Great job with the hand pollinating, Paul, fingers crossed they both set fruit for you 🤞. I really need to repot my dragon fruit plants that I grew from seed years ago. I also need to make some strong supports for them as the bamboo and string I used eventually collapsed lol 😂
Great us eof space as always Paul. Exciting time for pollination. Learn't a lot and also from the comments already up. Best of luck with the variety development. Always a good watch mate.
@UrbanBounty that is a super appreciated offer Paul. Before I waste your time, lets see if I can get sucess up here in the Dandenong Ranges. I might be pushing their extremes, as I don't get sucess with tropicals like you achieve. But I thought why not give it a go 😀
Well done Paul great timing - i had to borrow pollen for an Epiphyllum 6 weeks ago had 15 flowers but have one good growing fruit and 4 slow - if you get pollen before yours open it keeps in fridge a week but viabity reduces.
Thanks mate, it's great to know about the epiphyllum cross pollination which will come in very handy. I'm going to be checking these flowers daily with my fingers crossed Which varieties of dragons do you have currently?
Have you tried epiphyllum? Same family but prefers hanging baskets and will give a small fruit if pollinated and the flower is just as good as dragonfruit. The pollen can be used to pollinate dragons too
Thanks for another great tip mate. I will do this for sure. Do you think the way I pollinated it will be ok? It was my first time. I'm considering a small vaccum next time. Pink diamond × aussie gold might be a new one.
@@UrbanBounty yep you did fine - i usee a brush with longer hair - a nice 5mm sable hair brush will last years. I use a fine sable brush on Cherimoya tho
Hello Urban Bounty, i enjoyed your video. i am just starting my dragon fruit adventure in Melbourne too. Would you have any cutting for purple scott or pink diamond? i have a v small garden, so want to grow the smaller branches varieties. thanks much
@@user-fk2fs5ls3m hello there, I will be able to give you some cuttings from those when the plant starts to grow again later this year because I already pruned off the unwanted growth and composted it. My gmail should be listed under my channel description so in tge growing season send me an email and I can send you cuttings
Good job, dragon fruit growing so well.
Thank you 😀
What a beautiful flower,,
Thank you Cameron 😀
Beautiful mate Urban Bounty... Dragon fruit from Melbourne Australia.
Thank you Mark mate!
Great job with the hand pollinating, Paul, fingers crossed they both set fruit for you 🤞. I really need to repot my dragon fruit plants that I grew from seed years ago. I also need to make some strong supports for them as the bamboo and string I used eventually collapsed lol 😂
Thanks Peter, hopefully your ones take off again after you put them in a bigger pot.
Great us eof space as always Paul. Exciting time for pollination. Learn't a lot and also from the comments already up. Best of luck with the variety development. Always a good watch mate.
G'day Matthew, thanks mate! Yes that was cool to hear that it might create a hybrid!
Cool Paul
Very exciting
Good luck
Thank you mate!
so cool! good luck, looking forward to seeing how they go
Thanks mate, I'll do an update soon
Impressive opening shots, music and editing 👌.
Great looking dragon fruit vines!
Thank you mate! Appreciate it 😀
@UrbanBounty slick syncing up the shot transitions with the music beats 😉
I recently got a dragonfruit from Gardenworld. I hope mine does half as good as yours. I need to check the variety, as I hadn't considered polination.
Thats cool. I can send you heaps of cuttings of other varieties if you want some. 😀
@UrbanBounty that is a super appreciated offer Paul. Before I waste your time, lets see if I can get sucess up here in the Dandenong Ranges. I might be pushing their extremes, as I don't get sucess with tropicals like you achieve. But I thought why not give it a go 😀
Well done Paul great timing - i had to borrow pollen for an Epiphyllum 6 weeks ago had 15 flowers but have one good growing fruit and 4 slow - if you get pollen before yours open it keeps in fridge a week but viabity reduces.
Thanks mate, it's great to know about the epiphyllum cross pollination which will come in very handy.
I'm going to be checking these flowers daily with my fingers crossed
Which varieties of dragons do you have currently?
Wonderful plants to grow whe you have space. Although i germinated a few seeds im doubtful ill ever get them big enough to flower or fruit here 😂
Have you tried epiphyllum? Same family but prefers hanging baskets and will give a small fruit if pollinated and the flower is just as good as dragonfruit.
The pollen can be used to pollinate dragons too
@@UrbanBounty had one a few years ago Paul but died from neglect, I just don't have space or time for all these plants
Also Paul your creating a Hybrid so could be fun to grow the seeds of these out - maybe might be self fertile?
Thanks for another great tip mate.
I will do this for sure. Do you think the way I pollinated it will be ok? It was my first time.
I'm considering a small vaccum next time.
Pink diamond × aussie gold might be a new one.
@@UrbanBounty yep you did fine - i usee a brush with longer hair - a nice 5mm sable hair brush will last years. I use a fine sable brush on Cherimoya tho
Thanks, I'll get one on ebay
How i wish, to have those plants.
They are great fun 😀
Hello Urban Bounty, i enjoyed your video. i am just starting my dragon fruit adventure in Melbourne too. Would you have any cutting for purple scott or pink diamond? i have a v small garden, so want to grow the smaller branches varieties. thanks much
@@user-fk2fs5ls3m hello there, I will be able to give you some cuttings from those when the plant starts to grow again later this year because I already pruned off the unwanted growth and composted it.
My gmail should be listed under my channel description so in tge growing season send me an email and I can send you cuttings
@@UrbanBounty thank you
one more question pls - what facing is your dragon fruit under the eaves? cheers
@@user-fk2fs5ls3m hello again, good question. It is facing north- west direction.
@@UrbanBounty thank you, what do u use to tie those branches up?
@@user-fk2fs5ls3m just soft cord from bunnings and some flat hessian ties, also from bunnings
Crossing fingers (I'll 🙏 for you (JESUS on off the cross ✝️)
Thank you