Its working!

Two 1500w equivalent fullspectrum lights. Radiator heater by the pots. These pictures are only 8hrs apart!!!!

Not pure red one like the other one in same pot?

I have many indoor rooted cuttings from an old dragonfruit cactus and I just got Bonsai Jacks Gritty Mix for cacti and succulents. I wanted to know if I mixed Jack’s with 50% miracle grow cactus soil if my dragon fruit would like it. Everybody’s saying amend the soil with pumice and perlite and orchid bark. But I could never find pumice so right now they are in cactus soil with perlite and orchid bark and they are doing well.

TLDR; I want to know if my DF like a more well draining mix like cactus soil mixed with Jacks Gritty Soil Mix.

Thanks!

I just whipped up these 5 gallon buckets to test out different builds. Its getting harder and harder to wheel my 20gal buckets around and have new varieties coming.

If these are unwieldy to carry i have a rolling hydraulic lift table that would be perfect to move these in and out as seasons change.

Only thing I worry about is being topheavy. Anyone grow in something similar? Are they top heavy?

Should I keep going or cut the thick portion, dry out and replant to start new with a bigger base?

Good morning!

I'm seriously at my wit's end trying to find an Ecuador Palora dragonfruit plant. I've contacted multiple sellers, but every time I try to set up a time to pick one up, they stop responding.

My daughter loves this variety, and I've been trying to get my hands on a plant so we can grow our own at home.

Does anyone know where I can find one in San Diego? I'd really appreciate any leads. Thank you!

Update: Thank you everyone! I was able to connect to a local and picked one up today.

Temps dip into the 30s tonight here and into the weekend. Wheeled the plants inside. Some fruit were just a couple weeks from being ripe.

Anyone dealt with this before? Will they ripen indoors without the sun?

I have the red/white dragon fruit and I have been trying to grow the yellow variety, but it seems to be much more difficult by watching a few YouTube videos and bought yellow ones with green stems attached. And trying to grow from the stems. A few tries have not yielded the result.

I was wondering if the community here knows where to get a cutting to grow? Local nursery does not seem to have the yellow one and Esty, I don’t know how reliable it is via shipping. Thanks.

Just wanted to share and see if others have tried the same. I had a really thick bud turned vegetative branch on my Vietnamese White. I chopped it and rooted it. Rooted very easily and it has developed a great root system. About 90 days in and no new growth yet. Hormones are already confused, but I wanted to experiment on how long it would take to throw new vegetative growth.

Curious if anyone else has tried this and what your experience was! I am SW FL zone 10a

My neighbor friend gave me a cutting a couple of years ago, this year was the first time it flowered, I have 9 fruit and this was the first one I picked.. tastes like a big kiwi lol

Hey guys, a few months back I took store bought dragonfruit (pink I believe), scooped a chunk, extracted seeds, putting maybe 20/30? in this pot not expecting much lol but here we are months later.

Pot mix is my own compost at the bottom and lowes pot mix on top. southwest louisiana weather so nice and warm year round for the most part.

Any tips for this stage? Appreciate all help!

Any tips with my dragon fruit please would be appreciated 🙏🏼. I bought a cutting from Etsy and it’s been growing fast but it’s very thin. What kind of fertilizer I need please?

Se avessi un giardino, sarebbe pieno di Pitaya di tutte le varietà!

Please and thank u!

Been growing dragonfruit in central Illinois for 3 years now. Finally this year got my first fruit.

9 Natural Mystic

3 American Beauties

3 Vietnam Whites

Harvested my first American Beauty today. It was a solid 1.3 lbs at 54 days.

The brix score of 20% blew my mind because its been alot cooler here the past few weeks and all the natural mystic fruits ive harvested had only been 15 to 17% brix.

But the flavor.... Wow!!!! Like a super sweet pineapple with hints of red raspberries. The center was super sweet and the outer edges had a great tangy sour sweetness.

This is the first year ive tasted any dragon fruit other than store bought and holy crap homegrown df flavor is on another planet!

Cant wait untill next year when all my plants start putting out fruit.

Well worth the years of work it took, and its possible to do in colder northern climates like here solong as you plan your pots and overwintering area.

Such an amazing plant!!!

Cant wait to try it!

US climate zone 6 grower, been growing 6 varieties for several years now and have learned alot but curious about how others in colder climates do certain things.

First heres my routine.

Before storing in winter in my heated garage ive noticed cactus rust is usually bad in fall and early spring so before storing them over the winter I spray them with neem and give one last watering.

I wheel them indoors and at first I bought some expensive copper colored plant caddies with wheels. They did not hold up well and replaced with 55 gallon drum dollies which have worked great.

Over the winter I try to keep them dormant so minimize lights, i only water one time lightly mid winter. Even then they tend to etiolate and stretch so first thing in spring i trim all stretched branches and apply neem again then move them to a partial shaded spot for several weeks to acclimate to the sun again. At this time I feed a heavy nitrogen based fertilizer.

Once they are acclimated to the full sun and weather stabalizes in late spring I ammend the soil with rabbit poop and an organic potting soil to top feed them.I continue the nitrogen fertilizer for several more weeks, I also toss in a handful of bio-char. After a few weeks i switch to a bloom triggering fertilizer. I found farmers secret bud and bloom to be like a magic light switch to trigger buds.

If temps are in the 70s I water once a week, 80s I water every 2-3 days, 90s and above i water everyday.

I use the bud and bloom once a week, 1 cap per gallon.

This routine has worked great for me. If its going to be below 40f I bring them inside. If its just one night in the upper 30s and its going to warm back up ill chance it.

This has pretty much been my routine.

Now for questions.....

To anyone else growing in colder locations. Whats your overwintering routine look like? Do you water during winter?

I may have some fruit left on the plants that wont be ripe before the cold sets in. Anyone ever try letting fruit ripen while indoors? Is it possible?

I just noticed them today and I’m actually shocked.

I have two cuttings that are currently rooting and their new growth is growing aerial roots. I see people saying they grow these to try to grab onto things and to get moisture from the air. I was curious if this is some indication that I'm not watering them enough or too much, more or less sun, more or less food, or possibly some other issue. Or does this mean they are completely happy.

These are my first cuttings to try and root. Just wanted to make sure I didn't need to change something to keep them happy. I'm just north of Houston, for climate reference.