r/DragonFruit

Grew this from seeds in since 2020, I like it. I don’t care if it fruits ever. Wondering if I should repot it as it get crazier every year. I’ve seen adult plants grow along rocks and farms grow them on wooden towers. I don have much space in my place for a massive cactus tower but would entertain the idea of a large rock for it to crawl on. Can you guys recommend tips?

You don’t need fancy rooting powder or water propagation, I literally just cut these, left them in my kitchen, and they grew.

Worked out great. This was after 4 days in a bit of water.

Ive usually just stick them in the dirt whenever I remove them from the main plant but it become a 50/50 chance of survival. This might be a better way, at least for me.

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?

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.

and can i fix it? this wasn’t here yesterday

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.

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!

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

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?

Is this actually a dragonfruit cactus? TiA

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!

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