Dragon fruit, also known as pitaya or pitayaha, is an incredible fruit produced by a cactus! Contrary to its name, the dragon fruit care is actually not like most cacti. It prefers nutrient-rich, well draining soil, a lot of space, and a decent (but not overwhelming) amount of sun.
I got some cuttings of the Hylocereus undatus variety, which is the red-skinned and white-fleshed variety. There are two other varieties:
– Hylocereus costaricensis: Red skin and red flesh
– Hylocereus megalanthus: Yellow skin and white flesh
Follow along as I learn how to grow dragon fruit in containers and compete against my friend to see who can grow the most EPIC dragonfruit. Just be patient…part 2 of this series might take a few months to come out!
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0:00 – Intro
1:25 – Soil & Containers
2:10 – Sun Requirements
2:53 – Temperature
3:22 – Fertilization
4:08 – My Growing Strategy
5:26 – Potting Up
9:31 – Final Placement & Checking My Friend's Dragon Fruit Plants
yeah i give up its going back to home depot .
I think I paid maybe $2 or $3 at HEB
how long a dragon fruit cactus last without water, worse condition..like..3 months?
What type of fertiliser should I use??
Glad I can just walk a few blocks to my cousin's house and just pick them for free. Also, they grow on trees, cement walls and other spots.
Il live in south we ahve rand not dollar but buy us its about 50c
Do you need two of them?, I picked up a white flesh dragon fruit and was going to transplant it into a larger pot
There’s a guy growing tons of different varieties and giving them away.
You’ll definitely win because of the pot size!
I bought some cuttings on market place a while ago. But the cuttings are skinny and small (6") and it grows but it thins out and breaks off. Is there anything I can do to make it grow?
I would like to loud your efforts, you are on the right track, just Cheer up.
Thank you !!! And how to find seeds here, in France ? Can you help ? I ´m building a tropical greenhouse in a few months. I love so much tropical fruits…
Any updates this year?
If I'm buying a Dragon fruit in the grocery store how do I tell what variety I'm getting because I want the seeds?
A DRAGONFRUIT IS 5-8$ IN THE US?!?! CRAAAAAZY
I would love to hear time frames (in your videos) on the process from rooting to fruit. Approximately how long to root…..etc
My brother got two of these as a gift many years ago and it's just been languishing there kinda neglected. I think I'm going to pick it up and see if I can't get something out of it 🙂
I was curious if anyone would know if dragon fruit seeds will sprout in water in a sunny warm room?
Do you sell cuttings?
Can you tell me how many inches is the 20 gallon planter? Thanks
I live in Illinois and I'm about to try and grow some dragon fruit.
Red dragon fruit is also good for aprill fools, eat one ,pee in the bathroom and when they see that they scream 'blood!' and you laugh saying thats not blood(joke)
I've bought seeds, but will likely hold off planting until next year as I am propagating plants for my Dad's new property and being the test garden for his veggie plans (My veggie plans, his new property has far more space and much better soil) so running out of space (Who really needs a dining room table?) My soil is basically sand, so looks like I will have to cut this with another product to get a good loom. I am eager to see how your plants go.
thanks for useful video I have question if we can replace wooden bars by iron or plastic pipes?
Does anyone know the name of the variety on the thumbnail of the video? Those buds are really close to an unknown variety in my garden I’m trying to identify
Some things i learned about soil structure is it is similar to san pedro. So i am going to use a similar structure. Good organic soil, 30-40% perlite, and 5-10% sand and pumice.
I live in CANADA..1 dragon fruit is $4.00
Yellow dragon fruit tastes better
..for some reason my body doesn't
Digest.absorb foods……..because i just pooped out
The dragonfruits"SEEDS" WTF????!!!!! seeds are in my poop
I live in Malaysia, we grow a lot of dragons fruit. But dragons fruit still expensive.
Me is $10