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Second dragonfruit crops

16 years ago

I had harvested a crop of about 8 'American Beauty' pitaya, which were excellent, and almost that many 'Giant Viet' dragonfruit (not as tasty, but ok). A couple weeks ago my Giant Viet flowered again and now has maybe 6 fruit in process. Now my American Beauty has more flower buds forming! Pretty exciting, looks like 6 to 10 perhaps, will have to wait to see. Didn't expect a second harvest.

Gary

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tony_k_orlando
16 years ago
Thats Great Gary,

I currently have 15 blossoms in the process on my NOID. I have high hopes, yet low expectations because this plant has never produced actual fruit yet, just flowers. This is the 4th time for this plant this yr.

good luck

tony
growgrow
16 years ago
Gary, according to my book: dragon fruit plant can bear around 50 fruits per year. So that is pretty exciting, at least I know that somebody has them fruiting. How old are your plants?
Mine are in the ground for 1 year and a half, they are blooming continues but not fruit set yet.
Do you hand pollinate them or not?
Veronika
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JoanM
16 years ago
I got two fruits in the past month. Many, many flowers but only two fruits.
dghays
Original Author
16 years ago
I've had them 3 or 4 years. They produced a couple months ago, now again. Mine are self pollinating, some varieties do need cross pollination. I have about 8 varieties, but those two are the biggest.

Gary
murahilin
16 years ago
Does anyone want to trade dragonfruit cuttings? I have two varieties, "physical graffiti" and a yellow variety that I do not know the name of.
floridays
16 years ago
Great job Gary, I think this fall I am going to build the support systems like yours and put in some American Beauty!
tony_k_orlando
16 years ago
Anyone have a pic of the support system?????
dghays
Original Author
16 years ago
Hey Scott, instead of a 4X4 I'd recommend 4" or fatter PVC filled with concrete with holes drilled at the top with 4' rebar criss crossing to make an X at the top. Then put a piece of fence up there to support them. Termites broke one of my 4X4's. I rigged it to last until after the fruit ripen. This winter I'm going to redo them into the more permanent method.

Hey murahilin, shoot me an email, I'd be happy to trade. Click on my ID and then choose email.

Tony, here's a pic, not a way I'd recommend, just what I came up with at the time:

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Gary
Lady
16 years ago
NICE! I gotta get mine out of the pots and into the ground. I am green with envy. I bought a really big one this week at Publix that tasted pretty good but cost me $5. The only reason I bought it was cause it was huge in comparison to any other I had seen. It weighted 1.5 lbs and was the best looking one at any market I have ever seen. Wish I knew the variety.
tony_k_orlando
16 years ago
Lady,

did you save any seeds????

here is one of the many seedlings I started from a fruit Lisa said was among the best she ever had! NOID of course, but cute lil things.
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