5 Tips How to grow a ton of dragon fruit

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  • @krist3nmari38
    @krist3nmari38 3 роки тому +52

    I found your method last year during quarantine. Ive been struggling for 3 years to get them to trail up and over a pole, never getting flower buds. Proud to announce after using this method i now have a budding plant with ants coming in very interested 🙌🏼 thanks mate, its hard to get an australian video abour dragonfruit, i appreciate your videos alot. Cheers! 🙌🏼

  • @refreshfr
    @refreshfr 7 років тому +204

    I'm not into gardening, hell, I don't even have a garden, but for some reason I like watching your videos. I like your voice, laid-back style. It's always pleasant to see someone nice enjoying what he's doing. Cheers mate!

    • @Selfsufficientme
      @Selfsufficientme  7 років тому +21

      Thank you very much, I'm wrapped that you are watching regardless of not being into gardening! Hopefully, I can convert you one day lol... Cheers mate :)

    • @gggusc11
      @gggusc11 7 років тому +1

      refreshfr - word!

    • @XTCBiscuit
      @XTCBiscuit 7 років тому +5

      I think you like it coz he's a man of the future. He represents what humans need to be for our world to be peaceful and fruitful. Traits of critical-minded openness, politeness, compassion, respectfulness, etc are what our world sorely needs if we are to step away from all the suffering that currently plagues it.

    • @loretorodriguez6906
      @loretorodriguez6906 7 років тому

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    • @jackjack-bw8ks
      @jackjack-bw8ks 5 років тому

      Just give it a try, start with something simple and trust me you will become a gardening fanatic.

  • @camdavbax
    @camdavbax 7 років тому +360

    The Steve Irwin of gardening. Love it

    • @SUPERTALIPA
      @SUPERTALIPA 5 років тому

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    • @nodustechnologies3989
      @nodustechnologies3989 4 роки тому +11

      It's clearly Russel Crowe...

    • @tyme4achnge86
      @tyme4achnge86 4 роки тому +2

      Spot on!😂

    • @joelconcesso8270
      @joelconcesso8270 4 роки тому +1

      Lol😂😂

    • @amandajlemen
      @amandajlemen 3 роки тому +1

      Yes!!!!

  • @JustinKing1
    @JustinKing1 4 роки тому +5

    Give this guy a TV show! Better content than most mainstream. Keep up the great videos. Be well

  • @ryanduckering
    @ryanduckering 5 років тому +41

    I love the action shot moving around the dragonfruit as if its some kind of rare and dangerous multi-headed snake. Very steve irwinesque hahaha.

  • @lauraflasch7749
    @lauraflasch7749 7 років тому +18

    Thank you so much. Lots of much needed information for my newest addition to the garden. I was just about ready to remove a huge stump caused by our recent hurricane Irma. Now it can stay and be a wonderful stand for my dragon. Have a wonderful day!

  • @c4manke
    @c4manke 4 роки тому +2

    I was so glad to stumble onto this channel because of this video, after I subscribed and have been watching ever since. I was lucky enough to have a chance at eating yellow dragon fruit just last year as locally (chicago) they sell the red variety with the white flesh that is very muted in flavor. The yellows have become my literal gold standard for suggesting this fruit. I try to give them to people who have never had them, but at $10/piece that gets steep. I recently had a dream that I was in a yard surrounded by this lovely fruit, that is now my goal in life. Thank you Mark for changing my life, just by doing what you love and sharing it with all of us.

  • @benderrodriquez
    @benderrodriquez 7 років тому +34

    I love putting the white and red varieties together in a fruit salad, makes it look really good.

    • @Selfsufficientme
      @Selfsufficientme  7 років тому +4

      I bet that looks magic! And, tastes good too... :)

    • @vfmacias
      @vfmacias 5 років тому +1

      Uhmmm the edible fruit is the same clear/white color the shell color isn't edible to out on salads 🤔🤦

    • @onyonable
      @onyonable 5 років тому

      How come is that look really good?? THe fruit flesh are of the same colour lmao

    • @Murpitsi1
      @Murpitsi1 5 років тому +11

      There is dragon fruit with red color flesh for you two wondering.

    • @onyonable
      @onyonable 5 років тому +1

      @@Murpitsi1 ahh, i see, you are right

  • @nonyadamnbusiness9887
    @nonyadamnbusiness9887 3 роки тому +6

    For those who haven't tried yellow dragon fruit, it's like a vanilla watermelon. The texture and sweetness of watermelon but the flavor is sugar and vanilla. It's really good.

    • @vivimannequin
      @vivimannequin 2 роки тому +2

      The yellow ones I've had before tasted no different than the red ones

    • @juliemcgugan1244
      @juliemcgugan1244 Рік тому +1

      Depends on the varierty. Some are very ‘meh,’ others are gorgeous. In general, I find the best red/burgundy coloured fruits taste very berry-like. The best white varieties laste more like vanilla mixed with melon and have a really smooth taste. Depends on your own personal preferences.

  • @patpatt4085
    @patpatt4085 7 років тому +44

    I had a piece of Dragon fruit while at work so I looked up how to grow it and came to this video. This video was so entertaining and made me laugh ....thanks for changing a dull day at work to a bit of fun!!!

  • @kathrynmat6857
    @kathrynmat6857 4 роки тому +13

    Had my first yellow dragon fruit today - DEEEELICIOUS!!! Oddly enough I had tried the red one a while back for the first time, and it was tasteless, so what a surprise when I tried the yellow one. Thanks for the tips, as at $5 US per fruit, somewhat out of my budget and will have to grow my own. Cheers!

    • @juliemcgugan1244
      @juliemcgugan1244 Рік тому

      Try different varieties. Some, red or white are very tasteless. Others are out of this world. I can’t say that either is better than the other, they both taste great. But you have to find the best varieties. Some breeders seem to have gone for size and shelf-life, over brix (sugar content,) and taste. But if you are lucky enough to live near where they grow it, you may find that the smaller varieties actually taste better. That’s the case where I live.

  • @veganeats8508
    @veganeats8508 5 років тому +23

    First time seeing a yellow one 👀. I always treat myself to the red ones and yes they are pricey. One can set you back about $6 these days.

  • @daynaandsteve
    @daynaandsteve 7 років тому +10

    Thanks for this video, the timing couldn't have been better! I was gifted with 12 cuttings from mature well producing plants, 3 types (yellow, red/red, and purple outside red inside). Now I know how to plant them properly.

  • @shama063
    @shama063 4 роки тому +2

    I did this two years ago and now I have a huge crop of dragon fruit from a plant in a big pot on a bench. So pleased this works. The trellis is going really well too.

  • @SeanC1959
    @SeanC1959 5 років тому +10

    Thanks Mark. Your video has really helped me as I've just recently planted some dragon fruit and was in the dark until now. I'm now an avid fan of your channel and subscriber. Now I'm going to venture into more self sufficient gardening thanks to you. Cheers mate. Keep up the great work

  • @realoz9419
    @realoz9419 7 років тому +186

    This Man is the next great Australian icon

    • @Selfsufficientme
      @Selfsufficientme  7 років тому +19

      You are too kind but thanks mate that's very nice of you to say... cheers :)

    • @cbryce9243
      @cbryce9243 6 років тому +7

      I am in the northwest part of the US and I am hooked on this channel. I wish I had that land! I have never seen a dragon fruit, I wonder if we could grow them here?

    • @CharlesCarabott
      @CharlesCarabott 6 років тому

      @@cbryce9243 it grows great here in Malta but we have very long dry hot summers and no frost.

  • @petersimcock163
    @petersimcock163 6 років тому +1

    As they say...a good salesman is someone who is passionate about what they sell. You are a lovely man with much passion, and have sold me. Thank you for your enthusiasm and ideas, from Peter of Shoalwater in Western Australia.

  • @barry7608
    @barry7608 7 місяців тому +2

    Thanks, I have had a very poor excuse for a ‘cactus’ ‘living’ in a tiny donkey planter with out a drainage hole for 30 years!! It was the mother in laws and simply refuses to die, thankfully as I love all sorts of plants. After this extended period it was identified as a Dragon fruit cactus and I’d love to give it some much deserved TLC. I live 100km north of Sydney and this little cactus lives in a micro climate, so it’s time to act, let’s see if it can respond. Thanks again.

  • @jdlitson
    @jdlitson 6 років тому +2

    Great video, thanks for sharing. I purchased a dragon fruit plant about a year ago and it’s on my patio. I’m going to move it outside and use your method.

  • @ourfloridagarden4191
    @ourfloridagarden4191 7 років тому +159

    That little bee was having the time of his life.

  • @cristiandelano4944
    @cristiandelano4944 6 років тому +1

    Thank you so much for such a wonderful description and instruccion, you must be from New Zealand , one of the friendliest and educated people I have meet in my 40 year career a an airline pilot

  • @MsFishingdog
    @MsFishingdog 7 років тому +27

    great video. I never thought dragon fruit would grow out of a pot like that. and fruit.

  • @sewingintrifocals-alisonde7778

    I think the hanging-down method makes a prettier dragon fruit plant. It reminds me a little of Christmas cactus or epiphyllums. Thanks for this informative video!
    I’ve never eaten fresh dragon fruit, just some mediocre dried fruit from the Trader Joe’s store. However, my son says the fresh fruit is delicious.
    Many of my Southern California neighbors are growing dragon fruit in their front yards/gardens. I suppose our climate is good!

  • @TheSethhunt
    @TheSethhunt 7 років тому +35

    Love dragon fruit spent some time growing up on a nursery with a large dragon fruit plantation. Interesting you chose to grow the least common yellow spiny ones. I personally prefer the red flesh one they grow big and don't have spines

    • @Selfsufficientme
      @Selfsufficientme  7 років тому +19

      Growing up on a nursery sounds like a great childhood to me! We do grow the red variety also but I actually prefer the yellow because they tend to set fruit easier here where we are and we love the slightly sweeter flavour but all dragon fruit a great in my opinion. Cheers :)

    • @Doctorcanniball
      @Doctorcanniball 6 років тому +3

      hey, i was wondering, does the dragon fruit varieties that are sold in store self pollinate most of the time?
      i'm having a hard time finding someone who know about it.

    • @kathrynmat6857
      @kathrynmat6857 4 роки тому +3

      Oh but the taste of the yellow variety is so superior. Maybe I just got a bad one, but I have only ever had one red one, and it was like eating moist paper, but LOVE the yellow.

  • @rachelwolfe2830
    @rachelwolfe2830 2 роки тому

    Thank you for your videos!! You’ve helped me in my garden immensely and I’m grateful. I’ve got dragonfruit in Southern California, we have an invasive species of Argentine ant that are incredible at farming every kind of pest, they cover my dragon fruit and flowers with aphids. I have all my plants surrounded in cinnamon and have to blast off ants and aphids daily. These ants are relentless and really love my artichokes, dragonfruit, pomegranate and okra. They are my arch nemesis in the garden and we fight it out daily.

  • @Starhunter1975
    @Starhunter1975 5 років тому

    I watched your video last year and got a dragon fruit cutting off my mum.
    This year my plant is going crazy. I have lots of flowers, there are ants living in the pot and the stand I made is working really well. Thanks for all the tips and it looks like in the next few days my first flower will open.

  • @Rizaflormpc
    @Rizaflormpc 4 роки тому +1

    I love dragon fruits also we have plants like that but its purple and sweet. Thank you for the tips . God bless you sir l. Keep on vlogging good tips .

  • @julietcollins2334
    @julietcollins2334 2 роки тому

    Thanks so much. I picked up a discarded plant from the side of the road, and building a trellis was a challenge for me so I'm very happy to see this easier method.

  • @alextynes9782
    @alextynes9782 4 роки тому

    I respect this guy to the fullest!! Now I have my own little garden and it’s my hubby

  • @nalingosalia7667
    @nalingosalia7667 4 роки тому

    sir, like most Australians , you make and look simpler. I learnt quite a lot, important , growing in a downward fashion. I am going to try my hands at it. You have magic hand and lots of interest in passing the knowledge

  • @penelopecoates
    @penelopecoates 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for giving me the get up and go to get back into it and have another go after many failed attempts!!

  • @Andysfishing
    @Andysfishing 5 років тому +15

    Nice one Mark. My red Dragon fruit do well here, but the yellows flower but I never get a dingle fruit. Pretty sure they fruit, but then fall off.

  • @nicolashachfeld3770
    @nicolashachfeld3770 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you, Iam living in Costa Rica , we have the pink dragonfruit.
    I will going to try it to
    plant.

  • @zusthebruce5083
    @zusthebruce5083 3 роки тому

    So inspiring thanks so much for the tips I wanna grow my own. I ate one for the first time a couple weeks ago, the yellow ones, I ended up buying a basket of them from the guy. I fell in love with the fruit and it’s health benefits.. The fruit is truely amazing

  • @nicoletobincairns
    @nicoletobincairns 2 роки тому +1

    You're right in relation to the ants. I have few green ants near my house, and I get lots of flowers but few fruit. But the dragonfruit plants near my passionfruit vine with lots of green ants get lots of fruit.

  • @lucibelarmino8010
    @lucibelarmino8010 6 років тому

    Thrilled to view your video on dragon fruit because of your five tips and most of all, just a pot and tree trunk will do for growing. No trellis! I hope to find a plant that will give fruit. Thank you for the tips.

  • @cc83jc85
    @cc83jc85 6 років тому +2

    I'm about to plant my 2 dragon plants- thanks to you! I only been following you for 2 weeks...you are next to Steve Irwin- the best Aussie bloke! Marietta in Brisbane

  • @interspeciesfamily8043
    @interspeciesfamily8043 7 років тому +6

    OWCH! Poor right arm.
    So loving the Dragon Fruit info.
    This family must have thEE best EVER health.

  • @cookiemonsta2200
    @cookiemonsta2200 5 років тому

    Awesome.
    You should have your own show.
    You're a natural!

  • @daniellejames8028
    @daniellejames8028 Рік тому

    DUDE, I LOVE YOU. I HAVE 4 and building that thing was gonna be my roadblock. You saved these guys! I CAN JUST GET A STUMP OR STONE!!! YOU HAVE BEEN SOOOOOOO HELPFUL!!!!! LOVE YOU. I appreciate you so much right meow❤️💚💛

  • @VikingTokyo
    @VikingTokyo 5 років тому +1

    Excellent video, I just bought some clippings and your video is the most informative and helpful that I've seen. I'm excited to start growing these amazing plants.

  • @daufy954
    @daufy954 Рік тому

    dude, 30 seconds into your video and i'm loving it already. how you bring the Steve Irwin vibe and his mimicry but for cacti, it's hilarious. and your way of doing the hanging down method with the pot on a stand is actually a great idea.

  • @odizzido
    @odizzido 7 років тому +10

    I want to live with someone like you for a year so I can learn everything.

    • @tomhackman8115
      @tomhackman8115 4 роки тому

      u dont need to live 1 year to learn how in 5 minutes in your home by watching reading through internet or books or magazines u can learn what ever u want to learn, we r not living in the stone age

    • @thairinkhudr4259
      @thairinkhudr4259 4 роки тому +1

      That's a really cool way to get hands-on experience. Nothing wrong with this way of learning. I'd say this is the best way to learn if you want to master a specific subject. Many great achievers have hands-on experience with their long-term mentors.

  • @hs5hdrtv
    @hs5hdrtv 6 років тому

    I grow it in Thailand 🇹🇭. Easy just like you told me. Thx. 💞💞💞👍✌👌

  • @indica77
    @indica77 5 років тому +5

    I don't know why but I'm getting some wild kratz vibe. Great info By the way.

  • @milkweeddreams8828
    @milkweeddreams8828 6 років тому +3

    What a hoot, awesome video, gave me great ideas for the plant I just bought and I just happen to have an old stump...g-day from Florida...

  • @SolidGoldShows
    @SolidGoldShows 4 роки тому

    The yellow one is the best dragon fruit of all. It is very sweet 😊

  • @RosieBeeBuns
    @RosieBeeBuns 6 років тому +2

    I've been failing at getting my plants to fruit for 3 years 😅haha!! will give your method a go and see what happens. Great video thanks!

    • @porkfied
      @porkfied 6 років тому

      He does have a great idea,I am going to this too.

  • @Brosky73
    @Brosky73 2 місяці тому

    Wish this was recommended to me earlier... This is way better than other people's videos!

  • @jessicaangeles1122
    @jessicaangeles1122 4 роки тому

    Your tips are very helpful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.

  • @dipeshlimbu3870
    @dipeshlimbu3870 3 роки тому

    Thank you for the very useful information and tips. I am planting my first cuttings given by a friend.

  • @nelsonlobo3615
    @nelsonlobo3615 2 роки тому +12

    Single tip to eat lots of dragon fruit.... Buy a house next to Self Sufficient Me farm.

  • @jescowan26
    @jescowan26 7 років тому +8

    You have the best info for Aussie home gardeners thank you and keep up the great vids

    • @Selfsufficientme
      @Selfsufficientme  7 років тому +2

      Thanks mate! Cheers :)

    • @jescowan26
      @jescowan26 7 років тому

      Self Sufficient Me , I want to use a living tree... It's in full harsh sun and wind exposed

    • @lauranilsen8988
      @lauranilsen8988 7 місяців тому

      @@Selfsufficientmemost of your ideas work well for SW Houston are too!

  • @Jelinaken
    @Jelinaken 7 років тому

    Hi,
    I have dragon fruit seedlings (6 months old). And people told me to tie them so they can climb up, but after seeing your video I'm going to untie them and just let them grow down :)
    Thanks for your interesting video!

    • @Selfsufficientme
      @Selfsufficientme  7 років тому

      Yes if you already have them up on something then letting them hang works fine also - both ways are good depending on what you want. Cheers :)

  • @TheMoreYouGrow
    @TheMoreYouGrow 5 років тому +1

    I am planting dragon fruit in some 9 inch hanging baskets and will eventually plant the in a larger container once they need more room. I grew these from send and know I don’t really know that I’m getting, but my question is should I just plant one per container or would it be ok to plant 2 per container? Thanks!

  • @matthewwisniewski6284
    @matthewwisniewski6284 5 років тому

    I grow dragon fruit in Melbourne and they grow so fast and fruit. Great tropical fruit for a cool climate

  • @TroyEagan
    @TroyEagan 4 роки тому

    Just got a yellow dragon fruit cutting! Very excited to add this to my garden.

  • @tonigolik676
    @tonigolik676 5 років тому +2

    Thanks, Mark, this was not only informative but entertaining to watch. I've just purchased my first dragon fruit tree, so hopefully following your tips I will get some fruit soon. Cheers

    • @Selfsufficientme
      @Selfsufficientme  5 років тому

      Great stuff Toni I hope they grow well for you! Cheers :)

  • @yummycherrys
    @yummycherrys 7 років тому +3

    This is how I fond your channel with your other dragon fruit videos. I might just try growing mine this way. Thanks for the new tip update.

  • @amilee4460
    @amilee4460 5 років тому

    Thanks so much ...your method the best ...pot on stumps....easy...going to have a gala time planting all the cuttings from a very overcrowded d.f. plants...cheers

  • @jasonbryan8683
    @jasonbryan8683 4 роки тому

    A few years ago I saw your video. Now I advocate this method

  • @roberttamez9945
    @roberttamez9945 4 роки тому +1

    I love watching your videos. I have been watching from the first one and working towards the most current. Because of your dragon fruit videos I bought one today. I hope I can grow it!

  • @JazzMeUinFLUSA
    @JazzMeUinFLUSA 5 років тому +2

    Wow! I'm amazed with ur dragon fruit. New subscriber here. I have 3 month- old dragon fruit and it just started to sprout more stems or shoots. I will follow you tips. Thank you!

  • @pauladams5764
    @pauladams5764 6 років тому

    mate just a tip what we do in Thailand. We put a old bike wheel at the top of the pot it lets the plant spread out on top, easy to pick.

    • @porkfied
      @porkfied 6 років тому

      Great Idea mate.

  • @KAlto-bq8uv
    @KAlto-bq8uv 3 роки тому

    Great tips mate. Im planting a few dragonfruit this weekend your vid helped a lot. Cheers.

  • @jamessang5027
    @jamessang5027 3 роки тому

    I love the idea of growing the plant high! Easy!

  • @leekarylle4896
    @leekarylle4896 4 роки тому +1

    I enjoyed this video. Thank you, I will apply all these tips to manage my dragon fruit plant❤️

  • @teresabarrett8676
    @teresabarrett8676 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much. I can’t build a trellis so what relief to know I don’t have to.

  • @GP-jp5rj
    @GP-jp5rj 4 роки тому

    Excellent presentation and very informative.... thanks!! I am very eager to grow this yellow variety of Dragon fruit...how can I get some cuttings (seedling)?

  • @KimberleyRauchelle
    @KimberleyRauchelle 6 років тому

    Thank you very much for being so nice so Frank and straightforward and not having any stupid music playing in the background and any trumpets blowing at the beginning and it was very informative and I'm about to do it today

  • @Ryan-xh7pe
    @Ryan-xh7pe 2 роки тому

    Surely one fruit I wish more than anything else could be grown in ct us, such beauty’s!

  • @jaromil
    @jaromil 4 роки тому +3

    Love watching your channel out here in California. Useful tips!

  • @leahburey5168
    @leahburey5168 2 роки тому +1

    Great video. One question, how many plants do you have in the one pot? Thanks

  • @fairdinkumauzi8763
    @fairdinkumauzi8763 5 років тому

    I like the idea of using gravity to do the growing. What a genius on the farm.

  • @SCWood
    @SCWood 5 років тому

    I got a cool little graft from Epcot. It came in a jar and was growing in a bunch of gel. I put it in my pot and it grew insanely well.

  • @lilibutterfield8138
    @lilibutterfield8138 4 роки тому

    I love your method of growing dragon fruit.

  • @hopsk1ppyjumpdownunder905
    @hopsk1ppyjumpdownunder905 6 років тому +1

    I’ve written the most blogs in my section. Love it

  • @TheCamfam87
    @TheCamfam87 6 років тому +2

    Great info! I just picked up some cuttings and am hoping for success. Loved the bloopers at the end, lol!

  • @jenniferprescott8655
    @jenniferprescott8655 6 років тому +1

    Oooooooo! I want to grow this!. I saw one in the store this morn..$5.60 for one fruit!..I've neever tasted one, my son has and is on board to give it a go.

  • @sabin97
    @sabin97 5 років тому

    i had a dragon fruit plant, but my soil doesnt drain very well.....it grew up to a certain point then kinda got stuck.....took forever to die off, but it eventually did.....now i know how to do it right.
    thanks!

  • @berthayellowfinch5471
    @berthayellowfinch5471 5 років тому +2

    Thank you so much for this video. But I have to say it did "start something" around here. Now my family wants to plant Dragon Fruit!

  • @MrYoyoyoh
    @MrYoyoyoh 7 років тому

    Thank you for the video, my aunt and uncle have dragonfruit flowering right now. It's years old and flowered last year but didnt set fruit, hopefully we'll see some this year. Cheers !

    • @Selfsufficientme
      @Selfsufficientme  7 років тому

      Thank you and best of luck with your Aunt's and Uncle's dragon fruit setting fruit! Cheers :)

  • @eneidarios6221
    @eneidarios6221 6 років тому +1

    Thank you so much for your information- I just received a small dragon fruit cutting and am very excited about it!Can the dragon fruit climb on a wall and fruit from there?

  • @Lou2U2-hn1qq
    @Lou2U2-hn1qq 6 місяців тому +2

    But how many plants per container ?

  • @barneybetelgeuse6273
    @barneybetelgeuse6273 4 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing your knowledge with people 🙂👍

  • @AllToyCollector
    @AllToyCollector 4 роки тому +9

    Ingenious!

  • @bluishaqua7758
    @bluishaqua7758 5 років тому +1

    wow it is my first time to see yellow dragon fruits. thanks for the video, i am a new subscriber.

  • @michaelborror4399
    @michaelborror4399 5 років тому

    The Pitaya or dragon fruit, with a reedy shade over the top, could be associated with the Sphinx... or rectangular land plots along a line, next to prickly pears in squares and a circle...

  • @romygime5822
    @romygime5822 5 років тому

    I am growing them mostly in pots but it never give fruit in five years i got about ten plants the one in the ground fruit every second year and I have to care for them a lot in winter from frost it can get -4 dg I will try stand them high Thank you for very informative video

    • @ARIES_SCORPION
      @ARIES_SCORPION 5 років тому +1

      try tipping your plant cold weather stuns the growth. low light it will grow but thin and will not produce it needs a dry period.. if you hit the right conditions a happy plant is a fruitful plant ;) keep it warm, well fertalized, well lit and only hanging branches can produce flowers usually, tipping the ends may help they like alot of organic matter treat it like a garden plant that needs lots of care light cycles can force flowering aswell

  • @emypena
    @emypena 5 років тому +1

    I like your energetic presentation. I didnt know that you can grow dragon fruit this way. For me I just planted my dragon fruit on the fence using the steel bar as trellis. I was able to harvest 5 medium size fruits this year.

  • @seekingseeds3727
    @seekingseeds3727 7 років тому

    Great informative video. As soon as I saw how you had it planted I had an epiphany. My awesome Cambodian neighbor showed me how he was growing a bunch of Pitaya at his place. They were planted at the base of trees cut off at around chest height to act as something for them to climb. Ultimately, they would have done the cascade, but due to the fact we live in the very wet tropics, they did well for a time and then would get this horrible, skeletonizing rot that would start from the base and eat its way up the Pitaya's sections. They survived, but they were not in any shape to be thinking about producing fruits.
    I think how you have them up in pots *on top* of the stump may be the solution we need here for out particular climate. We get anywhere from 380-500cm of water in normal years here, so even if root water-logging isn't an issue for a particular species, the splatter effect the rain has of driving bacteria and fungi up the sides of everything exposed can sometimes have devastating effects if it goes on too long. I have no started my own Pitaya yet because I felt more research was in order, but after seeing your video I think I've got it.
    By the way... GREAT choice in cultivars! This yellow and the tiny, deep-purple "Voodoo Child" are my favorites. Incredible flavor in both!

    • @Selfsufficientme
      @Selfsufficientme  7 років тому

      +Seeking Seeds thank you! Yes, it sounds like a good plan to at least give this method a go where you are because it's not the water that df hate (these plants love lots if water) it's the drainage and fungi caused by dampness that can hurt the vines. Growing diwn is definitely worth a try! Cheers :)

  • @valentintrotskayazamora9869
    @valentintrotskayazamora9869 4 роки тому +1

    Wow, thank you, your tips are very helpful man! I’m attractive by this plants! I just bought three little cutting recently! Awesome 😎.

  • @BrazenSpirituality
    @BrazenSpirituality 2 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing so much information to all of us!

  • @jackieluy5011
    @jackieluy5011 4 роки тому

    Thanks Mark Been given a plant a been thinking where to put it. Will follow your tips.

  • @zusthebruce5083
    @zusthebruce5083 3 роки тому

    My favorite fruit, dragon fruit is medicine ... amazing I planted some from seeds got 2 that survived I’m hoping they make it 🤞🤞

  • @christiansanchez1486
    @christiansanchez1486 6 років тому +186

    Lmao this guy is the Steve Erwin of Dragon fruit and plants

    • @PrestonBozeman
      @PrestonBozeman 6 років тому +1

      Wait but he’s alive..

    • @doublenep7095
      @doublenep7095 5 років тому +3

      @@PrestonBozeman Breaking News! Man killed by fruit

    • @pucklizard77504
      @pucklizard77504 5 років тому

      I just found this video and thought a croc could be swapped for a cactus. Lol!!! Love this guy!

    • @aliciamcnamar8203
      @aliciamcnamar8203 5 років тому

      @@UserName-ec4qu I was thinking the same. #i'manamerican

    • @UserName-ec4qu
      @UserName-ec4qu 5 років тому

      @Joshua Joestar america is a ghetto

  • @regrob16
    @regrob16 7 років тому +8

    Love your videos and thank you for posting. What varieties do you recommend that are self-pollinating

    • @Selfsufficientme
      @Selfsufficientme  7 років тому +6

      Thank you! This yellow spiny variety sets easily and the animals won't touch it either lol... Cheers :)

  • @hugohernandez6968
    @hugohernandez6968 5 років тому

    What a tribute to Steve Erwin as mentioned already. All this gentleman has to do is have a few redbulls and Tackle one of these dragon fruit plants. Thanks for the great tips! i think i'll just put my pot up instead of planting into the ground!!!

  • @FaithAboundsatMelodyAcres
    @FaithAboundsatMelodyAcres 7 років тому +1

    Super informative. By far the best way Ive seen to grow them and fantastic tips!

  • @lindagreaves4429
    @lindagreaves4429 6 років тому

    I just harvested dragon fruit from my yard in Southern California. They were larger than softballs and dark pink with white inside. They were gorgeous and yummy! And they're so unique. Someone said they looked like an alien fruit. LOL