How To Grow Dragon Fruit (COMPLETE GUIDE)
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- Join Kevin and Richard from @GraftingDragonFruitfor a COMPLETE beginner's guide to growing dragon fruit, from taking cuttings to varieties to trellises to the most important part - pollination & harvest!
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Timestamps
00:22 - Which To Grow: Dragonfruit Cuttings
04:49 - Potting Up Your Cuttings
08:03 - 3-IN-ONE Multi-Purpose Oil
09:57 - Smashing Old Terracota Pot
10:40 - Clearing Out Trellis
11:42 - Building New Trellis
13:42 - Cutting Placement
16:53 - Sun Protection
17:04 - Getting Dragonfruit To The Top
18:35 - Forcing Fruit To Grow
19:31 - Dragonfruit Flowering
23:20 - Rust, Sunburns & Pruning
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Thanks to Richard from youtube.com/@GraftingDragonFruit for stopping by the Epic Homestead to drop his knowledge for you!
You have a video of how to sprout lemon seeds?
💚💚💚Amazing content that took me down a rabbit hole 😅
Reminds me of holiday cactus 🤔
What’s that plants botanical name and stuff 🤓?
Something caught my attention in the search….🤯
Schlumbergera Virus X in Dragon Fruit in Ecuador
And also possibly India.
Research articles…….
Squirrel 🐿️ slaps the rabbit 🐇
“Not today!”
🤔
CHANGE THE ICON BRO
It was my pleasure! Thanks for having me. Always a good time with you and your crew 👊🏼
Feb 1 - March 5
That's sun low in the sky time = warm light spectrum.
Also happens in autumn.
Why they fruit at those times.
Also how you get long day and short day crops.
I get that's kinda advanced for the average hobby gardener though.
My dragonfruit journey began during the pandemic. We bought a colombiana fruit from a local farmer and was absolutely blown away by how sweet it was. I saved some seeds and germinated some in some water. Ended up with about 100 seedlings😂🤦🏽♂️ I grew stuff but not to the level that I am now. From veggies, to dragonfruit, to fruit trees, to kratky hydroponics, etc. Any old food safe container has a plant in it😂 My wife thinks I’m nuts. But she doesn’t complain when she take a scoop of a juicy sweet dragonfruit right from the yard. Or veggies. The taste difference is just ridiculous. Not even close. Nowadays, I am just addicted to gardening. My friends and family miss me😂
AWESOME! As you know, almost every video labelled "complete growing guide" on youtube just shows you how to plant something (usually seeds). Planting stuff is the easy part. I want to know how to take care of it afterwards! Your videos are so good at showing that. You know.... the important part! Thanks!
Very good video. I love dragon fruit. Thanks for the video.
#paradiseagro
Rich may be the dragonfruit god, but Kevin is the dragonfruit daddy.
Eric. I dont know who kevin is
I'm really glad you threw everything into one video!
I've got an unknown variety of dragonfruit that a neighbor had set out on the curb with a "Free" sign on it. I nursed it back to health and now it's gone crazy with side shoots (although it's starting to grow out thru the top of the trellis). Guess I know what I'll be pruning tomorrow!
Thanks
Tool Care:
If you have tools with rust, the best and easies way to restore them is dip them in white vinegar for an hour or so depending on how much rust it has depends on how long to dipped them then use a wire brush to remove the rust
Thank you guys for charing your knowledge
I went from 0 to 69 Dragons Varieties in my 1st yr gardening, Becarful watching this Video 😅
69 fruits harvested, or 69 varieties grown?
@@Painted_Owl 69 different Dragon fruit Varieties 😅
I’ve been following Richard’s channel for years. He has a wealth of dragon fruit knowledge. Also his FB has a ton of other expert growers who are happy to help newbies.
I m also big fan of Richard ❤❤. I ve #SiamRed a hybrid C variety
#paradiseagro
My wife was mentioning that she wanted to try growing dragon fruit this morning - Perfect timing!!
Also, we converted our front yard into a big edible garden after finding your channel over the pandemic. Thanks so much for all the info and inspiration!!
My wife's friend passed on a puny little dragonfruit start for me several years ago. That thing did nothing until I transplanted it into a bigger pot with fresh soil and really took off. I moved it inside to protect it during the cooler months, watching it develop. Then one of the cats ate it. I tried finding a new plant, but nobody in the area sold one, not even the "exotic" plant guy. I have some dried seeds, so I'll try again that way.
If you were anywhere near NC I would give you a ton of babies.
I have heard that the stems of those grafted cacti (green stem with brightly colored top) are actually dragonfruit. They RUclipsr I watched bought some at the dollar store, pulled the top graft off, and grew the stem into a blooming dragonfruit.
Wait your CAT?!
Grow from side branches. It's easy don't overwater
Great video! Very comprehensive. I also love the aesthetics of the arch introducing the path of dragon fruit columns. Well done!!
Dude. 3 in one is my favorite tool lubricant. Absolutely the best.
❤ this video, my aunt gave me a dragon fruit tree last year… now I know how to help it grow to the next level.
I love growing dragon fruits! I’m in Central Texas, and I’m slowly taking my plants out of their winter greenhouse. I’m making new trellises, too!
The dragon fruit bug is real! I have epiphyllums, Harrisias, and other night-blooming cereuses! 😁🌵
Currently watching this without any intention of growing a dragonfruit in the pacific northwest. I wish I could
Right? Lol
Hello fellow pnwester, same I really wanna grow some but worried it's too cold for it 😔
@@nikkimcelroy3776 Grow in greenhouse, toss in garage during winter?
This is probably the coolest plant I have ever watched a guide on! There goes ANOTHER thing on my future greenhouse grow list (by future I mean in 10 years when I have money 🙃)
Total respect for all of you that baby these like you do.
My BIGGEST dragon fruit question, that I've yet to find a satisfactory answer for: Are the arms edible, like the pads on a nopale cactus?
You guys did me in! Here in NC and I decided 'why not try dragonfruit'? So I took one from the grocery store, washed off the pulp the best I could and put it in a couple of small, flat trays. I now have several hundred 'babies'. The sad part, I'm excited about it! Some of them are starting to push out a stem between the 2 baby leaves.
One thing that has worked for me when rooting dragonfruit cutting is I’ll take a cutting and then just put it off to the side where it can be cool, dry and away from the sun. Eventually it’ll sprout some root initials and I’ll plant it
The flowers are also delicious and has good fiber
I've started a couple of dragonfruit plants last oct. The main one already has two offshoots and feeding it mainly some water mixed with hydroponic nutrients (seems to work quite well). Always inspiring seeing these videos
Thanks guys for the vid. I never knew where these fruit came from . I would see them at the store and never thought about trying one. Too expensive to randomly buy. Then we took a trip to Vietnam. Best trip ever BTW. On that trip we were at a dragon fruit farm. Mind blown how they were grown. Never knew a cactus could make them.Well living in so cal I knew I could grow cactus. So I have a 4' plant now from cutting. Looking to learn . Thanks again!!!
Great video, thank you.
Please can you provide more information on fertilizer quantity and type for Dragon Fruit cuttings that have rooted and have reached 2 feet in height?
❤ what a gold mine of information!
Thank you from San Diego!
All the best guys ❤ from Assam
Thank you, Kevin. 😊
Thanks for the tips. Hope to get my dragon fruit fruiting more.
Amazing video, guys ! Thnx
You two are amazing ❤❤❤❤❤
And now I want to grow dragon fruit
Continue to show more on growing fruits and vegetables, please my first time planting anything indoors or outdoors. Thanks 😊😊😊😊
Don’t worry, Epic Gardening already has years of content for ya. Happy planting.
I recently subscribed to Richard’s channel, & congratulations Richard on your New Family, my Beloved is still overseas 🇵🇭 📍🦘✨🙏🏼🥲
I have 18 dragon fruit in my indoor grow because of you!!! Mine are not looking quite like yours and since it's also where I start spring seeds it's tight quarters in there at the moment but once it's all done I'm going to build a rack to help trellis them. I'm letting them grow at the edge of a grow area so they'll only get light from one side but it is strong.. due to the light I can't do the method your doing so I'm picturing like a really long ladder and planting them in a row and sending them up and to flop forward...
Bought my first red flesh dragon fruit a few days ago and this was SUPER helpful THANK YOU 🙏🏼
The timing on this video is perfect. I just got 2 dragon fruit cuttings, and was binge watching your dragon fruit playlist before they arrived.
Great timing I have two dragon fruit plants growing right now and this is very helpful. It’s colder where I live so I started the cuttings inside. It’s an experiment for me. I am growing them in a pot and growing it up a trellis. I didn’t grow it on a free standing trellis like yours because I am hoping the warmth of the wall will help it a little
Your going to love Connie Mayer it has a Beautiful pink Flower and it has some flavors of Coconut, white flesh inside but sooo sweet
I grew some dragonfruit from seeds from store bought fruit. It's going slow and a lot of the seedlings were lost along the way. Year 3 and my biggest is about a ft tall but I don't get enough sun throughout the day for faster growth.
Thanks so much for the video, appreciated
That was fantastic.
Nice to have Richard back
Thank you very much, the content is sufficient
thank you both!
I have a fruit growing but NO ITEM what variety it is... a friend sent it to me???
Very informative video, thank you.
My Mom in Clairemont has a huge dragon fruit crawling up a dead maple tree...is has fruit that chandeliers off the tree...she does literally nothing and the thing grows like a weed and drops fruit like crazy
Protect that maple tree at all costs, the dragon fruit plant probably can only sustain that much production because of the tree being the ultimate trellis lmao
I was JUST dreading having to repot my severely neglected dragonfruit now that I've moved to a new place with a lot more sunlight.
Great info, thank you ,Texas9b 💚
Thank you 😊
I see wild berry skittles, that's a really good creation from Richard
One of your first videos I watched was about dragon fruit back at your previous house. You sold me on loquats as a hedge, keep talking and I will end up with dragon fruit on our Destin Florida garden zone 9b! 🎉😍
Making loquat mead right now from local trees I found at abandoned houses in Pasco County.
@@BaltimoresBerzerker WHAAAAAAT? * mind blown * Mead? I've gotta do research. I HAVE to know more!!
@bowtielife it's easy and fun! Have a blast dude!
Thank you for update 😊
BRING BACK THE OLD ICON
3 in 1 is OG af 🤙
Excellent video Team
Thanks for sharing
Imagine cross pollinating dragon fruit and soursop fruit 🥰 I'd love to see that!
I save cuttings from previous season pruning and just rest them on a shaded section in the yard. They'll root.
The new icon is so bad... the old had so much more of a soul behind it
I think at least keeping the beet red and having the bottom half brown for soil would be perfect in terms of logo simplicity and character
Agreed
I think Eric is behind this..
Man i hate to agree but i do. I do agree
Lol forreal! It looked like a cartoon face from a distance when the logo is small. It wasn’t until i went on the home page of the channel I realized the “eyes” are the “e” and “g” 😅.
Awesome video. Learned a lot from you guys. What fertilizer to use to prevent the buds from turning yellow and fall off? Mahalo! 🤙🏾
Great guide. Thought I would comment on tipping plants.Apical dominance is the term. The growing shoot inhibits the growth of laterals. The further from the tip, the more likely laterals are to sprout. Think of a pine tree. It has very high apical dominance. As the growing tip moves upwards, it allows the lateral branches to extend producing a very uniform pyramid shape. Removal of the tip will remove the apical dominance allowing laterals to sprout. :)
The god? Wow
Great video! After planting unrooted cuttings should you wait until they are rooted before using nitrogen high fertilizer or do you start fertilizing right away? How often should you water unrooted cuttings? Love your and Richard's videos!
What fertilizer for dragon fruits please? Or top soil only
Thank you so much
Do
So now I want to grow dragon fruit! I have an affinity for indoor tropical and cacti. This just seems like the right next step! I live in Ontario canada 6b. Are there any special considerations for indoor over wintering and shorter outdoor season that you and Richard can suggest?
PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER FIG VIDEO!!!!
I grow mine in my mesquite trees in hidaldo county heat and sun in zone 9b of south Texas, wes
Kevin is soo cute 😍
excellent video as always!!!!!! I just ordered my first batch of seeds from your seed company and can't wait to grow them. I want dragon fruit bad tho not sure where i can get cuttings and not be scammed. I live in Maine so no one has them. any recommendations on the best web site to order them?
Yo Kev! Lemme get one of the Sour Patch cuttings. Just got my first dragon fruit. American Beauty. Can't wait to start my dragon fruit journey and see where it takes me.
Kevin you are an plus in gardening. A question I live near Palm Springs. My dragon fruit did nothing for 3 years. Is it because of the heat that reaches 115 to sometimes 120. Often 115 ?
Thanks.
I have this really cool dragon fruit planter from Vego Garden.
Giving me Gandalf vibes with your staff hehehe
Can you grow it in a pot and bring indoors in cold climates? We don't have a long growing season in Canada.
Do you always prune off growth on the main stem between ground and top of trellis? I have mine planted in the ground and the are always sending off side shoots, I try and angle them up.
What winter low temperatures affect the plant and what can be done to protect it?
I do LOVE DF. I watch ever video I can on it. I'm in my third year growing and no fruit yet. many of my branches are about half way back down to the planter. I keep the branches sparse... and I just cant get any fruits... maybe it's too thin...
Eric has a new friend!
what tool sharpening tool do you recommend??
Is there a way to workout what type of Dragon Fruit plant you have? Are the flowers different?
Fingers crossed for fruit this year😂
I’ve been waiting for another dragonfruit video. I started a couple of years ago when a friend gave me a few cuttings. I saw it as amble opportunity to test how badly I could abuse the poor thing till it died… which it hasn’t, so figuring out what to do next has had me sitting over here like Plankton from SpongeBob when he pops out of that fake dollar bill: “I dunno… I never thought I’d get this far”.
Now it’s time for me to do this for-realzies, but I actually have no idea where to buy cuttings.
Lease make a video to help us who live in cities. We have 4 large windows and outside space on them for plants. But we tried one year and pigeons ate it, some windows had full sun and tomato flowers dried before flowering and even had rats climbing the cables eating out tomatoes. We live in sunny Spain now but in the middle of Valencia and miss our garden. Or just do the flowers. Thanks.
I just sourced some mature cuttings of Richards variety sour patch kids.
Do you sell dragon fruit clippings? You got me interested.
Have you ever tried growing mushrooms? Would love to see a video on growing mushrooms at home.
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Jacquees did !
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Best of luck in your garden !
Actually if you search his channel, he did do at least one Shiitaki video a few years back.
@@EnuffsEnuff318 Just searched it up. Thank you. He also covered mycelium and fungi a tiny bit in "What happens when you bury old logs...". I wonder if it'd be worth growing mushrooms along side other crops to help the soil, given that they're symbiotic.
I live in Cabo San Lucas, MX. How do they fair during tropical storm periods? Which late August to late September? Also I have a irrigation system how much water do they need per day?
Suggestions on good source of cuttings in California?
what is decent make and model of large black plastic pot for dragon fruit indoors? Having a hard time finding anything >15gal where I live. I am reluctant to buy just anything off Amazon due to low quality.
This is PITAIA!
Anyone tried growing clovers in the container/ pot to get free nitrogen. Great video on dragon fruit A to Z.
Never saw actual fruit in your videos, I will be able to trust your videos more if I see your produce when it's on the plant, can you share a link if you posted earlier? Would these survive in Austin, Texas?
What type of fertilizer is needed for dragon fruit? Can I use a cactus fertilizer?
Is that small square birdie bed for sale? Or did you make it from left over pieces?
Could these be grown in colder climates? Bring indoors ? 😊
How big is your metal container? Where can I find it? Thanks
I must have missed it but how often and how much do you water the plant?
My first was from Lowes, I have 3 cuttings off that plant.