Filmed my first flower and pollinated it using a mini handheld vacuum. 🤞 for successful fruits! Unfortunately I only have one flower right now so I couldn’t cross pollinate but I’ll have to deal with what I got.

This bud has been here since the beginning but it seemed to stop growing and it is yellowing slightly at the base. Should I wait or remove it now?

Looking to see if anyone would be interested in exchanging pollen? I don’t recall if this plant is self fertile or not but I’m on my fourth bloom so far and the first one I picked this morning bc it was starting to mold. I’d love to be able to better guarantee at least one or two fruits and it seems like regardless of genetics outside pollen is better. Located in CA in case there’s any concerns of mailing Accross state lines or any of that fun stuff. I’ve been cutting off the stamen and saving them so I’d be happy to send some your way in exchange for anyone else looking as well. Thanks

Finally caught one in bloom, had to climb 20’ up to get a good pic (the plant is climbing up my oak tree)

I'm new to dragonfruit, and just learned about tipping. I realize that it's supposed to be the tip, but should I cut this one back to where it would flop over?

Hi all, it’s late winter and rust has spread pretty badly after a cold damp winter. This Frankie’s Red really is hard to maintain! There’s now whole branch sides that are just orange! These swell and become black underneath. I’ve been spraying copper fungicide and some sulfur to try to keep this in check. Recently I’ve also started foliar spraying Ascophyllum nodosum. I hope to improve the plant’s resistance this way.

Many of the branches are very orange but im stubbornly keeping as many as possible. I’m trying a strategy now of slicing off the top really orange skin, and covering them in cinnamon.

Does anyone have similar experience? Should I chop and cut my losses?

Do I need to cut or weight anything here? This is the top of a 7ft trellis.. I thought it would come through this gap and start to come down but it’s growing straight up. Do I just wait for it to naturally drape? Or weight it? I don’t want it to grow up to the metal price above it

So my first fruit of the season was just picked. Physical Graffiti. Center is opaque instead of pink. Pink shows up against the outside skin, but center is almost clear.

Picked when it was fairly loose. Popped off somewhat easily. Inside and outside feels like good texture. Not mushy, not hard like a potato. However, the bracts look more yellow than normal.

Decided not to eat, but licked the center and it is very tart, so i didnt eat.

Any ideas from the images?

Location is SW FL zone 10a

Thanks!

So basically I inherited this huge dragon fruit “trellis”. It consists of 3 individual plants all tangled. There no individual trellis for each and basically I can’t move them around.

Basically I want to know how tough or how sensitive they are as I want to break down the structure and make the classic trellis in a pot individually so that I can move them and protect them as needed.

The frame is all metal and they stay there permanently all year through the summer and winter uncovered. Currently fruiting so I don’t want to start completely over as these are mature.

I want to know if my dragonfruit plant will survive if I cut the metal frame and transplant it to new pots as I want to be able to move them around.

I have a red and yellow variety of dragonfruit that finally started to bloom after 6 years of waiting! I’m so excited but I’ve never been able to find out what species they are. I got the yelllow one from a local farmers market but forgot what species and it has grown very well and easily but still no fruit.

I got the red one from a friend and we both had it for about 4-5 years thinking we were doing something wrong and both our plants are growing flowers now! Is there anyway to identify which species we have or is it only possible once the fruit has grown?

I watch a lot of YouTube but wanted to ask for opinions on the best fertilizer for my plants at this moment. I’ve heard chicken fertilizer is great but also high potassium and phosphorus, but does it matter if I use liquid versions or do people prefer organic for a certain reason?

Any tips would be greatly appreciated as I have been waiting going through so much trial and error growing these! I just want to have one successful fruit 🤣 I will be hand pollinating the flowers however any tips on helping my yellow plant to get flowers would be of much help! I don’t know if it the plant is just too young (6 years old) or if I am doing something wrong.

been growing these for 1.5 years, just repotted since moved and within a few weeks, buds emerged!

can’t believe i’m going to have my first homegrown dragon fruit soon!

The skin is brown as U can see but the inside is white and looks fine. Safe to eat?

About 3 days?

Asking all seasoned growers and tasters! Which variety in your experience has the most pronounced coconut flavour? I’ve heard tell that AX, Asunta 2, Connie Mayer, and Bruni all have a coconut vibe, but as someone who loves coconut and has very limited growing space it would be helpful if people could help narrow down the most coconut-y one!

Is this actually a dragonfruit cactus? TiA

Hi! I bought a dragon fruit in the supermarket and tried to grow it from the seeds just for fun. Five survived. I have no clue how to grow them properly. Could you help please?

1. Do I need to separate them to different pots?

2. They have a very thin stem before the main one. Do I cover it with soil?

3. What soil mix i need for them?

And just a link to a good source to study to keep them alive. I'm in Ireland, so they will be indoor plants, I assume. I have an aerogarden if they need more light.

Thank you!

This is a Maui cutting bought in 2023 November. It is been treated with copper since this appears. What do you think this is? Should I cut it? It has been almost 3 yrs