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jo starts with ... My dragon fruit plants of more than 4 yrs of age are not fruiting, despite a few bursts of flowering. I bought it from Garden R Us and it is supposed to be self-pollinating: red. I wonder if I will regret it if I give it the axe (because of space constraints) soon as I have received a few cuttings from a friend who has been enjoying the red fruits from her dragon fruit trees. Any suggestions? Should I perhaps just leave one cutting of it and let the new cuttings grow beside it? I had it growing/crawling over the wall of the garage. Jo | About the Author jo kingsford, nsw 25th January 2012 6:05pm #UserID: 0 Posts: |
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| About the Author jo kingsford, nsw 26th January 2012 8:55am #UserID: 0 Posts: |
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| About the Author Scott Dry Tropics 28th January 2012 1:53pm #UserID: 6448 Posts: |
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jo says... Scott, Thanks for the infor! Lovely pics you got there! I have yet to see a fruit on my "old" dragon!(sigh!) My vietnamese friend gave me some of her dragon fruit cuttings and I have planted them in plastic tubs (the huge black ones sold in Bunnings) and put a meter length wood blocks for them to climb. I saw 8 flowers (unopened at this stage) on my "old" dragon that is crawling along the garage wall; I will try to hand pollinate them hopefully successfully when they are opened and ready. cheerio. jo | About the Author jo kingsford, nsw 28th January 2012 3:39pm #UserID: 0 Posts: |
Kathy says... Scott or anyone else - how long does the fall have to be for fruiting e.g. if I used an old fence pole (probably 1.2 metres above ground) - is that okay? I planted my dragon fruit (red) right beside a very tall palm tree - thinking it would easily find its way to it (then I was going to work out some way to make it stop climbing and fall) - but it has now been growing for almost 2 years and has totally ignored the palm - it has worked by sending out three branches (each about 0.4 metres long)in different directions - none towards the palm! Kathy | About the Author Kathy Maleny, Qld 29th January 2012 4:11pm #UserID: 5954 Posts: View All Kathy's Edible Fruit Trees |
Scott says... Hi Kathy, I'm no expert but I can tell you what I've done. My Pitaya pole is about 1.8 m high with a square at the top about 1m sq. Planted cuttings at the bottom and grew them up, through it and let them sprawl over and down. I t has worked for 3 diff. varieties so far getting good fruit. | About the Author Scott Dry Tropics 29th January 2012 9:03pm #UserID: 6448 Posts: |
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Kathy says... Scott - thanks very much. I'll buy a longer pole and put something at the top so the branches can easily fall over it. In terms of sun: the plant gets morning and afternoon sun all year round, and a slight filtering of sun from the palm trees in the middle of the day (the palm tree is about 6 metres tall). I've chosen the spot because it is one of the driest areas in my yard (i.e. very good drainage as it is on a slight slope) - because a lot of the yard is mostly flat and the clay soil retains water for some time - and it rains a lot in Maleny! I've seen dragon fruit growing in similar conditions here - I assumed they fruited! Maybe I'd better check :) Anyway - do you think that is enough sun. Kathy | About the Author Kathy Maleny, Qld 30th January 2012 8:14am #UserID: 5954 Posts: View All Kathy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Nick Altona, VIC 30th January 2012 7:19pm #UserID: 2663 Posts: |
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Lucy says... Hi Nick and Scott, On behalf of my neighbours many thanks for your kindness and generousity. Nick: to save you from packing and sending she prefers to pick up the cuttings locally. Scott: It would be nice if you could email me tranlucy66 @yahoo.com.au Please remove the space in between number 6 and the sign @ | About the Author Lucy Townsville 31st January 2012 8:02am #UserID: 0 Posts: |
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snottiegobble says... Ive just noticed my fluoro beetroot fleshed dragon has one bud on it which has inspired me to probably take more care of the plant. It is aprox. 150cm tall (tied up to a frame) in a fairly large pot with 4 or five 'branches' reaching that height. At the moment it shares the pot with an abundance of aloe veras. To encourage more flowers should I feed it &/or remove the aloes? | About the Author snottiegobble Bunno & Busso ( smack in the middle) 21st February 2012 3:34pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: |
