This dragon fruit cactus that I grew from a seed one year and eight months ago has finally outgrown its support poles. As I'm always hanging over it noting every microscopic growth (lol) I saw immediately when it stopped growing two weeks ago. Now it just sits, sensing that it isn’t safe to grow any more.
So I was wanting some ideas on how to restake it so it can continue growing into an even beautifuller monstrosity.
Never had this many buds and aborts I guess it’s normal? 🤙🏻🤣
Had to support one stem, weight of the flowers bent it over, hopefully it fruits 🤙🏻🍻
I grew this from a single yellow Dragon Fruit, but this has been its length for the past 6 months now...
I give it special nutrients but nothings happens anymore.
What can i do to let it grow?
And yes, the tip was broken, thx to my cat.😔
Help n the good direction is much appreciated.
Thx
I bought a bigger pot for it and some cactus soil as well as some support for it, is this multiple plants? Should I try separating them?
Out of curiosity, how many branches do yall keep for fruiting? I'm not talking about the central leader, I'm talking about the branches. Most sources say 5 max for optimal fruit production, but I just let mine do their thing.
SW FL 10a. Dark Star variety
It spent months not wanting to do a dang thing, and then suddenly...there are arms EVERYWHERE.
Do I leave it be? It's a cutting from a 2 year old plant. The other two haven't even tried to branch out like this 🙃
Got so many flower buds, some are aborting🤙🏻🍻
It's my first one from this variety and I'm excited to catch this bloom. I'm just excited to be here, not gonna lie. I saw her opening up earlier in the night and grabbed a picture. Insomnia did it's thing on me, do I'm up like it's the first day of school with my told ready to pollinate and take the pollen from this beauty. Oahu, Hawaii 🤙🏾
I am new to the dragon fruit collection. I have the following varieties:
Sugar dragon
American beauty
Asunta 5 Edgar
Dark star
Ecuadorean palora
Israeli yellow
Aussie Gold
Tricia
Taiwan honey red
Voodoo child
Halley's comet
Mi Xuan long
Physical Graffiti
Purple Haze
Red LaVerne
Desert King
Royal red
Bangladeshi red
H14 hybrid
Vietnam white
Suggest some elite varieties missing from my collection. Thanks
Location: South India , Coastal region
##Pictures in the comment section
Flowering and Fruit development Season: May to November
Fertilizer: old matured Cowdung, Seaweed liquid fertilizer(once every month the whole year), Humic acid, NPK 15 15 15 (only during initial growing vegetative state), NPK 0 52 34 + NPK 10 26 26 (both 1-2 months before and expected flowering and fruiting every 20days to soil and during season till end of season), Boron 20 5g once to soil 1 month before expected flowering
Foliar spray: Alpha NAA (Planofix)/ Liebigs Booster2 2-3 times 15 days gap 2 months before expected flowering to prime plant to flower
Chelated Micronutrients foliar spray once every month from 2 months prior and during season
##Tip Pruning 2 months prior and during the season is the most important step to induce flowering.
If Disease: Foliar spray Copper oxy chloride 3g/L and Systematic and contact fungicide like Saaf 1.5g/L alternatively 4 times to get rid of disease..
Can apply remaining Saaf fungicide to soil also.
Spray Neem 10000 ppm 2ml/L meanwhile as preventive measure during moist/ wet weather
##Planted 2 plants each in 22L bucket with good draining soil mix with multiple holes
I have this plant around 7 years, waiting it to flower. I just realised it could be dragonfruit plant and that there is specific way to grow it.
It just flowered, one flower which died off 😭
I want to know if this is dragonfruit so I can follow instructions to take care of it better and see some flowers (at least), but hopefully some fruits.
I live in Mediterranean area, so it is quite hot during summer but it can get freezing during winter too. That’s why I am unsure about growing it outside. Any suggestions might help and are appreciated!
I wanted to know if it will be alright to have my dragon fruit plant propagating outside in water in shade and just bring it in if it gets cold outside
They are about 5 months old. I’m open to leaving the double growth as an ‘experiment’ unless it is going to seriously hinder the plants growth. How normal is this? Thanks!