How to Grow Dragon Fruit (Part 1) | Soil, Sun, Water, Containers, and Fertilizing
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.
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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
I'm one of those that thinks dragonfruit tastes bland. But I love the beauty of the plant and fruit it bears so I'd grow it for that reason. I saw a video from "Vietnam Meets Dustin" where he was hunting birds in a dragonfruit farm and the plants were amazing looking!
Hi there! Great video. I am here because I popped the rotting top off a grafted cactus and BOOM all these branches started sprouting off the host cacti. Come to find out I have a dragonfruit. Lol Problem is now the leggy sproutings are growing the roots from the sides, apparently trying to reach for something. I'm in St Louis, so definitely not tropical or sunny unless its May through September, so I have my plant inside with some grow lights for the winter. But the finger-looking roots have me scrambling for what to do as it grows over the winter. 😮 I'm assuming my best bet would be get a big pot and immediately repot and secure it to a rough surface like chicken wire or something? I'm going to have to bring this in and out of the house as the seasons change.
Do you know if prickly pear could tolerate a bit of peat moss? Most of my cacti don't like peat moss so I just use a clay, sand mix but I was curious if the prickly pear could use a bit more moisture??
Hi I live in Bangladesh.i went to know.. … what type of eminent mix soil for dragon fruit plant .. …..actualy how I prepare a soil for dragon fruit plant. ….pls tell me…….tnx
I've got a ton of them sprouting that I just took out from like a scoop of them from a grocery store. They are doing okay but it looks like they aren't growing too much beyond sprouts, or at least not too quickly.
thanks for video, i got interested in dragan fruit cultivation,as a part of research i found your video,if u have more information can plz forward me thanks
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
Here I am in Zone 3 looking at how to grow dragonfruit.
How can I know about variety to see cutting?? Yellow,Red,White How
I'm one of those that thinks dragonfruit tastes bland. But I love the beauty of the plant and fruit it bears so I'd grow it for that reason. I saw a video from "Vietnam Meets Dustin" where he was hunting birds in a dragonfruit farm and the plants were amazing looking!
Informative video, thanks 🙂
Just spent $7.99 for one fruit.
So much talking, I just need a demonstration on how to plant it! 😒
Cool! Thanks for the tips. I got one from the FL Museum Of Natural History's Butterfly Rainforest and need to transplant it.
2020 I’ve decided I want to start gardening I don’t know much but I’ve started! I love your videos there really informative! Thank you and keep it up!
I just started growing mine a few months ago!
You could have split those two plants into 5..
Do we need to have 2 for them to have fruits?
Very 😎 cool just found yo channel like and subbed bruda✌️👍 green thumb here aswell looking forward to more👍🤙
Can I grow indoors in the winter in zone 3?
Hi there! Great video. I am here because I popped the rotting top off a grafted cactus and BOOM all these branches started sprouting off the host cacti. Come to find out I have a dragonfruit. Lol Problem is now the leggy sproutings are growing the roots from the sides, apparently trying to reach for something. I'm in St Louis, so definitely not tropical or sunny unless its May through September, so I have my plant inside with some grow lights for the winter. But the finger-looking roots have me scrambling for what to do as it grows over the winter. 😮 I'm assuming my best bet would be get a big pot and immediately repot and secure it to a rough surface like chicken wire or something? I'm going to have to bring this in and out of the house as the seasons change.
This is awesome, as a recipient of two gift cuttings I had no idea what to try!
Do you know if prickly pear could tolerate a bit of peat moss? Most of my cacti don't like peat moss so I just use a clay, sand mix but I was curious if the prickly pear could use a bit more moisture??
We got a couple under 5 bucks I'm going to try growing it from seed again… We grew them b4 and gave too many away…
U should get the red fruit inside the red skin… They taste sweet and totally different in taste with the red skin with white inside.
Thanks 👍
I came here bc part of my Moon/grafted cactus is part dragon fruit
Nigga, you already lost. Yo shit growing off to the right lopsided n shiet. Yo homie's plants keep dey back straight.
How many gallons is that big pot and where did you get it?
Great video
Hi I live in Bangladesh.i went to know.. … what type of eminent mix soil for dragon fruit plant .. …..actualy how I prepare a soil for dragon fruit plant. ….pls tell me…….tnx
I've got a ton of them sprouting that I just took out from like a scoop of them from a grocery store. They are doing okay but it looks like they aren't growing too much beyond sprouts, or at least not too quickly.
You can grow dragon fruit up burlap
thanks for video, i got interested in dragan fruit cultivation,as a part of research i found your video,if u have more information can plz forward me thanks
If you know Almost nothing about dragon fruits- don’t make a how to video about them😂
And you get the pink one with the purple fruit.