I have noticed at 3AM in the morning in my Australian location that we have bats which can pollinate my dragon 🐉 fruit for me when my seedlings get old enough. I have also noticed a moth pollinating some flowers 🌹 at that time of morning as well !
That feels so exciting! Id like to know all about growing dragonfruit. In d future i want to have a farm but for now, watching ur videos im trying home grown df plants. Thank u and very helpful!
I have learnt so much from your videos. Thank you. I have a red dragon fruit plant but don't know how to identify its proper name any hints you can give would be much appreciated.
Hi Richard, just joined your Facebook group to hopefully ask so many questions I have and learn. I'm new to dragon fruits, just planted my first cuttings but boy am I lost. I'm enjoying your videos and I'm learning some too so thanks for sharing.
Hi Richard i got some baby plant which is one and half years old, can I report them now? How often I have water it. Can you give me some tips . This is my first time trying to grow dragon fruit Here in Maldives it's very rare plant.
Hi Richard. Thank you for your videos. They are all very helpful. Considering self-pollinating vs self-sterile vs cross-pollinating. Which 3-4 varieties would you recommend a beginner dragon fruit grower starting with. Thanks!!!
Just curious I don’t know what varieties I read in a white fruit, the flowers always open in the middle of the night. I’ve noticed most of yours seem to open during the day, is that Variety dependent?
Hi Richard, your videos are always helpful and I really enjoy watching them. Can you tell me how many days it takes for the flower bud to open? Anh how do I know when it is about to open? Thanks a lot!
Great info, I have had grapefruit plants for several years and only have gotten a couple fruits, my flower and/ or my fruits drop off. Also I have noticed different sections seem to be rotting off, don’t know if it’s a disease or pest? Any ideas or information would be greatly appreciated
Hi Richard I got one variety of dragon fruit w/c is the pink one and starting to bloom so what I need is another variety to pollinate it as you mention. Could you provide me your save pollen like the vietnam white pollen so I can pollinate my first dragon fruit it kind of waste and frustrating if no fruit will bear. I live in national city ca. I can come to your place if you provide and pick it up.thanks
Richard please help me- I’m not sure what I did wrong but most of my red flesh flowers died after few days. I have 2 varieties - the white flesh and the red flesh . The white is self pollinate and we like to call it the “faithful tree”. It seems to give lot of fruit and very low maintenance. My other tree blossomed and all died last year. I just leaned that it need to be hand pollinated. I stayed up and waited guarding every night to do just that. Well I have 20% success and feel frustrated. What did I do wrong here? Do you cross pollinate the 2 varieties for better chance? Is it the only option? Thanks
I'd like to know when I can start collect the pollen and hand pollination after found my Red Dragon fruit flowers was bloom, Day after that or....? Day or night time will better? Thank you
Hi Richard. Ive been following your videos. Maybe you can assist me?I am from South Africa. Of the 122 million hectares at this stage only 20 hectares are utilised for farming dragon fruit. A very rare fruit here. I have about 100 vietnamese plants that i grew from seed. I was wondering if you could assist me with aquiring other varieties' seeds. Preferably the purple varieties like haleys comet or royal red with purple flesh.
Hi, I am looking at getting some Frankies red df and grafting it too Viennese white rootstock in your experience would this make for a stronger faster-growing df?
Hi good morning, I have the red jaina dragon fruit. I didn't know it wasn't self sterile and that I need pollin from another dragon fruit plant. So now I'm freaking out because I have been about 2years for it to flowers and now it has to buds.
Curiosity what state you from Richard? I live in Georgia and I’ve been going to the farmers market and buy white, red and yellow dragon fruit and it’s not sweet at all. Maybe bc it’s not fresh???
Try Richard's Facebook group. There are a lot of growers there who will sell or trade. Richard was recommending someone in Moorpark, Try also calpoly in Pomona
My flower didnt fully bloom, it was slump down and from the looks of it rot away. I dont know if it has polinate itself , preparing to have a dead flower :(
I need some information sir which month is perfect for planting the dragon fruit because I want to plant it in my field I'm farmer hope you will give some suggestions
I plant a dragon tree 2 year ago,,,,this year my tree give five fruit but my three fruit become yellow and then died,,,,,,why this hapend I don’t know,,,, can you explain any thing
Hi Richard, what I want to know is what position are your dragon fruits in, how much sun do they get? Is it in part shade at any time during the day? Thanks.
Hello Richard ..can you please tell me a few dragon fruits varieties that can grow well in high elevation or attitudes on the tropical mountains back In the Caribbean (1500 ft above sea level )
I seem to have a sterile dragon fruit plant- what I’m wondering is if I collect the pollen, will it cross pollinate a different dragon fruit plant? Or is it useless overall. I appreciate your help, I am a beginner in the dragon fruit world.
You can pollinate other types of Dragon Fruit. I'm new myself, but I've learned a lot from Richard's videos and his Facebook group. Sugar dragon and Vietnam white are universal pollinater. I can't remember the other ones.
@@GraftingDragonFruit I figured that since your videos are so popular. You must have lots of questions to answer. I can pass what I have learned from you and everyone on the Facebook page.😄
Waaahhhooooo!!! You're close to me.... would love some cuttings of different varieties! Maybe we can do a crop share?? ;) My bf and I are religious watchers and you inspired us to grow.. ♡ Also getting all my gardening friends into your channel !!
I have a question. I have planted my dragon fruit a week ago and am waiting for it to root and it still has not. How long does it take for them to set roots? I have it in shade and have watered the base of it about twice a week since its very hot here. The one thing to not is the actual cutting still has the bottom intact, the part that links two segments of the plant together. Should I but that section off and then try again?
A good gardener knows when to let nature take it's course. Just leave it alone haha. After a week or two of planting the cutting is still getting used to the soil and it's surroundings. Just be patient.
Richy, will you consider selling me variety of seeds, yellow, red, asunta etc? Trying to get into dragon fruit planting/grafting, but need to start with “Good” and Tested roots
It's the same species. It would be the same as using the same pollen on the same flower. Cross pollination is from 2 species pollinating each other. You can then use the seed from that fruit to produce your own specie.
Richard, brother!!! Why would my dragon fruit keep dropping all the flowers above 5 or so days after they bloom? A little back story, this plant came to my driveway after a storm about 3 years ago. First year after planting it grew like crazy (still does) second year had maybe 5-10 flowers, this year brother it’s dropped at least 20-30 flowers. I’ve been trying to pollinate them as you’ve described. It seems like they start to just slightly get a hint of red and fall right off. What do you think?
Hi, Richard! Can you ship/forward couple of those (leavescut)American beauties here in the bukidnon Philippines. I can arrange my brothers in Cali to call you for some detail on express forwarding. ?
Just started growing dragon fruit now have first flower forming this video was very helpful Thank you for sharing
Stunning flower 👍
Nice 🌱💚
Wow. Super awesome. Love it.
Thanks Richard!
You have wonderful day!
Felicidades, Richard!!, saludos desde Campeche, México.
I have noticed at 3AM in the morning in my Australian location that we have bats which can pollinate my dragon 🐉 fruit for me when my seedlings get old enough.
I have also noticed a moth pollinating some flowers 🌹 at that time of morning as well !
Cool
Ty for the info, it helps alot!
I have done hand pollination but flower is falling off by turning yellow!!
What should be done to get fruit??
get other varieties for cross pollination
This time you have nice different hairstyles look natural
Perfect video on collecting pollon from your dragons !
Awesome! Thanks for sharing
Thank you
I wish you a great season, and abundant fruit.
Hi sir I'm from India and good video
That feels so exciting! Id like to know all about growing dragonfruit. In d future i want to have a farm but for now, watching ur videos im trying home grown df plants. Thank u and very helpful!
So it 😊
Looks great! Are you considering selling cuttings from some of your less common varieties? Theyre difficult to find anywhere lol
Hi Mathew I sell cuttings from three different varieties
@@juancarlosnavarrogarcia7000 hi Juan, do you ship to the uk?
Juan Carlos Navarro García hey, where can I contact you, and what varieties are you selling?
I think you can order them at spicey excotics or go to his facebook group an ask members
I will learn from you soon
Nice and very good information. Thank you
I have learnt so much from your videos. Thank you. I have a red dragon fruit plant but don't know how to identify its proper name any hints you can give would be much appreciated.
Loved this video, so helpful
Live video feed sounds awesome
Hi Richard, just joined your Facebook group to hopefully ask so many questions I have and learn. I'm new to dragon fruits, just planted my first cuttings but boy am I lost. I'm enjoying your videos and I'm learning some too so thanks for sharing.
Awesome !!!
Hi Richard, thx for sharing! Wow my son scott (32 yrs) looks like you a lot!
Hi Richard i got some baby plant which is one and half years old, can I report them now? How often I have water it. Can you give me some tips . This is my first time trying to grow dragon fruit Here in Maldives it's very rare plant.
Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Cool.
Can there be change in taste or texture of fruit if we crosspollinate with another species of pollen?
for sure
Congratulations bro keep on updating bro
Hi bro.how are doing?..you are doing a great work ..Really helpful and waiting
for your new updates by lover of dragon fruit from india.(kerala)
Hi Richard. Thank you for your videos. They are all very helpful. Considering self-pollinating vs self-sterile vs cross-pollinating. Which 3-4 varieties would you recommend a beginner dragon fruit grower starting with. Thanks!!!
Lisa, black dragon, american beauty, palora, sugar dragon
Hi richard my name is juan i do watch your videos...about dragon fruit plants. I have plants that i dont know varieties ....what city do you love
This content I really like, there are some content in common with you
Just curious I don’t know what varieties I read in a white fruit, the flowers always open in the middle of the night. I’ve noticed most of yours seem to open during the day, is that Variety dependent?
interesting question. I think their timeclock is still tropics. But could be genetica too
Hi Richard, your videos are always helpful and I really enjoy watching them. Can you tell me how many days it takes for the flower bud to open? Anh how do I know when it is about to open? Thanks a lot!
они бесподобные!!!!!
Can you pollinate it’s own pollen..Reason I ask is I only have 1 dragon fruit flower
Great info, I have had grapefruit plants for several years and only have gotten a couple fruits, my flower and/ or my fruits drop off. Also I have noticed different sections seem to be rotting off, don’t know if it’s a disease or pest? Any ideas or information would be greatly appreciated
Hi Richard
I got one variety of dragon fruit w/c is the pink one and starting to bloom so what I need is another variety to pollinate it as you mention. Could you provide me your save pollen like the vietnam white pollen so I can pollinate my first dragon fruit it kind of waste and frustrating if no fruit will bear. I live in national city ca. I can come to your place if you provide and pick it up.thanks
Hi Richard, do you know where i can buy pollinating for dragon fruit i live in sanJose
Richard please help me- I’m not sure what I did wrong but most of my red flesh flowers died after few days. I have 2 varieties - the white flesh and the red flesh . The white is self pollinate and we like to call it the “faithful tree”. It seems to give lot of fruit and very low maintenance. My other tree blossomed and all died last year. I just leaned that it need to be hand pollinated. I stayed up and waited guarding every night to do just that. Well I have 20% success and feel frustrated. What did I do wrong here? Do you cross pollinate the 2 varieties for better chance? Is it the only option? Thanks
in the mean time, how do you keep the pollens fertile?
So american beauty is self pollinating? I was just told that it needs a pollinator
I'd like to know when I can start collect the pollen and hand pollination after found my Red Dragon fruit flowers was bloom, Day after that or....? Day or night time will better?
Thank you
How long does the flower stay open? Is it necessary to hand pollinate as in your video?
max 24 hours
Hi Richard.
Ive been following your videos. Maybe you can assist me?I am from South Africa. Of the 122 million hectares at this stage only 20 hectares are utilised for farming dragon fruit. A very rare fruit here. I have about 100 vietnamese plants that i grew from seed. I was wondering if you could assist me with aquiring other varieties' seeds. Preferably the purple varieties like haleys comet or royal red with purple flesh.
It depends on your local market and climate. Test is best..
Hello Richard can you use polone from prickly pear tree in dragon fruit flowers 🌹
nope
Hi, I am looking at getting some Frankies red df and grafting it too Viennese white rootstock in your experience would this make for a stronger faster-growing df?
Yes
No need like that, just take bit with finger and put it on, if we have thousand dragon flower if we do it like that it will finish 2 days latter
Ty👍👍🇩🇿💪
Hi can someone tell me containers to use to freeze the pollen ???
zip bag
Hi good morning, I have the red jaina dragon fruit. I didn't know it wasn't self sterile and that I need pollin from another dragon fruit plant. So now I'm freaking out because I have been about 2years for it to flowers and now it has to buds.
get other varieties or ask someone to send some pollon via mail
Curiosity what state you from Richard? I live in Georgia and I’ve been going to the farmers market and buy white, red and yellow dragon fruit and it’s not sweet at all. Maybe bc it’s not fresh???
Hi Richard, how can I get the "Tricia" veriety. I live in Alhambra, CA. Is there a place I can buy or shared? Thx!
Try Richard's Facebook group. There are a lot of growers there who will sell or trade. Richard was recommending someone in Moorpark, Try also calpoly in Pomona
So you start counting 45 days from the self pollination date. Is this safe to say for any dragon fruit? What about sugar dragons?
My flower didnt fully bloom, it was slump down and from the looks of it rot away. I dont know if it has polinate itself , preparing to have a dead flower :(
how to created new varieties of dragon
I need some information sir which month is perfect for planting the dragon fruit because I want to plant it in my field I'm farmer hope you will give some suggestions
Bom dia. Qual a possibilidade de traduzir para lingua portugesa. Excelente método de polinização. Muito obrigado pelo vídeo.
Can I ask you question? Will the fruit set as long as pollinate while the flower is open? Or can you pollinate too late even if the flower is open?
I do not think so...
Do you ship cuttings to Hawaii?
Awsome! Can you tell me if all types of dragon fruit blossoms white?
Some have pink flowers like Bruni, Connie Mayer
Hello what variations of dragon fruits are self pollinating that I can start growing??
you can check his facebook page
I plant a dragon tree 2 year ago,,,,this year my tree give five fruit but my three fruit become yellow and then died,,,,,,why this hapend I don’t know,,,, can you explain any thing
It might need to cross pollinate with another variety of dragon fruit.
I love how huge and beautiful the flower is. But yeah, you were a bit rough with that poor thing. LOL
Richard when you collect pollen do you put it in the freezer right away or do you leave it out for a little while?
use sealed bag in fridge
My flowers die off without producing fruit. What am I doing wrong?
Sounds like you need to cross pollinate
What’s the best way to save the pollen. I heard you let it dry out for an hr. I heard some after refrigerate. Some freeze it.
try all 3 😊
My son told me they (scott my daughter kathy)went to same school with you
A cutting I potted 3 weeks ago is flowering. Would I need to remove the flowers? I think it is now growing roots. Thanks.
you can let it fall of by itself
Hi Richard, what I want to know is what position are your dragon fruits in, how much sun do they get? Is it in part shade at any time during the day? Thanks.
This depends where you live. But the more win the better. However some varieties like less win...
sun
It's a golden yellow dragon fruit a self fértil species
Do you graft with two different variety? If so how do the fruit taste? Thanks for the videos.
Yes, on with strong rootstock. Such as Vietnam white
How do you save collected pollen how long we can use
Watch Richard's other video about it ua-cam.com/video/Rd4-LAI7q-Y/v-deo.html
Hello Richard ..can you please tell me a few dragon fruits varieties that can grow well in high elevation or attitudes on the tropical mountains back In the Caribbean (1500 ft above sea level )
most would do well
Hi buddy, how long do I have to wait for the plants to produce buds?
Depends on age. I waited 1 year to get 1 bud. The next year I have 9 buds. Of course it was purchased already 1 year old.
I seem to have a sterile dragon fruit plant- what I’m wondering is if I collect the pollen, will it cross pollinate a different dragon fruit plant? Or is it useless overall. I appreciate your help, I am a beginner in the dragon fruit world.
You can pollinate other types of Dragon Fruit. I'm new myself, but I've learned a lot from Richard's videos and his Facebook group. Sugar dragon and Vietnam white are universal pollinater. I can't remember the other ones.
Thank you @Kristina Pham for helping others out by answer all these questions!! You are the best!
@@GraftingDragonFruit I figured that since your videos are so popular. You must have lots of questions to answer. I can pass what I have learned from you and everyone on the Facebook page.😄
Waaahhhooooo!!! You're close to me.... would love some cuttings of different varieties! Maybe we can do a crop share?? ;) My bf and I are religious watchers and you inspired us to grow.. ♡ Also getting all my gardening friends into your channel !!
I need help on my dragon fruit I'm not sure what's wrong with it im new to growing it
I have a question. I have planted my dragon fruit a week ago and am waiting for it to root and it still has not. How long does it take for them to set roots? I have it in shade and have watered the base of it about twice a week since its very hot here. The one thing to not is the actual cutting still has the bottom intact, the part that links two segments of the plant together. Should I but that section off and then try again?
A good gardener knows when to let nature take it's course. Just leave it alone haha. After a week or two of planting the cutting is still getting used to the soil and it's surroundings. Just be patient.
Make sure it is warm
Richy, will you consider selling me variety of seeds, yellow, red, asunta etc? Trying to get into dragon fruit planting/grafting, but need to start with “Good” and Tested roots
You have just Started flowering? We started last month.
What is the difference using finger and brush when pollinating?
not much
Question: How many days can you store the collected pollen?
Store in fridge in sealed bag. I was told about a month.
Bro it's necessary to do this process
If the variety isn’t self fertile. Yes it’s essential to cross pollinate
А дома в квартире можно такое вырастить???
Im in bitswana want to kniw if weather ok
What kind of fertilizer does a dragon plant required. Iam from Bangalore, India
Ground but cake or peanut cake, neem cake and cowdung powder and that's all dragon fruit needs. No excessive watering. Need good sunlight.
chicken manure, wormcastings, magnesium, potasium etc
Where to buy this type of dragons fruit plant.
I want to buy yellow dragon fruit tree did you sell it
i have two dragon flowers are on the same branch, can i cross pollinate them
It's the same species. It would be the same as using the same pollen on the same flower. Cross pollination is from 2 species pollinating each other. You can then use the seed from that fruit to produce your own specie.
How many df can you put in one pot with trellis?
I would say 3. But only if same variety. else roots compete for domination
Richard, brother!!! Why would my dragon fruit keep dropping all the flowers above 5 or so days after they bloom? A little back story, this plant came to my driveway after a storm about 3 years ago. First year after planting it grew like crazy (still does) second year had maybe 5-10 flowers, this year brother it’s dropped at least 20-30 flowers. I’ve been trying to pollinate them as you’ve described. It seems like they start to just slightly get a hint of red and fall right off. What do you think?
lack of nutritions probaby
How long can you save the pollen for?
max 1 month in sealed bag in fridge i have been told
How long can I keep the pollen? Do I need to keep it in the fridge?
Yes. a month or so
Bom dia, tem como colocar legendas em português???
Where can I buy the dragon fruit cuttings?
Spicyexotics.com
More videos
Hi, Richard!
Can you ship/forward couple of those (leavescut)American beauties here in the bukidnon Philippines. I can arrange my brothers in Cali to call you for some detail on express forwarding. ?
Can I please please please have your varieties of seed🙏😁
How do you store the pollen?
Bridge, seeled bag