Collecting Dragon Fruit Pollen at Night
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Dragon Fruit flowers bloom during the night and I always wear a head lamp to keep everything visible. Wearing a head lamp can also free up both of my hands to enable me to collect pollen more efficiently. Check out this video to see how I collect pollen at night as quick as possible!
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I really admire your dedication to the art of these special fruit! TYVM!
You're the world's biggest bee 😂
Thanks! 😂
Very easy bowl trick. 😁 Pollen collector!
Use a highlighter brush it’s a popular makeup brush. They’re very cheap at any Walgreens or Walmart
The bristles are perfect for spreading out the pollen in the flowers
How long does the pollen could be stored in freezer?
You have the wonderful and beautiful dragonfruits I had ever seen...well maintained, healthy and beautiful dragon fruits...I would love to be like you on caring this beautiful fruit.
Wow. You’re the dragon fruit specialist.
wow thanks for sharing, like n subscribed. need to learn fast i had my first flower this evening and its beautiful
Its so beautiful
Nice video for Dragon fruits's farmer.
Thank you Momtaz Garden!
Great way to collect the pollon....
This has to be the absolute most massive dragon fruit cacti in the world😳😳😳🤙🏼👍🏼🙏🏼 AMAZING!!
Muito bom seu trabalho
Absolutely fascinating!!! You are the human equivalent of a bee 🐝🐝🐝 Much more involved than it looks, growing this magnificent fruit. I love you're videos, you present and speak very well, easy to understand. And your enthusiasm for what you do is infectious 😁😁😁👍👍👍
Thank you Bryan! I always love your positive and kind comments. You make my day with your brightness! Thanks for watching my videos and supporting my channel. I very much appreciate you and your kindness!
*bat these are pollenated by bats
I didn't know you can freeze it and i have been doing it wrong thank you so much for this video.
Bien, bien. 👍🙋♂️
Hey, super good the tutorial, I ask, can one mix all the pollen from the different varieties and then pollinate the flowers? With all that pollen mixed in?
Hello I use an online translator, my dragon fruit plant gave flowers 3 times and in the first 2 it was successful, but in the third it was not successful, there was none left around 10 flowers, you had these experiences and knew why they didn't argue, tabasco, mex, greetings
Hello, do you have pollinate your dragon fruit. Sometimes the flowers need help with putting pollen into the pistol of the dragon fruit. This will increase their chances to become fruit. If you did hand pollinate and it still falls off you may need to cross pollinate with a different variety of dragon fruit.
Pollen how and how long preserve?
thats smart idea
Awesome!!!
wow so cool
Very informative video, How long can you keep the pollen and how are you storing it ?
Beautiful flowers! Are those the male flowers that come out first? I savedmpollen from our cucumber for later we got a lot of plants...Do you sell the seeds, those look amazing, thanks for the video on the stand you built we can use that thank you
Great! I have a red dragon plant. Does it mean I have to get a different type of dragon plant to cross pollinate and collect pollen ??
It’s like gold to me🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏽👌🏽
I just missed the 1st follower... and I have 6
more on the way... so can we collect pollen and put it in fridge or freezer for next season? I moved to Atlanta from Northern California and I’m supper happy that’s my dragon fruits are blossoming after 1.5 years from some branches I brought from California.
How long can pollen be kept in the refrigerator and at what temperature?
How do you store the pollen in order for it to be preserved?
good
So are you also pollinating your flowers while you collect?
The Adam of all the dragon eves👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑
Would like to see how u package it for storage
Can you show us how you freeze the pollen where where you put the pollen pollen in to place it in your freezer
How do we encourage and stimulate the stalk fruit in the flowering ?
Where do get the plant dragon fruit like yours as in my country is red and white flesh. Do you sell it ?
I was wondering if it was possible to use the pollen from the first flower on the same plant to pollinate a slightly later blooming one and any other later ones?
Hi Gravity, yes you can keep using this pollen to pollinate the same plant with later blooming flowers. You just have to make sure to dry it over night and store it in a container that is air tight in your fridge. It will work up to 30 days.
Tu guarda pólen pra posteriormente polinizar ?que legal parabéns.
Sim, eu congelaria meu pólen e o usaria para futuras flores que se abrirão para polinizar. No meu canal, há um vídeo sobre como armazenar o pólen que você pode assistir.
Lmfaoo I wonder what your neighbors thought was going on.. Especially if they looked over the fence
So as you brush the pollen to collect it, are you also pollinating the flower with it?
I never knew the flowers are so beautiful
Mas como armazenar o pólen? Na geladeira? Congelador? Em saco plástico? Sem humidade? E quando devo usar esse pólen após ele ter sido retirado da flôr? Att.
I tried collecting in the morning a few times with dismal results. The Pollen releases much better shortly after the flower opens. How are you freezing it? My frozen pollen did not work.
Freeze it ??
You can store the pollen frozen?
What to do with pollen later on?????
You are like the Bob Ross of dragonfruits...
I can use the same pollen of a purple haze, to pollinate a different flower on same plant? Or would it be better to just use a universal
Why do you store the pollens ?? Is it mandatory? Coz i have this plant at home and its been like 5years it only blooms and dies off . Then quite recently came across a video that I need to pluck off the dried flower. Why do we do that ? 😰
Sweeeeeeeeeeet Sometimes the wife thinks I’m crazy
I can totally relate to that. My wife thinks I spend too much time staring at my dragon fruits in the middle of the night. 😂
Does it really need manual pollination? What about those who cultivate it in bulk?
can you shake the pollen with your fingers..?
Thank you very much for this informative video, how long could we keep the pollen in the fridge or freezer and still be usable?
How do you know if the pollen is compatible to the one you are going to cross pollinate?
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Thank you Kim 😁
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do you have any special ways to keep this pollin in the freezer, is it real sensative or any plastic container will do?
How many variety of dragon fruit do you have? Do you sell these varieties?
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do you just empty the pollen in a plastic bag and freeze it or do you vacuum bag and freeze??
Hi Richard I need your help I bought my first dragon fruit plant to local nursery but I think it’s red dragon fruit that needs to cross pollenate. it bloom 1 bud and it’s going to flower soon I wonder if you have a little pollen to keep my 1 bud alive very first I live in Burbank California I’m wondering if I could buy some of your pollen?
I suggest to wear mask whenever you are collecting dragon fruit pollen. It may cause allergy one day. Too much pollen sucks by human is good for health?
Thank you for your suggestion! I do have allergies but these flower pollen hasn’t given me an attack. It’s a blessing.
Gathrring polen what can b use
What we can do that stigma??
عمل راءع. Bonne
How do they pollinate all the flowers in the farm ...
My brother just gave me a dragon fruit plant so I’m new with this. What’s the purpose of collecting the pollens?
To pollinate the dragon fruit flower just in case the bees didn't pollinate it, and to pollinate other type of dragon fruit flowers that can't be pollinated by it's own pollen.
That's so cool. Your pollen collecting technique almost mimics pollinators like a fruit bat or big bug crawling inside the flower. :)
Thank you Tyler! How did you know I was trying to mimic the natural pollinators? 😁👌
haha, I've watched enough nature shows to recognize your technique 😉
Hey can I ask a question my dragon fruit also blooms but never fruits I pollinated it there's been bees there's been malts I'm not sure why there's no fruit
Is it ok if my dragon fruit flower is upside down? Will the pollen still be transferred through the stigma?
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You mentioned to keep it for next years. do you freeze it or just refrigerate it? If frozen would it not destroy the genetic makeup? Hope, to hear from you. Thanks.
Yes I would like to know that also, do you put it just in sealable plastic bag? and yes freeze or just fridge? or not at all?
@@DoctheRaelian, I notice he never answers this very, v,ery specific question. Even after several attempts made by commentors. He doesn't know.
Hi Elizabeth Cerdenio & Doc the Raelin, feel free to send me an email so that way I can send you the full details of how to properly store it. It seems some people in here think that I don’t know so I don’t answer. The truth is I just get so many comments I’d sometimes miss the question. But more than happy to help you both out Elizabeth and Raelian!
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@Sam Licorish 🙂
Where can I get Dragon Foot cutting from
I got my dragon fruit cuttings from Etsy, but there are many other websites where you can buy some.
Where do you live. I live in Florida and I just starting to plan some Dragan fruit and will like get some from you
How you storage in freezer
Hei i am interesred to know about your head lamp.how many hours it last and the visibility
Hi Bruno, I bought this head lamp on amazon. It runs on AAA battery. It last up to 48hrs of continuous use. The visibility is great you can see it from my video.
@@GraftingDragonFruit name the brandoh headlamp.i am looking for good head lamp.Thanks
You're a busy bee
Got to help out the bees for pollination!
Nice video 👍 big like connected new sub
Thanks for subscribing!
where can you get your dragon fruit tree :)
I got mind from friends, Home Depot, and some who advertised that they have for sale.
So u collects than wat are u with that can I wat u do with that thank
Hi am a newbie here, may I ask how do you store those collected pollens? Thanks for your reply.
Richard said to put it in a airtight container and you can refrigerate for 1 month, or freeze it.
So if I have only 1 flower, does that mean I won’t get any fruit since there’s no cross pollination? Does DF self pollinate ? Last year I have 1 flower and was so excited but it never fruit for me. Been growing DF for 3 yrs now and haven’t had any fruit yet. This year I’ve seen 1 bud so far. Any advice ?
It depends on what kind of dragon fruit you have. Try to pollinate with it's own pollen, if it doesn't pollinate then you will need to cross pollinate.
Wow! thank you I learned more from you Sir, awesome to know, I am more inspired and wish to know more because the stem of your plants are big. what should I do the stem of my dragon plants are skinny yet with roots hanging that I got to cut them only because they are size like one or two fingers , lucky I got a buds to fruit still small but I did now have chicken manure as you said hopes grows greener and big.Your Dragon looks very good my family remarks. We envy .......God bless you and your family.
Thank you Dieter Schulz! You can help branches grow bigger by exposing it to more sun light. When they have more direct sun they have energy to grow bigger and thicker. Chicken manure will help with the fruits size and taste. They will be sweeter. For branches they require good fertilizer and plenty of sun. 5-6 hours a day is how much sun my Dragon fruit plants get. :)
how do you storage the pollen , did you keep them in the freezer? thanks
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I’ve successfully stored pollen for over 8 months with it still having success.
He said he put pollen in a glass jar and store it in freezer
@@hungnguyen-vq7kd thanks
Hello Richard, if i like to go back to one of ur video what should i do
Hi Nida, you can check all my videos with this link.
Www.ua-cam.com/users/graftingdragonfruit
Thank you 🙏, I learn so much from you about dragon fruit!
Hello, why do you don't use a hand vaccum?
I like to collect and pollinate them at the same time so that's why I use a bowl.
@@GraftingDragonFruit okay 🙂, have a good day, i love your videos, i show to my dad and translate to him in Portuguese, we have a dragon fruit farm in brazil.
I suggest putting it into a bag mid-way because I'm worry that you trip and everything goes to the floor.... 😭
Can you do pollinating in the morning instead at night and what's the difference ?
The flower usually will only open at night and only for one night. If it doesn't get pollinated then it get yellow and fall off.
@Kenneth Wilson wow, that's unusual.
@Kenneth Wilson you can collect the pollen like Richard making sure that you also pollinate the flower. Put the extra pollen in a sealed container and put it in the refrigerator. I saw a people do testing and it seems like hand pollinated fruit tends to be bigger.
Em muon hoi tai sao minh phai lay nhuy vay anh?
Just wanna ask why are u collecting that am confused thanks
He's collecting the pollen to pollinate other dragon fruit flower that can't be pollinate by it's own pollen, or to pollinate just in case bees or other insect didn't pollinate.
Hi how do you use the pollen after you collected? Can you give a little more detail ? I ‘m a new grower.
Use a paintbrush dab it into the pollen, then dab it into the stigma ( he pointed at it at 1:28)
@@kristinapham3082 how to know if a flower is already self pollinated or not ?
and also when he is collecting the pollen then is he also pollinating that same flower ?
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How long you can keep it in the fridge??
When you’re hand polonaises, you use it right away from the freezer or you have to “ wake them up “...??
Thanks.
Hi Hien, you can keep it in the fridge up to 30 days. If you want to store it in your freezer, you can watch this video to answer all your questions.
ua-cam.com/video/MQtZL74SLgc/v-deo.html
Hi love ur plants 😍 but leave some for the 🐝 🤗 best regards ❤️from France ❣️
Do you damage the flower when you hit them with the stick?
Hi Hogan, It doesn't damage the flowers. They will form right back to how they are as soon as you're done collect pollen from them. They are very strong and withstand a good shaking. :)
What happen to my dragonfruit after it blooms the flowers will drop and can not bear fruit. I pollinated it
@@carlotabantol199 you might have to pollinate it with a different type of dragon fruit.
What are you going to do with that?
I am going to use it to cross pollinate my other varieties of Dragon Fruit.
How do you cross pollinate?
Hi Richard,
I’m a newbee to growing dragon fruit and i’m learning a lot of tips from your blog. Do you sell or share cuttings? Please Pm.
Thank you. I think we live close by.
Your Tita Merle from Fullerton.
How long could u. Store the polen for?
I’ve successfully stored pollen for over 8 months with it still having success.
@@GraftingDragonFruit
I'll have to try that!
Others say refrigeration kills it.
@@t3dwards13 he was talking about freezing. In the fridge, he recommended to store for only a month.
@@GraftingDragonFruit how to know if a flower is already self pollinated or not ?
and also when you're collecting the pollen then are you also pollinating that same flower ?
Why do you collect pollen for?
I collect pollen to use it to cross pollinate my other varieties that needs different pollen source to bear fruit.
Are you able to pollinate between different varieties? For example yellow-white, or red-white?
Or does the variety not matter since you are mixing it all together?
This is amazing. This plant has such a beautiful flowers.
I have a question
How we can preserve the pollen which has been collected?
why you have to collect polen at night? Can you do it during the day?
No, they only bloom at night.