection but the tricky part for phoenix is maintaining the heat
Hey Richard, do you sell any cuttings? Have you ever shipped cuttings internationally? I live in the Philippines and have limited varieties here. It would be great to get some of those varieties started here.
On the self fertile but not self pollinating, you use its own pollination right. And with self pollinating and self fertile varieties, you let it pollinate itself if the stigma is close to the anthers? Love all your videos. I have learned so much from your education on DF. Thank you
Hi Richard - finally tasted my first ripe Dragon fruit and loved it (I think it was Ecuador? yellow skin, white flesh, very very sweet). I stumbled on your channel searching youtube for more info. Do you sell cuttings? Would love to buy some if you do - I am local to you. Thank you!
Hey Richard , would like u to guide me if I can attach the cuttings on the steal or metallic trellis. I have 300 standing steal pipes I used to construct my housing . Thank you.
Wouldn’t recommend steal as during hot weather, it can heat up and burn your plants
@@GraftingDragonFruit thanks you Richard I would like to send you my set up in Uae
.........do you sell cuttings and if so how can we order?
Do you have any of these in your garden?
i have all american beauty cuttings that hopefully can fruit next year, whats the yield per plant on american beauty richard?? love ur vids dude!
Not sure what my first plant is.
Have Sugar dragon. I've never hand pollinated it and always get fruit.
@@3_Gold_Coins Then it'll have to be a NOID unless the person you got it from knows.
@@hizzlemobizzle Perhaps you have some nature's pollinators doing the work for you
Yo Nice vid and good choices even tho Ihavent tasted Pink panther. Wanted to ask is there a reason of why 1 stem is shivering and not plump? This is a group of 4 plants same varieties planted on a 25 gall pot but only 1 is shivering instead of plump
Could be a lot of different factors. Might not be getting enough nutrients due to the others taking it all or something else is happening to it.
@@GraftingDragonFruit ohh okay bro thanks I will be watching whatever happen to it hopefully it gets plump back again
Just ordered more dragonfruit. 2 American beauty, 1 sour patch kids, 1 sour patch watermelon. Should make good container mates! Thanks for all your videos. Cant eait for your store to have stock so i can order straight from you!
Nice!! Going to be a great container for sure
How many can you eat in one day without getting the runs? This is a serious question. I love them and mine are too young to produce yet but my granddaughters get the runs from them.
That I do not have an answer to lol
hello. Im new to growing dragon fruits.
I already have cuttings growing of sugar dragon and american beauty. Im going to pick up the other 3 u metioned in this video this weekend from a local grower.
can you recomend a few more that are self fertile ,self pollinating? I tried to research it but i get alot of sites with contradicting info.
I appreciate all the helps that your videos provide. thank you
I grow Sugar Dragon (I have 3 huge plants) and I don’t hand pollinate and gives me fruit. I really think bees, wasps and ants are helping me 😊
SD is self fertile I believe and doesn't need to be pollinated by hand
Very interesting, thank you!
My pleasure!
Thankfully I’m growing 3/5 😉 not bad odds 😊 would love to see the self sterile vid😉👍😃I got a purple haze c19 sum one said was self pollinating but all the info I read say it’s self sterile. I know you like that one Richard 😊hopefully it won’t be my first flower 🙏🤞I’m sticking with Wallace farm cuttings going forward. I got sum from a eBay seller who stuffed 4 cutting of natural mystic American beauty condor and daivid bowe all wrapped togather in two pages of shipping paper. All 4 cutting were in-paled by the other thorns and db has a 4” black section taking up 4nodes. Sad a Dragon cutting seller cut corners, I paid good $ for them too. All my cuts from WF we’re individually wrapped and that inc two that we’re 20-24” long too 😉😊🙏🇺🇸
Yeah have to get from reputable sellers to ensure the best care. Good luck with the new cuttings!
@@GraftingDragonFruit Richard Not sure if you moderate the Dragon fruit co op on FB group but if you do I’m trying to post update and the group is suspended as of 9-3-23 ??
@@kevinkc3onohelijeepworld953 I do not. Have my own group on there. Link in description 😃
Where can we get these varities. I wanna try american beauty and condor.
Nevermind. Its all over online
please let me know when you are going to sell some cuttings I'm interested to buy some .i live in the midwest i have two veriety growing right now yellow and the red i don't know the name i just love dragon fruit .
Will have some available later this fall/winter. You can also ask in my FB group. Several sellers in there
Thank you for your simple explanation of self fertile and self pollination. I agree on American Beauty but why not Dark Star?
There are so many varieties to choose from so it’s hard to narrow down
Is dark star is self fertile?
Hi Richard
Thanks for the video. I lost my dragon fruit plants (Hurricane Ian) they were in the ground :( starting over putting them in pots when will I be able to get cuttings from you on your website?
Sorry to hear that. I’ll have some available later in the fall/winter. Lots of sellers in my fb group who have cuttings for sale
Thanks for the video and sharing your favs... I'm looking for the Sour Patch kids to add to my collection. Do you or anyone have them for sale?
Try asking in my fb group. I’ll have some available later this fall/winter
Such a nice vídeo!!! Show us the top five non self fertile
Will do soon
I was worried about the yellowing of some of my dragon fruit but I see yours have yellowing also.
Where can I get those varieties? I live in Central Florida
Try asking in my FB group! Lots of sellers
what is the name of.your group fb Richard? I will be happy to have and buy .
do you know any good places to find these varieties around san diego?
Try asking in my fb group
Not exactly in San Diego, but I went up to visit Oceanside Dragon Fruit farm and bought some rooted cuttings.
Thank you, I have learned so much from your videos and I also share them with friends & family who just starting to grown DF.
I live in Alhambra. Where do I buy these 5 varieties and others?
Try asking in my fb group!
Where did you buy the plastic pot?
At a local garden supply store
Great video. I’m growing all of these except Sour Patch Kids.
That is awesome!
I have two varieties from your collection, American Beauty and Sugar Dragon
Nice!! Solid ones
Is planting 4 dragon fruits on one trellis too many? will it get over crowded.
No, I usually do 4 stalks
Is there a way I could get specific help? I bought 3 plants from a nursery and I have no idea what to do... They have grown all summer and now I have this sprawling cactus like plant and am unsure exactly what to do...
Do I cut the growths off the main steam and propagate those? Are you on twitter or IG where I could share photos?
Have you watched the all videos on my channel?
Also join my FB group. Many people in there that can help as well
@GraftingDragonFruit i just figured out I have no clue what I am doing!. Some of the pieces coming are 4 ft long and I just have them.coming out of the pot and laying on the ground. Just now trying to understand what I am supposed to do.
When is your store opening? Look to get Sour Patch, Pink Panther and Yellow.
Curiosity… what varieties handle heat and cold the best?
They’re all similar for the most part, but maybe I should make a video on that. I’m in SoCal so we generally have pretty normal weather most of the year
If you could make a video talking about the different varieties that handle hot weather in cold weather better than other varieties, I would greatly appreciate that.
Nice video. I was wondering if there's a video that shows each flower, ripened whole fruit and sliced open fruit so we can match the Name, to Flower, Fruit and Flesh colors? If not, it would be great and helpful if Richard could make one.
Great job Richard
Thanks 🙏🏼
Condor still winning taste since 2008 Pitaya Festival nice.
Hey Richard I’ve recently started following you. Do you sell these dragon fruits? If so what is your link.
When will ypur cutting be available on your website
Can I have/order cuttings of each dragon fruits that you mentioned?
I don’t have any available at the moment
When do you start selling the dragon fruit cuttings
Hi, do you have for sale the sour patch kids dragon fruit?
Thank you.
Raul
I live in California. Last Spring it rained so much that I had a hard time protecting my dragon fruit from rotting and the wind broke the branches. It took all year for them to grow again and look healthy. Now Summer is almost over I am worried about the same thing happening again. How can I protect them from the harsh conditions that I would eventually get fruit. Thank you.
Yeah we had a rough season with the weathers you can change to a different soil or put some covering so the rain doesn’t get into the water.
I picked up some free Dragon Fruit cuttings a couple years ago. They were not labeled and I didn’t think to ask what variety it was. They are now flowering. How can I tell what variety it is? I’m not sure what to do come pollination time.
Unfortunately there’s no way to tell. I’d recommend cross pollinating by hand to be safe
@@GraftingDragonFruit thank you
Dear...Which is variety whose brix is above 20 or the size of fruits is near 1 kg
Non of these are near 1 kg
Can you share how to trim df old branches?
I’ll make a video. I believe I should have one on the channel already
Never had Dragonfruit but im trying to grow it coz it looks fun. Are they really as nice and tasty as described? Might buy one from a store to try but worried it will be underwhelming because its not the same
Yes they are when they’re roped correctly. Stores wont be the same because they have to pick the fruits well before they fully ripen on the plant
Where can you purchase cuttings?
Try asking my fb group. I’ll have some available later this fall/winter on my website
Sugar dragon plant looks yellow is it ok cause my dragon fruit plants also I see getting yellow
Depends on what kind and how much yellow it has
I was told that sugar dragon or S8 is self pollinating. Hmmm. I just had my first dark star or S9. It was self pollinating and absolutely delicious!
How can I buy some of these cutting? Do you sell them?
FYI. I don't have FB.
Stay on the lookout for my website this fall/winter. Otherwise asking in my FB group will be best option at the moment
Richard, thank you for this video, in one of your comments you mentioned about your cuttings could be available by fall and winter, please include me in your list. I’m very much interested on Pink Panther and Condor. Please, please Richard, truly appreciate if I can have some of this cuttings from you, please let me know. Thank you and God Bless.
Subscribe to my website’s email list and you’ll get notified. Limited quantities, but I’m working on growing more
Another great video!😊😊😊
You inspired me. I rescued a neighbors Home Depot Hylocereus polyrhizus df sitting in the original pot and turned it into a nice plant with the trellis design you showed. It took two years but I was really excited when two flowers formed. However the first one wilted and eventually fell off the stem. The second one did the same today. The base was mushy. Did the downpour rains we had in socal cause this? I haven't watered the plant since the downpours and now we are getting small sprinkles overnight. Thanks.
Yeah the rain could have been a factor. Also the pollination may not have been successful so it didn’t take. Did you cross pollinate?
@@GraftingDragonFruit I didn't cross polinate since I thought a Home Depot one would self polinate. Next time they bloom, I'll capture some pollen from a friends plant and try that. I'm still committed and am grateful for your help. My wife loves DF ever since we had the best tasting ones in Vietnam. I feel so bad for people who only get to try the bland ones sold here in Los Angeles and don't experience the full flavor.
@@jonathanfukumoto6467 Mosd of those sold at Home Depot are not self-fertile. Often they are Physical Graffiti, which needs cross pollination. If you can get a Vietnam White somewhere it is a very hardy and reliable pollinator. You can cross pollinate using its pollen. It self-pollinates so it's a reliable producer of very large white-fleshed fruit.
iam in kenya where can i get the cutting?
Try asking in my fb group
I started to grow mine a year and a half ago but I don't know the variety. Its 2 ft tall at this point and it was grown from a seed from a grocery store fruit which is white fleshed and red skinned. The cactus itself looks nothing like the varieties in your videos and has needles all over it. No lumps just smooth.
Yeah that’s always tough. Might be Vietnam whites which is most common in stores
@@GraftingDragonFruit Thanks for the reply! Ya I will see if that is the variety. I'm in zone 3 and I am trying to make tropical plants be able to withstand the winter. I think its important to make plants hardier for all zones. Some people have success with bananas, oranges, and pineapples. Some plants where I live are able to grow in snow. it would be a real trick to get tropical plants to do the same.
My sugar dragon is highly productive but I have never had to hand pollinate it.
Where can I buy all these varieties dragon fruits cuttings?
Try asking in my FB group
Went are you going to have cuttings to sell? I am interested
Later in the fall/winter
what are your top 5 tastiest?
These are tasty!
Hey Richard nice video! I have a question for you, I have a dragon fruit that I don't know its variety for almost 3 years now. This year it bloomed and I tried to hand pollinate it with itself, and it seemed to work in the first three days after pollination... I even removed the outer flower leaving the stigma like you do, but on the fourth Day (the day that im writing this) the fruit started turning yellow... Does this mean it's not self fertile or am I doing something wrong??
Most likely not self-fertile. Only way to know is trying to cross pollinate next time. Usually 5-7 days is when you’ll know if a fruit took for sure or not
@@GraftingDragonFruit thank you for replying so fast! Do you know if I can identify my variety just from the plant and its flowers? Every branch has brown edges, about 2 thorns on its clusters, some branches are wider and flatter than others and the flowers are big and white
Yeap Condor is the bomb.
One of the best!
This is a really good video. I like your enthusiasm and your explanations of taste. I started growing DF last year with Physical Graffiti only to find out it is self sterile.
Interestingly out of 8 plants, 2 have fruit. I have no idea how they were pollinated because I don't have any neighbors with DF. Thinking maybe they were mislabeled? The fruit is very dark pink. I'm in Fallbrook. We're lucky to live in this area
That is a very common mistake that happens.
Thank you. I wonder how I find out the variety. I tried to attach a photo but can't @@GraftingDragonFruit
If the you don’t know, it’s impossible to identify
Wher can i get American beauty cuttings
Try asking in my fb group
Thanks
How do l deal with slugs eating my Dragon Fruit trees?
Hi Richard! I got 2/5 of your fav. lol
Are there some AB variety that are Not Self-Pollinating? I have a AB that has a long Stigma and the Anthers are a lot shorter making it impossible to Self-Pollenate. But the fruit looks like AB.
Might not be a true AB. There are so many mixes out there and people label wrong all the time.
richard why do dragon fruit plants turn yellow?? my cuttings had roots and were growing really well then they started turning yellow from the bottom up, why is that???
Mine did too! Found out they got sunburned. Could also be mineral deficiency in the soil?
weird thing is that i have like 6 cuttings, most of them in one area, and just one of them where it gets like 8hrs of direct sunlight and that one is not yellow, so im guessing maybe the soil @@Meme_andkids
Could be sunburn or root rot. Check out this video th-cam.com/video/IXtAodDyai8/w-d-xo.html
So on this video he says Condor is Self Fertile, but on this list he posted September 6, 2019 · Dragon Fruit Pollination List is says cross pollinate. Which is the correct answer?
Both are correct. Bigger fruits if cross pollinated
@graftingdragonfruit: do you sell cuttings? I'm a beginner and was not able to find any 'sour patch kids' cuttings online for purchase.
Later this fall/winter I’ll have some available but very limited. Try asking in my FB group. Someone might have some