My Edibles: Pitaya Dragon Fruit NSW

Pitaya - Vietnam Dragon Fruit (Cutting)

Growing: In the Ground

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit (Cutting)

Growing: In the Ground

Pitaya - Yellow Dragon Fruit (Cutting)

Planted: 2012

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pitaya - Vietnam Dragon Fruit

Pitaya - Red Fleshed Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus)

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Autumn 2011: I like the flavour of the flesh better than the white fleshed-red. Mine are currently only teeny tiny seedlings which are going to take FOREVER to fruit but I am a patient woman. :O)

Summer 2011: Am also now the proud owner of a cutting (thank you John!). Fingers crossed that it strikes!!!

Summer 2012: Success! We already have a new shoot on the cutting! The seedlings are also coming along... they are about 3cm tall now! The yellows are growing SO MUCH faster they are all over 20 cm (except where they have snapped in half and now have heaps of little branches)!

Planted: 2011

Height 2 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Pollination: No

Pitaya - Vietnam Dragon Fruit

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2011 Winter: Growing them from collected seeds. I know that they will take a million years to fruit but I don't know anyone who has a big one for me to take a cutting.

Summer 2011: Am also now the proud owner of a cutting (thank you John!). Fingers crossed that it strikes!!!

Summer 2012: I have a new shoot on John's cutting! So excited!

Planted: 2011

Height 1 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 3

Pollination: No

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit

Comments: -

These are the red skinned white fleshed variety. Very fragile and need support (mine are growing up palm trees). Strikes easily from cuttings.

Winter 2011: I recently found out that they won't branch and flower (or fruit) if you let it get too tall. Apparently you only let the main stem grow to max 2 m and then force it to turn. So I have very carefully peels the majority of it off the palm tree and carefully laid it over our patio frame.

Summer 2011: Success - I have side branches on both!

Planted: 2009

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

ants like to eat the growing tips = dragon's blood spray (blended garlic, habanero, and dishwashing liquid - DO NOT GET IT IN YOUR EYES!)

Pitaya - Yellow Dragon Fruit

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit ^8/10

Comments: -

Newly acquired so will see how it goes..might plant out along my fence eventually..

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit (Cutting)

Comments: -

Struggling. I think the frost will get it sooner or later, even though its planted beside the water tank.

Height 0.1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pitaya - Yellow Dragon Fruit (Cutting)

Comments: -

Struggling. I think the frost will eventually get it even though its planted beside a huge water tank.

Planted: 2010

Height 0.1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit (Cutting) ^5/10

Comments: - Slow growing but I dont give it any attention.  Growing up the trunk of a dead tree. 

Planted: 2007

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Compost, Dynamic Lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: Snails have a go at the new growth - handpick to control

Organic Status:Organic

Pitaya - Yellow Dragon Fruit ^7/10

Comments: - Growing mine up an old tree trunk.

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Compost, Dynamic Lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

Pitaya - Yellow Dragon Fruit (Cutting) ^5/10

Comments: - tasty health food

Planted: 2011

Organic Status:Organic

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit

Growing: In a Pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Bought last year still in a pot... well fell over and broke now in two pots..

Pitaya - Yellow Dragon Fruit

Comments: -

steady

Pest Control:

winter protection

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit ^9/10

Comments: -

Fruited in first late summer

Fruiting Months March

Pest Control:

Winter protection from rot

Pitaya - Vietnam Dragon Fruit (Cutting) ^6/10

Comments: -

Steady

Pest Control:

Only winter protection

Pitaya - Yellow Dragon Fruit (Cutting)

Height 0.5 metres

Qty: 2

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit ^1/10

Fruiting Months November

Planted: 2008

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 1 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years after I planted Cutting

Water Given in: Spring

When I Fertilise: Never

Question:

How to hang the stems of the plant as it looks very messy and falling off from the wires or wire broken

Comments

Hey I'm having a problem with my dragon fruit it has flowers but then they drop and don't fruit what am I doing wrong can you help me

Pitaya - Vietnam Dragon Fruit (Cutting) ^9/10

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The one in the picture shown was bought from another supplier but it's the same type as the Vietnam Dragon fruit. The fruits are so much more sweeter than the bland ones you get from the shops.I just put together a trellis and is growing the yellow variety in the ground. Hopefully it will give me more fruits.

Fruiting Months January, February, December

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit ^5/10

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Autumn

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Pitaya - Pearl Dragon Fruit

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit ^10/10

Comments: - a small piece broke off so am starting it in the garden...no results yet but it is still alive

Height 2.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: nil

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit (Cutting)

Comments: -

Not sure which one.

Qty: 2

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit

Pitaya - Yellow Dragon Fruit (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: - The yellow dragon fruit  climbing up my work shop verandah is the one on the left which came from Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery the one that came from you people by Mail Order. The one on the right came from you Daleys but via a local nursery.

Pitaya - Vietnam Dragon Fruit ^6/10

Comments: -

yet to put in ground. have been over wintering. also having hot discussion with husband about where i can put it. has continued to grow over winter in pot.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pest Control:

none needed yet

Organic Status:Organic