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Dragonfruit are not picky, and will grow well in almost any medium - but they will not tolerate muddy or mucky conditions in heavy organic content soil such as woodchip potting soil mixes. You are best using a well draining mixture of cactus soil with large stones, sand, and no more than 30% organic material, or you can use a well draining potting mixture of mostly peat with 20-30% perlite content. Dragonfruit only grow well with lots of sun and warm weather, so they should be transitioned to full sun if they are not already in it! DF are tolerant of temperatures between 40f and 105f, so even if your lows are going into the mid 40s they are ok outside. I have used Kellogg Cactus soil with great success. I also recommend using a slow release granular fertilizer distributed on the surface of the soil to keep them growing well.

It's better to select firm flesh mature branches for propagation, and you'll have plenty of that when they reach the top and stop cascading. I need to prune annually on my larger DFs

Is that a good thing? Who knows! haha

Yes he is the most subscribed RUclipsr

Me neither! I hope they go to work

Pawpaws send up suckers like crazy when they are mature, so they can end up being a massive thicket inside the woods. They are a fascinating tree, the largest native North American fruit, and dang delicious, sort of like eating caramel pudding. Yum. I can't wait for pawpaw season!

A real waste would be the tree branches breaking due to excess fruit on too small a tree.

Tree will break, it is too small to hold this many apples

I rent here, so I thought I might move

I purchased this as a seedling from Florida just a few inches tall. It’s amazing how big it is now!

I do get frosts. We get down to 25 sometimes. I will put lots of plants in the greenhouse or garage and will cover others

Yeah, I am insane I guess. I will basically never be able to afford property in Santa Barbara, so, I just had to accept it and do what I wanted on this property. My landlord has absolutely zero interest in gardening so I am sad to know it will die quickly without me here. I will tear out everything I can when I leave, hoping to move to SD county and get some acreage one day. For now, I'm here.

@@SBFruittree enjoy it while you can, I'm stuck with a city backyard and very envious!

Hadn’t heard of them being air layer friendly like that! I have a lot of seedlings in ground and just going to rely on those I think.

Woodchips from arborists, they're pretty large and definitely not sawdust.

Google chipdrop, it's a company that connects local arborist with people who would like logs and wood chips they come in directly drop the entire load on your property

So jealous of all the growers that have great soil to start!

@@SBFruittree I know. I live in Illinois and didn't realize we have it so good until I looked up a soil color chart of USA. Illinois was the darkest. You got some good stuff coming in though! I wouldn't sell worms to people killing them, but I think breeding worms may be a good idea.

Mine is sugar sand in a lot of places too. Keep going with the organic matter, especially thick cut woodchips!

@@SBFruittree unless its treated wood, the termites move in on it and its broken down and gone in a year like everything else.

I have same question, I have a struggling Jabo here, and I think it might need correction

I am in 9b and would not hesitate to graft between late February and May.

@SBFruittree Can you make a video on choosing the best branch to graft on to?? Thanks!

I would feel comfortable grafting anytime from February to May here in 9b California

@@SBFruittree Awesome, thanks for the reply!

Mine have been covered in snow and down to 25f with only minor damage.

Happy Frog is a nice soil, but doesn't have enough perlite for drainage. I would recommend Ocean Forest over it. If you add perlite and more peat or acid fertilizer, it will help. Don't go overboard with acidity.

OK cool I bought acidic fertilizer holly tone and and I bought ocean forests soil thanks for the info 🙏

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